PEOPLE's 2022 Sexiest Man Alive to Be Revealed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday Night

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBSAre you ready for it?This Monday night, Nov. 7,Stephen Colbertwill once again revealPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man AliveduringThe Late Show.And no,it’s not him.Last year, Colbert memorably bestowed the honor upon Paul Rudd afterexamining his sexinessin a hilarious sketch, and the 58-year-old host has welcomed manypast title holdersto his stage in recent years (check out all of his sexy moments in the clip below).Of his reign, “I’m going to lean into it hard, I’m going to own this,“Rudd, 53, told PEOPLEduring his photo shoot in 2021. “But all of my friends will destroy me.""[My wife] was stupified,” he joked ofJulie Yaeger, his wife of 19 years. “But she was very sweet about it, after some giggling and some shock she said, ‘Aww they got it right.’ She was probably not telling the truth but what was she going to say!' ““I’m hoping now I get invited to some of these sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B. Jordan. And I figure I’ll probably be on a lot more yachts, I’m excited to expand my yachting life,” Rudd continued. “I’ll probably try to get better at brooding with really soft light. I think this will help me be more inward and mysterious. So I’m looking forward to that.“RELATED PHOTOS: A Look Back at All the Sexiest Man Alive CoversPEOPLE’s 2022Sexiest Man Alivewill be announced on Monday, Nov. 7 onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,airing 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. ET on CBS.Listen below to a special episode on the Sexiest Man Alive issue on our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.

Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS

Are you ready for it?This Monday night, Nov. 7,Stephen Colbertwill once again revealPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man AliveduringThe Late Show.And no,it’s not him.Last year, Colbert memorably bestowed the honor upon Paul Rudd afterexamining his sexinessin a hilarious sketch, and the 58-year-old host has welcomed manypast title holdersto his stage in recent years (check out all of his sexy moments in the clip below).Of his reign, “I’m going to lean into it hard, I’m going to own this,“Rudd, 53, told PEOPLEduring his photo shoot in 2021. “But all of my friends will destroy me.""[My wife] was stupified,” he joked ofJulie Yaeger, his wife of 19 years. “But she was very sweet about it, after some giggling and some shock she said, ‘Aww they got it right.’ She was probably not telling the truth but what was she going to say!' ““I’m hoping now I get invited to some of these sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B. Jordan. And I figure I’ll probably be on a lot more yachts, I’m excited to expand my yachting life,” Rudd continued. “I’ll probably try to get better at brooding with really soft light. I think this will help me be more inward and mysterious. So I’m looking forward to that.“RELATED PHOTOS: A Look Back at All the Sexiest Man Alive CoversPEOPLE’s 2022Sexiest Man Alivewill be announced on Monday, Nov. 7 onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,airing 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. ET on CBS.Listen below to a special episode on the Sexiest Man Alive issue on our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.

Are you ready for it?

This Monday night, Nov. 7,Stephen Colbertwill once again revealPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man AliveduringThe Late Show.And no,it’s not him.

Last year, Colbert memorably bestowed the honor upon Paul Rudd afterexamining his sexinessin a hilarious sketch, and the 58-year-old host has welcomed manypast title holdersto his stage in recent years (check out all of his sexy moments in the clip below).

Of his reign, “I’m going to lean into it hard, I’m going to own this,“Rudd, 53, told PEOPLEduring his photo shoot in 2021. “But all of my friends will destroy me.”

“[My wife] was stupified,” he joked ofJulie Yaeger, his wife of 19 years. “But she was very sweet about it, after some giggling and some shock she said, ‘Aww they got it right.’ She was probably not telling the truth but what was she going to say!' "

“I’m hoping now I get invited to some of these sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B. Jordan. And I figure I’ll probably be on a lot more yachts, I’m excited to expand my yachting life,” Rudd continued. “I’ll probably try to get better at brooding with really soft light. I think this will help me be more inward and mysterious. So I’m looking forward to that.”

RELATED PHOTOS: A Look Back at All the Sexiest Man Alive Covers

PEOPLE’s 2022Sexiest Man Alivewill be announced on Monday, Nov. 7 onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,airing 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. ET on CBS.

Listen below to a special episode on the Sexiest Man Alive issue on our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.

source: people.com