These Pictures Of Patrick Dempsey Are Going Viral For Extremely Obvious Superficial Reasons

The Venice International Film Festival is happening, and while it's pretty bleak because of the strikes, there have been two breakout moments...

Film festival jury president Damien Chazelle wearing a "Writers Guild on Strike" T-shirt
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The first is this pigeon:

A pigeon on the red carpet
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Yaaas, slaaay, werk, queen, mother, SHE RAISED ME, etc., etc.

Close-up of the pigeon
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But really, the whole pigeon thing is ridiculous(ly funny).

The pigeon on the red carpet
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The second is this appearance by Patrick Dempsey:

Close-up of Patrick at the festival, wearing a pin-striped suit and T-shirt

These particular pictures of him are going super viral...

Patrick Dempsey attends a photocall for the movie "Ferrari" at the 80th Venice Film Festival. pic.twitter.com/s3p5mMi1Xl

— @21metgala (@21metgala) August 31, 2023

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Why are they going viral, you ask?

my God https://t.co/Zxpz83jK9m

— bri janae (@bcaines_) September 1, 2023

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Well, because the man is incredibly attractive.

Salivating https://t.co/JSZbnLO7hN

— mowy (@juicyfatcoot) August 31, 2023

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From "This man is still my husband in my head"...

This man is still my husband in my head. https://t.co/LKnAykNZsl

— Your favorite fem ✨😏 (@jetaylaa) September 1, 2023

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...to "he's reclaimed his title as the public's favourite Dilf."

The likes on this post… he’s reclaimed his title as the public’s favourite Dilf pic.twitter.com/MVVoxo7i2a https://t.co/hHoCWKvkiv

— Juanita (@ghostinYonce) September 1, 2023

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It's funny that these cute little pics have almost 50,000 likes!

This man is still my husband in my head. https://t.co/LKnAykNZsl

— Your favorite fem ✨😏 (@jetaylaa) September 1, 2023

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Anyway, I'm just happy to see society unite under a shared love of something.

I keep coming back to this post. Really cannot believe how handsome this man is, yooh! https://t.co/k1WnjqO7lY

— T🪩 (@thabi2you) September 1, 2023

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Congrats to him for remaining hot for all of these years.

his commitment to being fine for 30+ years is inspiring https://t.co/I27WlkJ1Yt pic.twitter.com/v93PBmXME8

— jj (@nowhoasked) August 31, 2023

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And I think the only appropriate way to end this post is to say that Meredith was, in fact, always right.

I mean I get it, really I do. https://t.co/0h7043Bod7 pic.twitter.com/9tVhcaKTdf

— swift city night 1 veteran (@sandytaylorsver) August 31, 2023

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Ciao!

McDreamy once, McDreamy forever https://t.co/WUmHgJyEqw

— Uditi (@chaiandbiscuit_) September 1, 2023

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