It’s official, Idris Elba is immortal and drinks from the same cup as Paul Rudd and Keanu Reeves.
This revelation all began when John Legend was named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive for 2019, which prompted some “gentle” ribbing from his wife, Chrissy Teigen:
It’s no small feat to be named Sexiest Man Alive, especially when your predecessor is the one and only Idris Elba, but John Legend took the honour with a healthy dose of humility and self-deprecation.
For what it’s worth, he fully deserves the title and proves once and for all that (actual) nice guys don’t finish last.
Not done with roasting her husband for being the Sexiest Man Alive, Chrissy followed up her tweet with with a spicy request for Idris to share a 1995 photo of himself so she can compare it to a 1995 pic of John.
Clearly this is for science and not for any thirst-related reason.
To everyone’s surprise, Idris duly delivered on Chrissy’s request and hoo boy did we get a hell of a gem because the photo he shared of himself could’ve been taken from last week and you wouldn’t know the difference.
So yes Chrissy Teigen, Idris Elba circa 1995 is indeed “prob still very hot,” which is a bit of an understatement.
Seriously, how the hell has Idris Elba not aged a single day over the last two and a half decades? The only difference between him circa 1995 and him of today is the sprinkling of salt and pepper in his hair and beard, which is probably something he does by hand as a fashion statement and has nothing to do with aging.
As for Chrissy Teigen’s reaction to Idris’ photo, well, it’s basically what you’d expect. No shade to 1995 John Legend, who is also gorgeous, but 1995 Idris wins this round.
It’s no secret that the man is finer than the year is long but looking virtually the same today as he did in the 1990s is truly a mystery. Honestly, this lends credence to the conspiracy that Hollywood is sitting on some sort of fountain of youth, which is the only reasonable explanation as to why no one there ever seems to age.
It’s either that or Idris Elba is secretly an immortal vampire who feeds off the energy of people thirsting all over him.