Ryan Reynolds shoots back after neighbor Martha Stewart claims he ‘isn’t funny’ in real life

Ryan Reynolds has fired back after his neighbor Martha Stewart claimed he’s ‘not funny’ in their real-life interactions.

The 48-year-old Deadpool star has gained a devoted fan base not only for his films, but also for the sardonic comments he makes in interviews and on social media.

But Martha, 83, has now publicly stated: ‘He’s not that funny in real life,’ adding: ‘He’s a good actor. He can be funny, but he’s not funny.’

Martha’s joke immediately went viral online – and now Ryan has responded to the comments on X, formerly known as Twitter.

‘I don’t agree with her. But I tried that once. The woman is unexpectedly spry. She really closed the gap after a kilometer or so,” he joked.

Martha made her comments while appearing as a special guest Bilt RewardsNovember Rent Free game show, when asked which celebrities she thought the respondents enjoyed hanging out with the most.

“He’s probably on the list just because he covers himself in his movies and you don’t see his face. Ryan Reynolds, is he one of them?’ Martha – who recently decried the “lazy” Netflix documentary about her life – told Bilt CEO Ankur Jain.

‘And do you want to know something? He’s not that funny in real life,” she then added about Blake Lively’s husband.

‘No, he’s not that funny. He’s very serious,” Martha said.

When Ankur said he was ‘so surprised’ [he] isn’t funny,” Martha said, “He’s a good actor. He can be funny, but he’s not funny.’

“Maybe he can be funny again,” she added, while Ankur said he was “so disappointed.”

“I’m going to get in trouble,” Martha interjected, adding, “He’s my neighbor.”

Martha then mentioned Brad Pitt and George Clooney, even though they weren’t on the list, and said, “I’d love to hang out with those guys.”

The top three answers were then revealed as Taylor Swift, Ryan and Martha’s good friend Snoop Dogg.

Martha said she would take Ryan off the list and put Clooney in third place, moving Snoop higher on the list. ‘Because he’s nice. It’s a lot of fun hanging out with George,” she said.

Martha’s farm is near the home in Bedford, New York that Reynolds shares with his wife Blake and their four children.

Reynold’s starred in a number of comedies, including the Deadpool films – Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) – National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (2002), Waiting… (2005), The Proposal ( 2009), Spirited (2022) and Free Guy (2021).

Stewart was on the game show to promote her new cookbook, Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen, which was released on October 22.

The Netflix documentary about her life, titled Martha, was also released in October, but the star revealed she “hated” the final scenes and felt the second half was “a bit lazy.”

The businesswoman’s life is spotlighted in RJ Cutler’s film, which follows her rise from teen model to her reign as the original influencer and America’s first self-made female billionaire.

Although the documentary has already made countless headlines thanks to Martha’s candor about her 29-year marriage to her ex-husband Andy and their extramarital affairs, the mogul is not happy with the project.

In a new, no-holds-barred interview, Martha detailed the numerous elements she was unhappy with, including unflattering camera angles and several anecdotes left on the cutting room floor.

‘Those last scenes where I look like a lonely old lady hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to put that away. And he refused,” she raged.

‘I hate those last scenes. Hate them.’

Speak with The New York TimesMartha explained that she had torn her Achilles tendon and recently had surgery, hence the limping.

“But then again, him [R.J.] “I don’t even mention why – that I can survive that and still work seven days a week,” she joked.

Martha was especially annoyed because RJ used the “ugliest” camera angle, despite her insisting that he change it.

“He had three cameras pointed at me,” she said. ‘And he chooses to use the ugliest angle. And I said to him, ‘Don’t use that corner! That’s not the prettiest angle. You had three cameras. Use the other corner.’ He wouldn’t change that.’

As if that wasn’t enough, Martha also expressed her anger about the music in the documentary, confessing that she would have preferred if rap music had been used instead of the classical score that RJ opted for.