Damon’s blushes as he’s named sexiest man alive

MATT DAMON has been named the “sexiest man alive” by People magazine, an honour that has been bestowed twice on his pals George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

The 37-year-old actor is featured on the cover of People’s annual issue.

Damon, married to Luciana Bozan, said: “You gave an aging suburban dad the ego boost of a lifetime,” he said in a letter in the magazine. “My 9-year-old stepdaughter now thinks I’m cool — well, cooler.”

Damon, who has a one-year-old daughter, Isabella, with Bozan, says “all the campaigning” by Clooney and Pitt had finally paid off.

“Unfortunately, after all those years out on the trail, the meet and greets, the fundraisers, the stump speeches, I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that this is a mantle I wasn’t meant to hold,” he said in the letter, signed “Matty”.

“Don’t get me wrong, though. I was really shocked and happy (Lucy said I actually blushed) when I heard the news.”