For the bulk of his career, going back to that oh-so-memorable breakout role in the ‘80s teen rom-com Can’t Buy Me Love, Patrick Dempsey has been making fans swoon with his good looks and abundant smoothness. And yet despite the fact that he spawned the TV nickname McDreamy for his many years co-leading Grey’s Anatomy alongside Ellen Pompeo, the actor somehow hadn’t reached the pinnacle of branded attractiveness, People’s Sexiest Man Alive. Until NOW, that is. And I am loving the way his family reacted to the long-awaited achievement.
Dempsey is able to boast about being one of Hollywood’s hottest hunks just as he’s boosting his horror cred with the release of Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving — check out the gory first trailer! — and I’m wondering which is more frightening for the actor to think about: that movie’s holiday killer, or his kids being able to troll him on a daily basis over his new status. Speaking with People to mark the occasion, the Ferrari co-star amusingly shared his thoughts on how his daughter and two sons will treat him now that he’s the Sexiest Man Alive, saying:
