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Hugh Jackman is People’s Sexiest Man 2008

Hugh Jackman is People’s Sexiest Man 2008

Hugh Jackman tops People’s 2008 Sexiest Man list and JustJared.com couldn’t agree more!!!!!

His wife of 12 years, Deborra-Lee Furness, calls his perfect form “the Body of Doom – but I like what’s inside”: a romantic who sings ballads at home and makes pancakes for their children Oscar, 8, and Ava, 3.

On his wife’s response: God bless her, she said, “I could’ve told them that years ago!” And then she said, “Obviously, Brad wasn’t available this year.” And I said, “That was a joke, right?”

On what he wears to bed: I didn’t wear anything until my daughter was born and we had a night nanny because I was working. I walked out stark naked, and she was reading a book. Now I like boxer briefs.

On when he first learned about sex: “When I was 9, Scott Whitehead, who lived down the road, had an older brother who had Penthouse magazines. I was kind of shocked.”

Other hotties who made the list: Daniel Craig, John Hamm, Zac Efron, Roebrt Buckley, Blair Underwood, Ed Westwick, Michael Phelps, Blake Shelton, Lang Lang, Mark-Paul Gosslear, Jaiver Bardem, Robert Pattinson, Joshua Jackson and David Beckham.

Read Hugh’s full interview at People. Do YOU agree with People’s picks for Sexiest Man???

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109 Comments

# 1

Yes he’s verrrry good looking and hot, but THE sexiest?
Hmmm, but I can’t think anybody else either.. Brad Pitt and George Clooney have won so many times, but it’s about time Hugh Jackman won!!
Haha I totally contradicted myself there.

# 2

YESSS!!! hugh is hella sexy!

# 3

He is indeed very good looking but I don’t think that he is THE best.

# 4

I LOVE ZAC HE IS SOO HOT AND ZANESSA SON LA PAREJA PERFECTA

# 5

Yes! Absolutely!

Some other gentlemen in the list, though, are not THAT inspiring.

# 6

ZAC EFRON IS THE HOTTEST MAN ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

# 7

I AGREE. HUGH IS HUGE.

“On when he first learned about sex: “When I was 9, Scott Whitehead, who lived down the road, had an older brother who had Penthouse magazines. I was kind of shocked.”

LOL

He is hawt plus he is gay *-*! But I don’t like his fake old wife.

# 8

So I’m going through People’s list of previous winners… how the hell was Nick Nolte voted sexiest man alive 1992 ?????

# 9
ELizabeth @ 11/19/2008 at 9:44 am

HELL YEAH! Hugh should have gotten this years ago!! I ADORE HUGH!

This is a GREAT pick! A HUGE improvement over Matt Damon who, let’s face it, may be a good actor but just doesn’t have it in the sex appeal department.

Alexanderina @ 11/19/2008 at 9:49 am

I agree the with the choice, Hugh is hot

Agree completely. Hugh is the complete package.

Hugh and Ed!!!

Lovethatdoll @ 11/19/2008 at 9:54 am

Definitely deserves it! The man is the perfect package - gorgeous, smart, sexy and sweet! What else could anyone want? :o)

he might be sweet,but i don’t see hot,don’t get me wrong i like the guy,not hot

omg, why are those crazy teens still here?? go to jared jr!
zac is yuck. he looks gayer than anyone who made the list

Hugh is hot and sexy with an accent and he can act. Couldn’t ask for anything more.

oh hell yes! I was I was that night nanny btw :D

im happy zac and robert made the list :)

About the damn time.

Yay Ed & Rob….My two favorite guys of the year!!!

Excellent choice.He seems like a good man also.
Rob Pattinson too is yummy.Yuck to the rest of them.

Hell yeah…Hugh Jackman is DLIF totally hawt.

Hooray!! I love Hugh. It’s about time he won this title

Hugh has some weird ass looking ears. Gross. I don’t find him sexy at all.

What a great choice for this year’s winner by People. Hugh is hot.

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ABSOLUTELY! I’ve been waiting for 4 years for the People magazine editors to come to their senses…and I nearly fell off the treadmill when I saw the announcement on GMA this morning!

Yay Hugh!

ROBERT PATTINSON and JOSHUA JACKSON !!!

They are the most beautiful !

I agree!!! Hugh is incredibly hot!!! Great body and he always comes off as a genuinely nice person.

However, Bradi Pitt, Mark Paul Goessler, Ed Westwick and Phelps have NO reason to be on that list. Phelps is impressive, but sexy? Pitt and Goessler just look busted up now…so sexy? Maybe if this was 1998..

Oh yeah, I like the whole package.

andamentothat @ 11/19/2008 at 10:52 am

deserving win Hugh.. You go Mate.. Definitely watching Australia.. I am sure you will do us proud..

This list is a piece of a cr….. I can believe in how People change to worse.

This magazine its over…

Maria (Shorty) @ 11/19/2008 at 11:00 am

IT’S ABOUT BLOODY TIME!!!! YEAH BABY!!!!!!

Love him, Love him, He’s sooooo hot…

hugh jackman <3 totally deserved it, he’s such an awesome guy and he makes a killer wolverine! =D

how in the world did robert pattinson make the list? just because he’s playing edward…he looks ok in the movie, but honestly ppl in real life he is just a plain bum…would it kill him to comb his hair?…

I could not agree more!!! I have always wondered but now it’s wonder no more… :)

Love him, Love him, He’s sooo hot…

His agency bought that cover as “Australia” is a piece of crap..they needed the exposure by putting him on there…

I think it was either him or Daniel Craig….and I think Daniel is too private to want to be put on the cover…being on the list suited him far more..

These are great choices and Hugh is certainly deserving…the whole package…sexy on the outside, yes, but there’s also nothing sexier than a good man who takes care of his wife and is wonderful with his kids. And Zac…oh yeah! And, Josh! Yay! I’ll always heart Josh Jackson! Can’t wait to get this issue!

agreeeed!
super hot
and ed is in the list as well :3

Just me... @ 11/19/2008 at 11:41 am

OMG!!! What a ****** list!!
Hugh Jackman is the only hotter on it!!

But where is Wentworth Miller?!!…. He’s for me the ONLY Sexiest Man alive!!

Wentworth in my heart you are, and still be the number 1!!! :D

Ohh…I love Hugh. So sweet and such a gentleman. I’m proud of him!

Daniel CRaig @ 11/19/2008 at 12:06 pm

i think Daniel would have gotten it if he was married and had kids and was more open about his private life really..People Magazine love that angle…there is nothing to really play up with Daniel as he is very private…

I personally thought someone like David Beckham who is insanely hot without even trying ot be, its just natural to him, should be this years winner or at least higher placed, i mean pleaseeee zac is not sexier than Beckham,LOL!

But soo happy for Hugh, he is sex on legs.

Becca dawn @ 11/19/2008 at 12:15 pm

Hugh Jackman is definately deserving of sexiest man alive.
Anyone remember the scenes from the first X-Men movie
featuring a certain shirtless Aussie?
mmhmm.

oh, and Kevin Jonas made the list too.
why isn’t he mentioned in this article?
there was a whole video on his photoshoot on People.com…

hugh forever @ 11/19/2008 at 12:25 pm

AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGH IS THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN’T WAIT FOR AUSTRALIA!!!! HE IS SOOOOOOOOO DAMN HOT IN IT AS HE IS IN ALL HIS MOVIES!!

MY GOD, HE GOES TO BED NAKED!!!!?????!!!!

HUGH, I WANT YOU TO #!@!!!!**! ME RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW, I’M DRIVEN COMPETELY CRAZY!!! CAN’T EVEN TYPE ANYMORE….

Yeah Hugh!!!! IT IS ABOUT TIME! People magazine gets it right! But you knew it all along Jared! Thanks for aways being a great supporter and source for Hugh pix. You got it before the rest!

Haha - I think “some people” are having a tough time distinguishing a MAN from a boy!!!!!

Zac, Robert and even Ed, whilst not unattractive (well, Zac is questionable) are ALL still little boys.

Hugh on the other hand - IS ALL MAN!!!! :)

Better than Matt Damon for sure….my sexy lists:

Ben Barnes
Michael Vartan
Jamie Denton
Tom Cruise
Clive Owen
Mark Walhberg
Downey Jr.

Not so happy with the choice and lists but it could have been worst like Obama or Clooney again.

I like Hugh and Jon Hamm(should be Superman IMO) but how can they ignore Matthew Settle,Gabriel Macht,Tom Cruise,Chris Pine and my 3 Aarons from Aaron Eckhart,Aaron Diaz and Aaron Piersol who is hotter than Phelps. So many football players are hotter than what People listed.

Hugh is alright. I can get behind Jon Hamm and Daniel Craig.

However…

David Beckham is too cheesy to be sexy. Robert Pattinson seems like a nice enough guy but he is royally unattractive. Zac Efron is just…no. Zac wears more make up than Megan Fox (well maybe not that much, but a lot). Michael Phelps can swim, but that’s about it. He looks like he has been hit in the face with a board. Ed Westwick is so prodigiously fugly that People should be ashamed for even putting him on the list.

Simon Baker and Julian McMahon are HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think Hugh deserved the title he is pretty sexy. joshua jackson too i think his sexy. ben affleck should be there, eric bana, christian bale. josh harnett, james franco. james mcavoy..dayum theres so many hot guys.

i think Hugh deserved the title he is pretty sexy. joshua jackson too i think his sexy. ben affleck should be there, eric bana, christian bale. josh harnett, james franco. james mcavoy..dayum theres so many hot guys. oh and ryan gosling too.

We’ve been saying that about Hugh for years down here in Australia. ‘Bout time you lot finally came to your senses. He’s a real man, not just one of these pretty boys like Chace Crawford, or Zac Efron, who are barely out of nappies.

YES!!!!! People got it right this year. Hugh Jackman is sexy not just because he’s hotter than hell, but because he knows what’s important in life - his wife and family are and always will be his top priority.

Go Hugh!!

Can’t wait to see “Australia” - just one week to go.

Um, I agree that his publicists ran a successful campaign to get him on the cover….that should do the trick in time for the Australia premiere.

People should name it “SEXIEST WHITE MAN ALIVE”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1087405/Crikey-disappointment-Critics-pan-Nicole-Kidmans-86m-epic-Australia.html

Yes, this film needs all the help it can get..total politics came into play here!

Let’s face it, Daniel Craig needs no title or help!

Hugh Jackman had his PR team work overtime on this!

tigerlilly @ 11/19/2008 at 2:40 pm

Why did they use such an old photo of Daniel Craig? It must be at least 10 years old. He so much more sexy now than when he was younger!!

Number 1 fan @ 11/19/2008 at 2:55 pm

YES HE IS!!!!!!!

http://www.laineygossip.com/Sexiest_Men_Alive_2008_.aspx?IsMicro=0

Lainey agree that Daniel’s camp did not actively campaign for him as he would have been uncomfortable with the title…Hugh handles the fame better and “Australia” is still being edited as we speak…doesn’t sound hopeful!

Daniel coming in a close second is proof that he would have won it if his PR team had of shown interest.

Daniel needs no help nor does his Bond films!

Unlike Hugh.

HELL YEAH I AGREE WITH THIS WEEK’S PEOPLE COVER!!!!!!!!! WHO WOULDNT AGREE THAT HUGH JACKMAN ISN’T SEXY ;) he’s got the bod and all the above. woo hoo!!!

He is my future baby daddy.
Perfect, absolutely perfect.

And a good family man too.

God Bless Hugh Jackman. Can’t wait to melt when I go to see Australia and here him utter the words “Welcome to Australia” in that oh-so sexy Aussie voice.

Rob, Zac and Ed yay im lovin Hugh sexi ass mofo since X-man!

Well yes. I agree, and conveniently all of the Sexiest men movie stars have projects out right now. The only reason to see Australia is for Hugh after all…

well,i agree that hugh is the sexiest!!! we all know he’s perfect ;))))
but i really don’t understand why people like robert pattison and sac efron are on the list?????
they are not even men! they should be on just jared junior,and they are not even good looking..terrible…
i’m also very glad that daniel is the second….he is just a perfect bond!!!
but people like george clooney,gerry butler,brad pitt,david beckham, joaquin phoenix,etc. should be higher then they are.

Spicylily THAILAND @ 11/19/2008 at 4:25 pm

I couldn’t agree more……
Like him a lot in X Men, The Prestige, Kate & Leopold & Happy Feet.
and Van helsing ..

- Handsome : yes
- Sexy : yes
- Great body ; yes
- Doting dad : yes
- Family man : yes
- Talented actor : yes

The rests are not my concern as he makes me happy seeing him in movies and it’s enough to respect his private life.

- Having old & not beautiful wife : fine with me
- Rumor to be a bi sexual : fine with me

Can’t wait to see ‘ Australia’ : )

my girlfriend thinks that zac efron is sexier than Hugh. I mean seriously you would probally get a better chance going out with zac than Hugh. causse zac doesn’t really seem to have a girlfriend and if he does he doesn’t seem to treat her right because he is all over every girl that he can get a hold of . He has his arm around a bunch of girls all the time. it just does not seem like he is a good boyfriend to me. i actually give more attention to my girlfriend more than any other girl. see ya!!!!!!!!!!!!

preen jackman @ 11/19/2008 at 5:31 pm

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah finally

preen jackman @ 11/19/2008 at 5:32 pm

yeeeeeeeeeeah finally… wohoooooooow this your year honey!!!

A good family man is always sex

ZAC EFRON AND CHACE CRAWFORD ! :D

Yay Joshua Jackson!!!!!! I love him!

Zac Efron- NO. Maybe if it was Sexiest BOY alive? (same for that Robert Pattinson person)
But if you want a MAN- you need Jackman.

F***K YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE HUGH JACKMAN!

I think he’s a nice enough looking guy, but the hottest.? No way. I agree his publicists must have done something major to get the cover. As far as I’m concerned only GERRY BUTLER is the hottest. The body, the face, those green eyes and that voice. It doesn’t get any better.

ZAC EFRON IS THE HOTTEST MAN ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

zac efron!! yea baby he should be number 1!!! i lvoe him!

!Yes! Emphatically YES!

I would say David Beckam is far more sexy

Hughlicious!!!!!

*sigh*

Deb Furness is my idol.

I’m glad that Hugh won! He definitely deserves it.

Hugh Jackson, definitely the sexiest man alive <3 Glad to see Ed Westwick on that list, but Michael Phelps? Seriously? Yeah, he can swim, and he has a nice body, but have you seen his face? Oh, and Joshua Jackson is on the list, love love love <3

Hugh is the only many sexy in this list. The rest is poo.

English magazines know chose better sexy men.

People magazine is almost blind (at least Hugh is ok).

Hugh definitely deserved it, i was happy he received this honor to me hes hotter than half of them on the list

Hugh was not a bad choice, but I would have chosen Gerard Butler for the top honor. Then take away some of the boys on the list and add a few men like Josh Holloway, Gabriel Macht, Ed Harris, Cristian de la Fuente, Tom Selleck, Oded Fehr, Aaron Eckhardt, Denzel Washington, etc.

STOKED!

Go Hugh! I was watching the news tonight and he was like “Yeah, it’s great! But I just know I’m going to get ribbed back in Australia.”

Oh, so true.

*BARF* at the rest of the list… Where the hell is Patrick Dempsey!?!!!?!?!

Daniel Craig is so much sexier!!!!

They couldn’t have made a better choice! Can’t wait until the magazine comes out.

People's choice @ 11/20/2008 at 3:07 pm

Hugh is nice - he’s HEAPS better than Matt Damon IMO. But I can think of ’sexier’ celebs. Just glad it wasn’t Clooney again - I’ve never seen his appeal. And I agree about Zac Efron - sorry, but he makes me think of a young boy who’s doing his best to look like a girl!

finally! they picked a real man..hugh is incredibly sexy and not only that, a great actor and seems like a great person as well….however everyone else on the list i could care less for…

Daniel lover @ 11/20/2008 at 11:32 pm

In my opinion Danial Craig is the sexiest man in the world.
Just look at the pictures in #96. He and Nicole are HOT in these pictures.

zac should hav won..who agrees with me?
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ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC IS THE HOTTEST MAN ALIVE FOR SUUUUUURE, OOMG LOVE HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so true. he that one candy dat is sweet and sour at the same time. loves his smile ….. oh god!!!! i just lov everything bout him

i just wanna say he is the best choice. His sex appeal lies in him and everything he does works!!!! he doesnt need to do anything to be wanted….watsay!!!

Hugh Jackman is sexylicious!

MICHAEL PHELPS in the list ????? OMG!!!

and johnny depp?????? he is the sexiest…shut up!!!!!!!!!
and i want josh hartnett!

in ma personal opinion i think dat hugh is a sexy man but i dun think he deserves the “sexiest” man title.i mean der r many hot actors out there…i think rob is da sexiest of them all and zac(sorry no offense) juz sucks…rob is freakin SEXY

rob obviously!

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