This year’s Sexiest Man Alive list is magical, and the sexiest of all is a magical Mike! The cover photo after the jump!

All the talk turned out to be truth… Channing Tatum is this newest Hollywood hunk to be named People’s Sexiest Man Alive!

The Magic Mike star reveals to People that he couldn’t believe the news when he heard he was this year’s sexiest.

“My first thought was, ‘Y’all are messing with me,’” he says.

In the new issue of the mag, Channing spills details on starting a family with his wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum.

“The first number that pops into my head is three,” he says, “but I just want one to be healthy and then we’ll see where we go after that.”

The Alabama-bred heartthrob also talks his love of sculpting and Edgar Allan Poe poems in the glossy.

“People know him to be fun and sexy,” wife Jenna says, “but they don’t know how emotionally deep and spiritually open he is.”

Also on the list is country’s own Blake Shelton, Chris Hemsworth, Bradley Cooper, Richard Gere, Paul Rudd and more.

For more on Channing and the other 180 sexy men included in new the issue, pick up People on Friday.