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Jack Blackis truly astonished byElle Fanning's attraction to him.
After theSentimental Valueactress said in an interview with her sister Dakota forVanity Fairlast fall that she found him to be "sex on legs," "the perfect man," and "the hottest man I've ever seen in my life," Black had, what else, but a funny reaction.
"Have you ever heard of body dysmorphia?" Black, the star of comedies such asNacho Libre,Kung Fu Panda, andSchool of Rockasked in a TikTok that Sony Pictures shared Sunday. "Where when you look at yourself, you're like, 'Oh, I'm so ugly,' but really you're like this gorgeous creature? I think she's got like the opposite of that, where she looks at me, which objectively is a goblin gremlin, and she sees this gorgeous creature apparently."
He declared that Fanning, 27, has "that goblin dysmorphia."
"Thank you," the 56-year-old said. "I appreciate the compliment, but I have to close my eyes, because I can't quite process what I'm hearing there. But thank you, Elle."
Black gave the message in a video in which he sat alongside Paul Rudd, his costar in the upcoming reboot of the movieAnaconda.
Rudd piped up that he totally understands where Fanning is coming from.
"I will say on behalf of Elle Fanning, I get it," Rudd said with a grin. I really do. I adore you, Jack. As does America! As does the world! Elle's got it right. Elle's got it right."
Black made sure to deliver a special message to Gus Wenner, Fanning's boyfriend since 2023.
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"Dude, we got no beef," Black said. "We're cool. I didn't do nothing to deserve this attention."
Fanning explained in a December 2024 chat onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonthat her boyfriend personally told Black, 'You're her hall pass,' when they met at a valet stand at the Golden Globes that year. And she was standing right there!
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Black's wife since 2006, Tanya Hadden, was there too.
"We were laughing," Fanning said. "I mean, I was turning bright red. I still am."
Anacondaarrives in theaters Dec. 25.
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