He's Too Unsexy for this Post

The list is out and it's been making waves from Best Week Ever to Regis & Kelly. The Phoenix’s 100 Unsexiest Men list named Gilbert Gottfried tops, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing for him. Gottfried gets the nod for being, well, Gilbert Gottfried – has anyone ever cast him as a sex symbol? All sorts of press attention have come out of the list, and he’s almost always included in the article as holding top honor – good for him with his “Dirty Jokes” still fresh on the market.

Taking on the flip side of the popular People Magazine yearly feature “Sexiest Man Alive” was a good move for Phoenix staff, even if they’re getting mixed comments on their choices (and sexuality). Mr. Blackwell’s list of Hollywood’s Worst Dressed often gets more press (for the list and celebs) than the dime-a-dozen best dressed lists. We’ve heard the saying time and time again that any press is good press. Celebrities wouldn’t be as rich as they are without the press – good or bad. Why else do Lindsay and Tara go around showing their nipples? So they’ll get an invite to some party where they hope to land their next million dollar movie deal. Making the Unsexiest Men list is more a boon to the Phoenix’s readership – their website has been inaccessible from time to time, we can only assume it’s due to high traffic.

We know that these lists are viral. Blogebrity began just to prove this point. They got most all of their hits from sites linking to them indicating their fame as an “A-lister” or pissing and moaning they were excluded or ranked too low. The boys at the Phoenix have done a great job anticipating this trend, some of Bostonist’s favorites are: “6. Chad Kroeger: It's not just the massive head, weird face, and bad hair. It's also the fact that he's in Nickelback, the worst band since the dawn of music,“ “42. Rush Limbaugh: No doubt he will claim his placement on this list as a result of a media bias and not the fact that he's just butt-ugly.” Where Gottfried revels in his #1 placement the fans of Chad Kroeger have really let loose in the comments. We're surprised the Clay fans haven't chimed in - they have a history of trying to dissuade any inuendo's regarding the Idol's sexuality.

We would like to wrap this up by thanking the local boys who put the list together, it wouldn’t be a list of ugly and unsexy characters coming out of Boston without a little knock on the Yankees.

2. Randy Johnson: If he couldn't throw a ball 100 miles per hour, Johnson would be wearing a wife beater and getting hauled into a squad car on Cops. Could you imagine the nights when he pitched to Otis Nixon?...
71. George Steinbrenner: Come on, we live in Boston, you knew it was coming.

Photo: Courtesy API Speakers Bureau, Gottfried's official headshot. We totally played into the whole thing giving press to Gottfried. Afflack!