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Ryan Reynolds Reacts to Martha Stewart Saying He’s ‘Not That Funny’ With Joke That’s Not So Funny
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Ryan Reynolds Reacts to Martha Stewart Saying He’s ‘Not That Funny’ With Joke That’s Not So Funny

“I wouldn’t agree with her. But I tried that once.”

Maybe Ryan Reynolds I can’t stand the heat Martha Stewartthe kitchen.

THE dead Pool The actor responded to the TV host’s recent claim that he’s “not that funny in real life” by not being that funny…?

“I would disagree with her,” Reynolds written the. “But I tried that once. The woman is surprisingly lively. She really closed the gap after about a kilometer and a half.”

Eugene Gologursky/Getty; Dominik Bindl/Getty Ryan Reynolds; Martha StewartEugene Gologursky/Getty; Dominik Bindl/Getty Ryan Reynolds; Martha Stewart

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Ryan Reynolds; Martha Stewart

It’s unclear exactly what he meant by his remarks, although it certainly seems like he was trying to be funny by implying that an 83-year-old woman shouldn’t be able to match him in a middle-distance track and field competition, or that some The alleged earlier disagreement he had with Stewart plunged her into such a state of offense that she chased him for more than a mile. Either way, he basically proves him right.

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Stewart had shared his two cents about the Red Notice star as a guest on Bilt AwardsFree rent game show. When asked to list celebrities people would think would be fun to hang out with, the hotel mogul assumed Reynolds would be a popular answer — but not without noting that he didn’t deserve that reputation.

“He’s probably on the list just because he covers up in his films and you don’t see his face,” she said. “And you want to know something? He’s not that funny in real life.”

She reiterated: “No, he’s not that funny. He’s very serious.” Stewart admitted, however, that Reynolds knows how to bring funny ways to his job. “He’s a good actor,” she said. “He can act funny, but he’s not funny. Maybe he can be funny again.”

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Stewart knew his comments might cause a stir. “I’m going to get in trouble,” she said. “He’s my neighbor.” Indeed, Reynolds and his wife, Blake Livelyown a home near Stewart’s farm in Bedford, NY

When asked for her personal picks of celebrities she could chill with, Stewart made a list without Reynolds. “George Clooneybecause it’s fun. It’s really nice to hang out with George,” she said. Stewart also felt that “Taylor Swift it’s charming” and that Brad Pitt and her boyfriend Snoop Dogg would make his list. “I would take Ryan out and put someone else in.”

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Stewart is the subject of Netflix’s buzzy new documentary project Martha, but she doesn’t hold her tongue about her issues with the film. “I hate these last scenes,” she said The New York Times on the day of the film’s premiere, referring to its moments depicting her “looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden.”

Stewart also said the film placed too much emphasis on her trial and the five months she served in prison after being charged with obstructing justice in the early 2000s. “It wasn’t that important ” she said. “The trial and the actual incarceration lasted less than two years out of a life of 83 years. I considered it a vacation, to tell you the truth…the trial itself was extremely boring.”

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