THE SEXY GUYS OF NEW GIRL

Six years after their hit sitcom ended, the inhabitants of Apt. 4D-Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris and Damon Wayans Jr.-reunite for the first time and prove that being hilarious is always sexy

- CLARISSA CRUZ

When the stars of New Girl-Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris and Damon Wayans Jr.-gathered for People's photo shoot, their first time on-camera together since the finale, it was clear their comedic chemistry is still very much intact. "We were around each other for many hours a day," says Morris of the sitcom (about singles sharing an L.A. loft), which aired on Fox from 2011 to 2018 and also starred Zooey Deschanel and Hannah Simone. "So when you get around each other, you instantly get back into silliness." The group met up in October in L.A. to reminisce-and serve up their own unique versions of sexy.

Did you text one another when you heard we wanted to feature you in our Sexiest Man Alive issue?

MAX GREENFIELD Lamorne thought it was just him. Then he showed up today, and he You guys are here." goes, "Oh.

LAMORNE MORRIS I'm like, "S---, I was hoping y'all be sick." We will get asked to do certain things from time to time, and it sometimes never aligns. This happened to be something we're all excited about and honored to be a part of, so we said yes.

New Girl ended six years ago, but it's more popular than ever. Why does the show still resonate?

GREENFIELD It's the perfect binge show. Because of Netflix and all these streamers, it's so easily accessible now that every year there's new college kids who are spending some weird weekend where they're like, "I watched all 130 episodes, and now my life has changed."

MORRIS They don't be learning s--- in school.