For “Gray’s Anatomy” heartthrob Patrick Dempsey, being topped Folks’s Sexiest Man Alive has been a very long time coming.
“I’ve been the bridesmaid for Folks Sexiest Man Alive 10 occasions. Now I get the large image, not the little image that’s on the facet [of the People magazine cover],” Dempsey mentioned in his Sexiest Man Alive interview.
Dempsey, a Maine native, broke out in 2005 as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd in Shonda Rhimes’ long-running ABC medical drama. He starred alongside Ellen Pompeo.
In 2006 and 2007, Dempsey, now 57, was among the many scores of male celebrities featured in Folks’s annual “Sexiest Man Alive” concern, however by no means the quilt star. It’s one of many causes he mentioned he couldn’t imagine the consideration at first.
“‘It is a joke, proper?’” Dempsey recalled about his response to the title. He added that he has saved his household at midnight in regards to the honor, however that they’ll most probably poke enjoyable at him.
“It’s good to have the popularity, it’s enjoyable however I feel it provides me a platform to truly discuss in regards to the Dempsey Heart and the kind of work we’re doing there,” he mentioned. In 2008, the “Enchanted” star based a middle to assist enhance the lives of individuals affected by most cancers.
With the Folks honor, Dempsey added that “definitely my ego takes a pleasant little bump.”
Patrick Dempsey on the Berlin premiere of “Transformers 3” in June 2011.
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On Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel revealed that Dempsey was the latest Sexiest Man Alive cowl star. For the late-night host, Dempsey’s honor was “like uncorking a bottle of advantageous wine.
“They determined to attend until simply the appropriate yr. Now, subsequent yr, you’ll be a multitude, on the downslide,” Kimmel joked.
Since his dramatic “Gray’s Anatomy” send-off in 2015, Dempsey shifted his focus to a wide range of Hollywood initiatives together with the Sky TV collection “Devils,” and the Disney+ “Enchanted” sequel, “Disenchanted.” In 2021, he returned to “Gray’s” briefly as Pompeo’s Meredith battled COVID-19.
Later this yr, Dempsey will star within the biopic “Ferrari” and the vacation thriller “Thanksgiving.”
Past Hollywood, Dempsey can be an expert race automotive driver. Since starting his racing profession in 2009, he has pushed in competitions together with 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA World Endurance Championship.
After years of snubs, the actor can now proudly say, “My identify is Patrick Dempsey and at last I’m this yr’s Folks’s Sexiest Man Alive — for the following ten years.”
He joked: “I don’t know why there must be anyone after me, to be sincere with you. That is it, that is the tip of it. It has been an excellent run for Folks.”
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