The hottest series in recent history just wouldn't be the same without January Jones. She's Don Draper's buttoned-up blonde wife on the AMC drama, but Jones goes all-out sexy for this month's GQ.
As it turns out, the woman who plays 'Mad Men''s sexy housewife doesn't have much in common with Betty Draper. "Dear men of America," she announces to the interviewer's recorder, "I like beer, I like football. I’m probably the most interesting girl you'll ever meet."
But there was one guy you have probably heard of who didn't think she was interesting enough...
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"The guy I was dating when I first got to L.A. was not supportive of my acting," Jones tells GQ. "He was like, I don't think you’re going to be good at this."
The guy? Ashton Kutcher. But Jones has definitely proven him wrong.
"He only has nice things to say now—if anything, I should thank him. Because the minute you tell me I can't do something, that’s when I’m most motivated."
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We wouldn't have pegged her for a hippie, but the cover girl tells GQ about hanging with the deadheads during high school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
"I hung out with dudes in high school," she says. "We were the hippies—into the Dead, Zeppelin, Phish. I was a lifeguard at the water park, and I remember the day Jerry died. Over the loudspeaker, it said: 'Jerry Garcia has died. Everybody meet in the parking lot.' I probably shouldn't say that—we were saving lives! But that was definitely a sit-in-the-chair-with-sunglasses afternoon."
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Jones arrives on the red carpet for the 2009 Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on September 20, 2009.
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Jon Hamm, left, and Jones play Don and Betty Draper in the AMC period drama 'Mad Men.' The program has won nine Emmys and is in its third season.
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Jones shows off her baby blues at the 66th annual Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, California on January 11, 2009.
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Jones arrives for the Herve Leger collection show at Fashion Week in New York on January 15, 2009.
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Hollywood's golden girl holds the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. For ‘Mad Men’ at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2009.
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“Mrs. Draper” arrives at the Season 3 premiere of ‘Mad Men’ in Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 2009.
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Jones watches the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston play during Game 2 of a second-round NBA playoff series in Los Angeles on May 6, 2009. The Lakers won 111-98.
This girl loves sports! “My screen saver is a photo of me with Peyton and Eli at the Kentucky Derby,” she tells GQ.
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Jones is pretty in pink at the 20th annual Producers Guild Awards at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on January 24, 2009.
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