Paul Rudd is the ‘sexiest man alive’ for People magazine

(CNN) – From “Clueless” and “Friends” to the “Ant-Man” franchise, Paul Rudd has acted in everything from heartthrob to hero, and now, he’s the sexiest man in the world.

Rudd obtained the honor from the People magazine, which was featured in a lengthy comedy segment on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night.

Colbert put Rudd through a series of “sexiness” tests, including a physical exam, a Westminster Dog Show-style evaluation round, and photoshoots as a construction worker and monk, to show if he could do something. sexy.

The segment culminated with Rudd pouring a gallon of water over his head, “Help me, I’m drowning in sexiness.”

After all the tests, Colbert, looking serious, told Rudd that he “tested negative for sexy”, and when the actor began to walk away in apparent disappointment after thanking Colbert for the opportunity, the host and a A room full of people dressed in white lab coats began to clap.

Surprise for Paul Rudd

“There is nothing sexier than humility … and you passed!” Said Colbert. “Paul, you are the sexiest man in the world.”

“Am I the sexiest man in the world ?!”, Rudd exclaimed in shock as he covered his mouth before being crowned, they gave him flowers and a beauty pageant type banner that read: “THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE” .

Paul Rudd is PEOPLE’s 2021 #SexiestManAlive! ? https://t.co/aweOKYwclx pic.twitter.com/PPxEaZo6Ty

– People (@people) November 10, 2021

The “Clueless” star told People magazine that he hopes he’ll be invited to “some of those sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B Jordan.”

“I mean I’m going to take a lot of advantage. I’m going to own this. I’m not going to try to be like ‘Oh, I’m so modest.’ I’m making business cards,” Rudd told the magazine.

Rudd stars in Sony’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” scheduled to hit theaters later this month. He also starred in “Role Models,” which he helped write, and had a lead role as Mike Hannigan on the hit sitcom “Friends.”