Joe Manganiello Dealing with Rumors and People’s Sexiest Men List

Access Hollywood chats with True Blood’s hottest werewolf, Joe Manganiello, about making People’s Sexiest Men Alive list. While at first Joe found his newfound fame surreal, he’s come to accept it and all the things involved with it. Rumors about his personal life, however, are bits he could do without. “There are people out there that are ridiculous. They print articles without quotes. They print articles without fact checking and some of these people — they’ve actually started printing things that they feel I psychically believe, which, I don’t know how you can get away with that,” he told Access of one of the downsides that’s come with his increasing profile.

But the fun far outweighs the burrs of rumors. Like when Joe told his mom about making People’s list. “I said, ‘ Go get People magazine this week.’” Joe said of how he broke the news to Mama Manganiello, back in his hometown of Pittsburgh. “She said ‘What for?’ And I said, ‘Well, you know, it’s the Sexiest Man Alive issue.’ And she screamed ‘Oh my God! You’re the Sexiest Man Alive?!’ And I went ‘No, no… I’m one of the guys.’”

Fiance Audra will keep his head in reality, though. “I told Audra and the first thing she said was, ‘Don’t forget, I wash your underwear,’” Joe laughed while recounting to AccessHollywood.com how he broke the news to his fiancée, model and actress Audra Marie. “Then she gave me a big hug and told me how proud of me she was.”

Atta girl, Audra!