When it comes toPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alivetitle,Blake Sheltonmay have lived it, but he sure isn’t ready to pass it on.Ahead of Monday night’s big announcement of who will benamed 2018’s Sexiest Man Alive, the country superstar, 42, sat down with Ellen DeGeneres onThe Ellen DeGeneresshow to reveal he already feels his sexiness trickling away.“I feel like sexy ends when I’m not Sexiest Man Alive anymore,” Shelton told the talk show host on Monday’s episode. “I don’t feel like it exists anymore, I feel like it’s over.”Blake Shelton’s 2017 cover.But after theheaps of backlashthe"God Gave Me You"singer endured from Twitter trolls when his title wasannounced around this time last year, he says he wishes the best of “luck” to whoever claims the victory.“I hope to hell it goes over way better than it did whenever I was Sexiest Man Alive though,” he joked.While Shelton creditedgirlfriend of three years,Gwen Stefani, for convincing him to embrace the crown or else he was “going to regret this for the rest of your life,” he believes he may have been wearing the cape backwards for the last year.“It was supposed to be a superpower,” he told DeGeneres before deadpanning. “I don’t think she felt the power.”Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.All kidding aside, the “Hollaback Girl” previouslyraved about Shelton’s PEOPLE honorlast year onTheEllen DeGeneresShow.“For me, it’s just that big ol’ heart and that sense of humor,” Stefani said,describing why she finds Shelton sexy. “He doesn’t even take himself seriously and he’s just such an incredible person. And that’s sexy to me.”Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.On Monday night’s episode of theTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,hostJimmy Fallonwill be revealing PEOPLE’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive, with the winner himself making a special appearance!Once he inherits the title tonight, the mystery Sexiest Man will be the 33rd to be named,joining a long list of Hollywood’s hottest, starting with a then-29-year-old Mel Gibson back in 1985. In addition to Shelton, recent winners include The Rock,Channing Tatumand David Beckham.Find out where PEOPLE’s newest Sexiest Man lies tonight onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which airs at 11:35pm ET/PT on NBC.

When it comes toPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alivetitle,Blake Sheltonmay have lived it, but he sure isn’t ready to pass it on.

Ahead of Monday night’s big announcement of who will benamed 2018’s Sexiest Man Alive, the country superstar, 42, sat down with Ellen DeGeneres onThe Ellen DeGeneresshow to reveal he already feels his sexiness trickling away.

“I feel like sexy ends when I’m not Sexiest Man Alive anymore,” Shelton told the talk show host on Monday’s episode. “I don’t feel like it exists anymore, I feel like it’s over.”

Blake Shelton’s 2017 cover.

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But after theheaps of backlashthe"God Gave Me You"singer endured from Twitter trolls when his title wasannounced around this time last year, he says he wishes the best of “luck” to whoever claims the victory.

“I hope to hell it goes over way better than it did whenever I was Sexiest Man Alive though,” he joked.

While Shelton creditedgirlfriend of three years,Gwen Stefani, for convincing him to embrace the crown or else he was “going to regret this for the rest of your life,” he believes he may have been wearing the cape backwards for the last year.

“It was supposed to be a superpower,” he told DeGeneres before deadpanning. “I don’t think she felt the power.”

Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.

Ellen DeGeneres

All kidding aside, the “Hollaback Girl” previouslyraved about Shelton’s PEOPLE honorlast year onTheEllen DeGeneresShow.

“For me, it’s just that big ol’ heart and that sense of humor,” Stefani said,describing why she finds Shelton sexy. “He doesn’t even take himself seriously and he’s just such an incredible person. And that’s sexy to me.”

Ellen DeGeneres

On Monday night’s episode of theTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,hostJimmy Fallonwill be revealing PEOPLE’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive, with the winner himself making a special appearance!

Once he inherits the title tonight, the mystery Sexiest Man will be the 33rd to be named,joining a long list of Hollywood’s hottest, starting with a then-29-year-old Mel Gibson back in 1985. In addition to Shelton, recent winners include The Rock,Channing Tatumand David Beckham.

Find out where PEOPLE’s newest Sexiest Man lies tonight onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which airs at 11:35pm ET/PT on NBC.

source: people.com