The Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie didn’t want to leave beloved actor Jeff Goldblum out. The 73-year-old star appeared on the Wednesday, November 19, morning show alongside Jonathan Bailey, who was bestowed People’s “Sexiest Man Alive” earlier in November, in the leadup to the release of Wicked: For Good. Guthrie took a few moments in the interview to praise Bailey on his new title, but she didn’t want to make Goldblum feel left out, so she showed him a fun “Sexiest Man Today” cover celebrating his good looks too.
Jeff Goldblum laughs at mock “Sexiest Man Today” cover
During the Today Show interview, Bailey humbly called Goldblum “the OG” when it came to sexy actors, which made the grizzled actor joke about it.
“I’m number, well, 137 I think, it’s the highest I’ve ever gotten,” he said, referring to his supposed placement on the “Sexiest Man Alive” list.
But Guthrie was still impressed by the actors on the couch. “The fact of the matter is, if I might just say, both of you are like, it’s like a thermonuclear charm bomb has detonated in this studio,” she said. “So frankly, you’re both sexy.”
“Coming from you, I’m putting that on my—,” Goldblum responded, making a hand gesture to a pen writing on a résumé.
“Well, actually we mocked something up for you, Jeff,” Guthrie replied, “because we didn’t want to make you feel left out.”
As the actor put on his blue-tinted glasses, the journalist pointed to the screen with mock covers of Goldblum on a “Sexiest Man Today” magazine cover.
“From 7 am to 11 am, long may you reign on the Today Show hours,” Guthrie said.
“O. my gosh!” Goldblum reacted, laughing at the fake covers, as Bailey clapped in amusement. “Sa-van-nah, this is too humbling.”
Leaning back in his chair, the actor admired the cover alongside several pictures of him on the red carpet and one photo of his younger self with an open shirt. “Well, there we go,” he said. “That’s me in a nutshell.”
