Ryan Reynolds says Martha Stewart calling him ‘not so funny’ is actually an ‘incredibly valid observation’
Ryan Reynolds thinks his friend Martha Stewart calling him “not so funny” in real life is an “incredibly valid observation.”
“I don’t think what happened was designed to hurt anyone. That was just an incredibly valid observation that someone made,” he told the Hollywood Reporter while reflecting on the lighthearted jab in an interview published Friday.
“Lots of people would say I’m very serious if they met me,” the “Deadpool & Wolverine” star reasoned. “I can’t imagine entering any room in which I don’t intimately know the people, where I suddenly kind of turn on and perform.”
“But why would people ever assume the way they see you on camera is how you’re going to be in real life? Right? You’re just a person,” he further reflected before conceding that he is guilty of assuming himself.
“But I do it, too,” he told THR. “I’m a fan of people and I love certain people’s work, and I’m thinking when I meet them, I want to see little glimpses of that.”
Reynolds, 48, also noted that “you’re in trouble” if you “can’t take a punch” in the entertainment business.
Stewart, who is a longtime neighbor of Reynolds and his wife, Blake Lively, commented on his real-life persona while appearing on Bilt Rewards’ “Rent Free” game show in November.
“He’s a good actor,” the 88-year-old lifestyle guru added. “He can act funny, but he isn’t funny.”
Reynolds swiftly took to X to play along with the friendly punch, tweeting, “I’d disagree with her. But I tried that once.”
Reynolds’ co-star Hugh Jackman even joined in on the fun and replied to his tweet. “Finally someone says it,” he joked.
Reynolds and Stewart have known each other for over a decade, having become friends after he and Lively purchased a $2 million home in Bedford, NY.
“She moved into my neighborhood a couple of years ago with Ryan — before they got married they bought a house right around the corner from my house,” Stewart remembered of Lively, 37, while speaking to HuffPost in 2014.
“And they started to come over, not to borrow sugar, but just as friends … They’re very friendly, very nice people.”
