Patrick DempseyisPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2023— and he broke the big news with help fromJimmy Kimmel.
Therevealhappened on Tuesday’s episode ofJimmy Kimmel Live!,where the 57-year-old actor was beamed on to the stage using Proto hologram technology.
Dempsey then answered yes or no questions from the audience about his identity, confirming quickly that he is a married actor who was born in America. Dempsey demurred, though, about his sexiness compared to Kimmel, asserting that the late-night host is better looking.
Patrick Dempsey (left) as a hologram on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”.ABC
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Later, during his in-person sit-down with Kimmel, Dempsey said, simply, “I’m just happy they made a decision and it was me this year.”
The host noted previous times the actor had made the PEOPLE Sexiest Man Alive cover as a secondary image to a former honoree, and — after sharing this year’s shoot — told Dempsey, “Here you are with the whole cover to yourself.”
Patrick Dempsey (left) and Jimmy Kimmel.abc
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During the late-night appearance, Dempsey chatted about his prep work for the shoot, jokingly calling it a “sacrifice.” He said, “I fasted and went to the gym.”
“We don’t treat the disease, we treat the person,” he explained, noting that the counseling, nutrition and mindfulness services the center offers to cancer patients is of “no cost to them” — and done in honor of Dempsey’s late mother, Amanda Dempsey.
Patrick Dempsey (left) and Jimmy Kimmel.ABC
When Dempsey found out he’d been tapped for the Sexiest Man Alive gig this year, he tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story that he thought, “This is a joke right?”
But joke it is not, so when reality set in, the actor and father of three reflected that he’s “glad it’s happening at this point in my life.”
Patrick Dempsey (left) with Jimmy Kimmel.ABC
Life now, he summarizes, is “Good — great. Grateful. Fantastic. Sexy. Hot. Exciting. Never stops being exciting, just the way it is.”
For more on 2023’s Sexiest Man Alive, pick up this week’s issue ofPeople, on newsstands Friday.
Patrick Dempsey on the cover of PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2023 issue.Carter Smith
Carter Smith
Tuesday was notKimmel’s first timeannouncing the honor— he last did so in 2020 whenMichael B. Jordanwas named SMA.
Jimmy Kimmel Liveairs weekdays at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
