Kate Flannery Supports John Krasinski’s ‘Sexiest Man’ Honor

Kate Flannery, beloved for her position as Meredith Palmer on “The Workplace,” is exhibiting some critical love for her former co-star John Krasinski following his latest honor as PEOPLE Journal’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024.

Regardless of some skepticism from followers who anticipated totally different contenders for the title, together with Glen Powell, Kate Flannery stays John Krasinski’s largest cheerleader, noting how scorching he is gotten since “The Workplace.”

After studying of her former co-star’s win, she joked that the journal “is lastly catching up.”

“Let me inform you one thing, that is so lengthy overdue,” she instructed TMZ. “John Krasinski’s gotten robbed yearly since 2005, for my part. It is so time.”

Flannery, now 60, is very impressed by how a lot John has bulked up since “The Workplace” wrapped, notably for his roles in “Jack Ryan” and “13 Hours: The Secret Troopers of Benghazi.”

“He’s so scorching, my eyes are melting each time I see him in particular person,” she instructed the outlet. “John has at all times been lovely and actually cute, however I really feel like folks have not seen his sexiness as a result of he is so cute. So it is the right marriage of two issues.”

She continued, “You see a spark in somebody immediately, and John’s at all times had it. He is at all times had it.”

John Krasinski was caught off guard when he discovered he’d been named PEOPLE’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive.

“Simply instant blackout, truly. Zero ideas,” he told the magazine. “Aside from possibly I am being punked. That is not how I get up, pondering, ‘Is that this the day that I will be requested to be Sexiest Man Alive?’ And but it was the day you guys did it. You guys have actually raised the bar for me.”

Now residing in Brooklyn together with his spouse of 14 years, actress Emily Blunt, and their daughters, Hazel and Violet, Krasinski shares that Blunt was “very excited” upon listening to the massive information. “There was numerous pleasure concerned in me telling her,” he recalled.

After the information dropped, social media had blended reactions, with some claiming Krasinski is “cute” however not “attractive.”

“Like, I don’t disagree. John Krasinski and Jim Halpert modified the trajectory of my life, however one factor about PEOPLE journal,” one consumer stated. “They’re gonna make a person SMA within the flawed yr each single time.”

“JOHN KRASINSKI?????? OUR NATION’S MOST TRYING HOUR AND YOU GIVE US JOHN KRASINSKI?!?!” one other exclaimed.

Others, nevertheless, could not disagree extra. “ig im the one pleased about John Krasinski…” one X consumer wrote.

“Idk about everybody else, however I’m very a lot happy with John Krasinski as Sexiest Man Alive 2024,” one other stated.

Many different social media customers shared that Glen Powell, not John Krasinski, ought to have been topped PEOPLE‘s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive.

“John Krasinski received Sexiest Man Alive 2024 whereas Glen Powell is Alive and strutting in a white tee and cowboy hat making even Mom Nature herself,” one consumer wrote, including a GIF of simply that.

“This picture of Glen Powell together with his nipple out being launched on the identical day of John Krasinski’s Sexiest Man Alive photoshoot? OMG I’D LIKE TO REPORT A MURDER,” one other wrote.

“Pricey @folks journal, are you outta your freaking minds? John Krasinski over Glen Powell, Pedro Pascal, Hugh Jackman, Sebastian Stan, Ryan Gosling and THE LIST GOES ON!” they wrote.

This information comes simply two weeks after it was introduced {that a} “Jack Ryan” film with John Krasinski is within the works at Amazon MGM Studios.

Based on Variety, Wendell Pierce is confirmed to reprise his position as James Greer, whereas Michael Kelly is in talks to return as Mike November. Andrew Bernstein, who directed and served as an govt producer on Season 2, will direct the film, working from a script by Aaron Rabin, a co-executive producer and author from Season 4.

Krasinski and Allyson Seeger are producing by their firm, Sunday Evening, together with Andrew Type. Paramount Footage and Skydance are additionally backing the undertaking, with Skydance’s David Ellison and Dana Goldberg serving as govt producers alongside John Kelly and Carlton Cuse.