Alfonso Signorini is Hot for Vladimir Putin

Alfonso Signorini, an openly gay Italian TV host, was asked who the sexiest man in Italy was, but he didn’t have an answer to that question. Alfonso did know who the sexiest man in the world is, and that man he said is Vladimir Putin:

"When I saw his naked torso and a slain Siberian tiger lying at his feet, I almost had a stroke. Won-der-ful!" Signorini said in a reference to Putin’s much-photographed shirtless fishing trip in Siberia last year and an incident recently when Putin shot a tiger with a tranquilizer gun, putting it to sleep but not killing it.

"He is my erotic dream. I find him absolutely astonishing," Signorini said by telephone Friday from Milan. "I’m attracted by his charisma and his icy glance."

Aaaah, self-destructive love. I’m sure Mr. Putin is pleased.