By Chris Snellgrove
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One of the reasons that Deadpool & Wolverine has been such a massive success is that Ryan Reynolds is very funny…a natural comedian who always gives “maximum effort” to his onscreen punchlines. After seeing him play the clown in role after role, we always assumed he would be just as amusing offscreen as well. One famous neighbor doesn’t think so, though: Martha Stewart recently appeared on the Rent Free game show and declared that Ryan Reynolds is “not so funny in real life.”
Martha Stewart On Ryan Reynolds
The context for this is that she was asked to predict which celebrities the show’s respondents thought would be fun to hang out with. She quickly responded that her friend Snoop Dogg should be on the list, but she then brought up the Deadpool & Wolverine star. According to Stewart, Ryan Reynolds is “not so funny” and instead “very serious” when the cameras aren’t rolling.
Even with full context, Stewart’s comments seem hilariously mean, although we expected nothing less from the legendarily blunt celeb. After naming Snoop Dogg as a celeb the audience would like to hang out with, she brought up her neighbor without any prompting. “He’s probably on the list just ‘cause he covers himself up in his movies and you don’t see his face — Ryan Reynolds, is he one of those?” she asked about the funny addition to the MCU.
Who Martha Stewart Would Love To Hang With
After that, Martha Stewart mentioned that her own celebrity picks would have been Brad Pitt and George Clooney because “I’d like to hang out with those guys.” When Bilt CEO Ankur Jain brought up Taylor Swift, Stewart admitted that she had only been thinking of men, stating “Taylor Swift is lovely.” She then gave a personalized top three ranking that had Taylor Swift, Snoop Dogg, and George Clooney, the latter serving as Ryan Reynolds’ replacement (“I would take Ryan off it,” she said).
Eventually, the conversation turned back to Stewart’s thoughts that Ryan Reynolds wasn’t funny and she elaborated on her previous comments. She claimed that “he’s a good actor” and someone who “can act funny, but he isn’t funny.” She then speculated that “maybe he can get to be funny again” before expressing that she was going “to get in trouble” for dunking on her famous neighbor like this.
Ryan Reynolds Reacts
When Pop Crave posted news about Stewart’s comments to X (formerly Twitter), her famous neighbor replied with his trademark humor. Ryan Reynolds posted that “I’d disagree with her” about the topic of being funny “but I tried that once.” He then joked that Stewart is “unexpectedly spry” and “really closed the gap after a mile or so.”
In his graceful response, Ryan Reynolds proved he was funny in one very crucial way: he knows how to take jokes at his own expense. As for Stewart’s original comments, they led many of Reynolds’ supporters to point out that the Marvel star has been candid about growing up as an introverted child and later suffering from social anxiety as an adult. Therefore, it makes sense that the guy who makes us laugh in all these hit movies may not always be “on” and want to crack jokes with his neighbors whenever they run into each other.
Speaking of neighbors, whether Ryan Reynolds is funny in real life is a topic that only Martha Stewart seems to care about. The vast majority of the world will never meet the Deadpool & Wolverine star, so the fact that he can reliably make us laugh with his performances means he’s perfectly funny to us. Where we’re standing, Martha Stewart has her fingers on the pulse with at least one thing, though: Snoop Dogg sounds insanely fun to hang out with.
Source: People
