Jimmy Fallon Sent Mark Consuelos Flowers After Bitter Sexiest Man Alive Feud: 'There Was Never Any Competition'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Jimmy Fallonhas admitted defeat!TheTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonhost sentMark Consuelosflowers after their showdown inPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alivereaders' choice poll, Consuelos andKelly Riparevealed on Dec. 13 onLive with Kelly and Mark. Despite a bitterly waged war on their respective shows, which includedattack ads and Fallon calling for Consuelos to step down, for thesecond year in a row, Consuelos took top honors in his category in the popular poll.Ripa and Consuelos arrived at their home last night to find “the most consequential flower arrangement I’ve ever seen,” Ripa said.Mark Consuelos and the flowers Jimmy Fallon sent him.ABCThe vase was roughly four feet tall and overflowing with white roses; Consuelos estimated 500, though Ripa guessed the actual number was higher. The whole arrangement was a bit taller than Consuelos, who stands at 5-ft.-8-in.“To theSexiest Talk Show Hostout there: There was never really any competition — Jimmy,” the message read.Fallon — who was promoting his No. 1-ranked Christmas albumHoliday Seasoning—then joined Ripa and Consuelos, his top rival in PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive polls, on their show.Flowers sent to Mark Consuelos from Jimmy Fallon.ABC"PEOPLE’s Sexiest Talk Show Host and everyone voted, and Mark Consuelos mopped the floor with me," Fallon said. “And he won. And you really did it and you deserve it.““It got ugly, it got dirty,” Ripa added.Fallon said he aired some “attack ads” to try tosway votes. He tried so hard to clinch the title, he said — he even asked Consuelos torescind his name from considerationin hopes of boosting his own chances.“I tried! I tried to drop out, but the people at PEOPLE said ‘you can’t drop out,” Consuelos said.“I did ask them after the fact if it was close, and they said it wasveryclose,” he continued, adding, “You won the electoral college.“Fallon didn’t care for any of Consuelos’s excuses.“I asked you to drop out! Respectfully drop out of the race! I got to go around the city — I got to see you all over the city with no clothes on!” Fallon said, and then showed Consuelos a photo of himself on a billboard.“Man, I tried really hard,” Fallon lamented. “You’re the best, you’re a good sport about it.”

Jimmy Fallonhas admitted defeat!

TheTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonhost sentMark Consuelosflowers after their showdown inPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alivereaders’ choice poll, Consuelos andKelly Riparevealed on Dec. 13 onLive with Kelly and Mark. Despite a bitterly waged war on their respective shows, which includedattack ads and Fallon calling for Consuelos to step down, for thesecond year in a row, Consuelos took top honors in his category in the popular poll.

Ripa and Consuelos arrived at their home last night to find “the most consequential flower arrangement I’ve ever seen,” Ripa said.

Mark Consuelos and the flowers Jimmy Fallon sent him.ABC

The vase was roughly four feet tall and overflowing with white roses; Consuelos estimated 500, though Ripa guessed the actual number was higher. The whole arrangement was a bit taller than Consuelos, who stands at 5-ft.-8-in.

“To theSexiest Talk Show Hostout there: There was never really any competition — Jimmy,” the message read.

Fallon — who was promoting his No. 1-ranked Christmas albumHoliday Seasoning—then joined Ripa and Consuelos, his top rival in PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive polls, on their show.

Flowers sent to Mark Consuelos from Jimmy Fallon.ABC

“PEOPLE’s Sexiest Talk Show Host and everyone voted, and Mark Consuelos mopped the floor with me,” Fallon said. “And he won. And you really did it and you deserve it.”

“It got ugly, it got dirty,” Ripa added.

Fallon said he aired some “attack ads” to try tosway votes. He tried so hard to clinch the title, he said — he even asked Consuelos torescind his name from considerationin hopes of boosting his own chances.

“I tried! I tried to drop out, but the people at PEOPLE said ‘you can’t drop out,” Consuelos said.

“I did ask them after the fact if it was close, and they said it wasveryclose,” he continued, adding, “You won the electoral college.”

Fallon didn’t care for any of Consuelos’s excuses.

“I asked you to drop out! Respectfully drop out of the race! I got to go around the city — I got to see you all over the city with no clothes on!” Fallon said, and then showed Consuelos a photo of himself on a billboard.

“Man, I tried really hard,” Fallon lamented. “You’re the best, you’re a good sport about it.”

source: people.com