Chrissy Teigen is always down for a fun time on the internet.
After her husband John Legend was named People Magazine's sexiest man alive for 2019, following Idris Elba for 2018, she knew there was gold in them there hills.
Legend said the 1995 version of himself would have been "perplexed" to follow Elba as sexiest man alive.
1995 John would be very perplexed to be following 2018 @IdrisElba as #SexiestManAlive. Hell, 2019 John is about as… https://t.co/RADR10O8o5— John Legend (@John Legend) 1573612167.0
So Teigen said she'd be ready to see what 1995 Elba looked like.
Then pit 1995 Legend and Elba against each other.
yeah but let's see an @idriselba pic from 1995 (prob still very hot) https://t.co/7DtT72InGk— christine teigen (@christine teigen) 1573612772.0
Elba happily obliged:
@chrissyteigen 👀👀 1995-ish. https://t.co/7dC1S5gG9p— Idris Elba (@Idris Elba) 1573747466.0
And proved that he was literally never not good looking.
Well, dang.
@idriselba @chrissyteigen @chrissyteigen You knew what you were doing with that setup and now we been blessed with… https://t.co/X5B47Vwt8k— cur rey (@cur rey) 1573751625.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen When the man knows he's fine, he'll pull out that 25 year old pic. 😂😂— bert-o-rific ✌️ (@bert-o-rific ✌️) 1573748463.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen https://t.co/M2nZUgCece— HanaBanana (@HanaBanana) 1573748364.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen https://t.co/ZCBpuunmV3— Sarcasm Police (@Sarcasm Police) 1573751916.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen https://t.co/xTBB8XYru3— Have a Pevenly Thanksgiving (@Have a Pevenly Thanksgiving) 1573753558.0
Mister Elba, sir, is it legal to be attractive as all get-out over 25 years with no break?
Where's the required "awkward" phase‽‽
@idriselba @chrissyteigen Sir... https://t.co/HM143jagDm— 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧 𝐔𝐬𝐞 (@𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧 𝐔𝐬𝐞) 1573760462.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen I’m calling your wife https://t.co/9x3NOk7Q28— General Zod 👽 (@General Zod 👽) 1573769516.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen Still https://t.co/l2qLlMfvTW— Beyoncé's other cousin🌈 (@Beyoncé's other cousin🌈) 1573747913.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen https://t.co/y58z3KLYnk— Bhad Bharnie (@Bhad Bharnie) 1573755934.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen John Legend rn: https://t.co/ZkNvAUruGc— Chris Berney (he/him) (@Chris Berney (he/him)) 1573748152.0
Even Chrissy Teigen had to admit defeat on this one.
😂😭 sorry @JohnLegend, I tried!!! https://t.co/6ijcPf3HfZ— christine teigen (@christine teigen) 1573747794.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen Checkmate. https://t.co/RtXNLDf4hy https://t.co/w4uUd9MzI6— JudgeYouHarshly (@JudgeYouHarshly) 1573748828.0
@idriselba @chrissyteigen https://t.co/RWb0RxSggJ— BoloSassy&Me🌈♥️🍑 (@BoloSassy&Me🌈♥️🍑) 1573748255.0
@chrissyteigen @johnlegend https://t.co/fUPcUcRsm2— Tweet Reaction (@Tweet Reaction) 1573747818.0
@chrissyteigen @johnlegend Here you go Chrissy. I put it all together all in one shot. Congrats John Legend for t… https://t.co/tqgBbaY0Uy— DudeGottaGo (@DudeGottaGo) 1573758820.0
Legend marks the final "Sexiest Man Alive" for the 2010s.
The decade started strong with Ryan Reynolds in 2010 and went on to include Bradley Cooper, Channing Tatum, Adam Levine, Chris Hemsworth, David Beckham, Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson, Blake Shelton and of course, Elba and Legend.
We hope the 2020 "Sexiest Man Alive" continues the "photo from 1995" trend.
In 2006, People created People: 20 Years of Sexiest Man Alive, available here.