Photo: Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagicEmily Bluntis related to a sex symbol.The Golden Globe winner, 39, opened up about seeing brother-in-lawStanley Tuccievolve into theheartthrob he’s recently becomein his 60s as she appeared Thursday onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.“Can you believe that?He’s a sex symbol now,” Blunt raved.“I think he’s shocked,” Blunt added, althoughColbert, 58, suggested otherwise: “Really? He doesn’t act like he is. He acts like, ‘Finally they’ve noticed!’ “Blunt said, “It’s amazing that it took a sort of irreverent video on Instagram that my sister told him to post and then he became a sex symbol. But I asked him, ‘Do you like it deep down? Do you like being a sex symbol?’ And he goes, ‘I mean, yeah.’ “Stanley Tucci InstagramTucci, 62, grew to sex-symbol status during theCOVID-19pandemic, when hewent viral for his intimate mixology and cooking videosand later starred in his own CNN food and travel seriesStanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. Asked about the label, he admitted to PEOPLE in March: “I don’t get it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Who goes, ‘I feel terrible about that’? People think I’m sexy? How awful,” Tucci quipped of being regarded a sex symbol. “It’s wonderful. I don’t get it, but I’m very glad.“Blunt also told Colbert about having Tucci’s signature mixology skills at her disposalduring their family Thanksgivingswith her husbandJohn Krasinskiand his wifeFelicity Blunt, Emily’s older sister. “I mean, Stanley makes a fantastic Christmas cosmo,” she said.Dave Benett/Getty"We call it a Blunt-Tucci,” the British actress said of their joint holidays. “So, we have gone to them, they have come to us. He’s an amazing cook, but she’s an amazing cook as well.“After Blunt and Tucci starred together in 2006’sThe Devil Wears Prada, he married her sister, a British literary agent, in summer 2012 after reconnecting at Emily’swedding to Krasinskiin 2010. The couple shares sonMatteo Oliver, 7½, and 4½-year-old daughterEmilia Giovanna.RELATED VIDEO: Stanley Tucci Says He Reconnected With Felicity Blunt at Emily Blunt’s Wedding and “That Was It"Emily previously raved to PEOPLE about her brother-in-law: “He’s an all-around renaissance man whoknows the way to everyone’s hearts. And it’s through having a damn good time. He’s frighteningly bright, quick to laugh, loves to be laughed at, charismatic, warm and energetic.““He’s authentic and irreverent in the best way ever,” Emily said in March. “He just gets life, and I absolutely worship the guy.”

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Emily Blunt Says Brother-in-Law Stanley Tucci Is ‘Shocked’ by His Sex Symbol Status

Emily Bluntis related to a sex symbol.The Golden Globe winner, 39, opened up about seeing brother-in-lawStanley Tuccievolve into theheartthrob he’s recently becomein his 60s as she appeared Thursday onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.“Can you believe that?He’s a sex symbol now,” Blunt raved.“I think he’s shocked,” Blunt added, althoughColbert, 58, suggested otherwise: “Really? He doesn’t act like he is. He acts like, ‘Finally they’ve noticed!’ “Blunt said, “It’s amazing that it took a sort of irreverent video on Instagram that my sister told him to post and then he became a sex symbol. But I asked him, ‘Do you like it deep down? Do you like being a sex symbol?’ And he goes, ‘I mean, yeah.’ “Stanley Tucci InstagramTucci, 62, grew to sex-symbol status during theCOVID-19pandemic, when hewent viral for his intimate mixology and cooking videosand later starred in his own CNN food and travel seriesStanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. Asked about the label, he admitted to PEOPLE in March: “I don’t get it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Who goes, ‘I feel terrible about that’? People think I’m sexy? How awful,” Tucci quipped of being regarded a sex symbol. “It’s wonderful. I don’t get it, but I’m very glad.“Blunt also told Colbert about having Tucci’s signature mixology skills at her disposalduring their family Thanksgivingswith her husbandJohn Krasinskiand his wifeFelicity Blunt, Emily’s older sister. “I mean, Stanley makes a fantastic Christmas cosmo,” she said.Dave Benett/Getty"We call it a Blunt-Tucci,” the British actress said of their joint holidays. “So, we have gone to them, they have come to us. He’s an amazing cook, but she’s an amazing cook as well.“After Blunt and Tucci starred together in 2006’sThe Devil Wears Prada, he married her sister, a British literary agent, in summer 2012 after reconnecting at Emily’swedding to Krasinskiin 2010. The couple shares sonMatteo Oliver, 7½, and 4½-year-old daughterEmilia Giovanna.RELATED VIDEO: Stanley Tucci Says He Reconnected With Felicity Blunt at Emily Blunt’s Wedding and “That Was It"Emily previously raved to PEOPLE about her brother-in-law: “He’s an all-around renaissance man whoknows the way to everyone’s hearts. And it’s through having a damn good time. He’s frighteningly bright, quick to laugh, loves to be laughed at, charismatic, warm and energetic.““He’s authentic and irreverent in the best way ever,” Emily said in March. “He just gets life, and I absolutely worship the guy.”

Emily Bluntis related to a sex symbol.

The Golden Globe winner, 39, opened up about seeing brother-in-lawStanley Tuccievolve into theheartthrob he’s recently becomein his 60s as she appeared Thursday onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

“Can you believe that?He’s a sex symbol now,” Blunt raved.

“I think he’s shocked,” Blunt added, althoughColbert, 58, suggested otherwise: “Really? He doesn’t act like he is. He acts like, ‘Finally they’ve noticed!’ "

Blunt said, “It’s amazing that it took a sort of irreverent video on Instagram that my sister told him to post and then he became a sex symbol. But I asked him, ‘Do you like it deep down? Do you like being a sex symbol?’ And he goes, ‘I mean, yeah.’ "

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Tucci, 62, grew to sex-symbol status during theCOVID-19pandemic, when hewent viral for his intimate mixology and cooking videosand later starred in his own CNN food and travel seriesStanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. Asked about the label, he admitted to PEOPLE in March: “I don’t get it.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“Who goes, ‘I feel terrible about that’? People think I’m sexy? How awful,” Tucci quipped of being regarded a sex symbol. “It’s wonderful. I don’t get it, but I’m very glad.”

Blunt also told Colbert about having Tucci’s signature mixology skills at her disposalduring their family Thanksgivingswith her husbandJohn Krasinskiand his wifeFelicity Blunt, Emily’s older sister. “I mean, Stanley makes a fantastic Christmas cosmo,” she said.

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“We call it a Blunt-Tucci,” the British actress said of their joint holidays. “So, we have gone to them, they have come to us. He’s an amazing cook, but she’s an amazing cook as well.”

After Blunt and Tucci starred together in 2006’sThe Devil Wears Prada, he married her sister, a British literary agent, in summer 2012 after reconnecting at Emily’swedding to Krasinskiin 2010. The couple shares sonMatteo Oliver, 7½, and 4½-year-old daughterEmilia Giovanna.

RELATED VIDEO: Stanley Tucci Says He Reconnected With Felicity Blunt at Emily Blunt’s Wedding and “That Was It”

Emily previously raved to PEOPLE about her brother-in-law: “He’s an all-around renaissance man whoknows the way to everyone’s hearts. And it’s through having a damn good time. He’s frighteningly bright, quick to laugh, loves to be laughed at, charismatic, warm and energetic.”

“He’s authentic and irreverent in the best way ever,” Emily said in March. “He just gets life, and I absolutely worship the guy.”

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