Bradley Cooper Apparently Thought That He Was Being Pranked When He Was Named “Sexiest Man Alive”

“I was like: ‘Holy shit,’ that was a rough thing to hear,” he admitted at the time.

As a result, Bradley feared that he’d receive backlash once People’s decision was made public.

He recalled thinking: “Oh, this is not going to be good… Everybody’s gonna be like: ‘What?!’”

And Bradley even downplayed his achievement in his official interview with the publication, where he said: “I think it’s really cool that a guy who doesn’t look like a model can have this [title].”

“Sometimes I can look great, and other times I look horrifying,” he continued to People.