Ryan Reynolds Reveals What He Really Thought About Martha Stewart Calling Him 'Not So Funny'

Mar. 15, 2025

Martha Stewart; Ryan Reynolds.Photo:Paul Morigi/Getty; Slaven Vlasic/Getty

Paul Morigi/Getty; Slaven Vlasic/Getty

Ryan ReynoldsthinksMartha Stewart’s assessment of him is perfectly valid.

TheDeadpool & Wolverinestar was namedThe Hollywood Reporter’s Producer of the Year, and at one point in a wide-ranging interview, Reynolds addressed Stewart, 83, recentlygoing viral for saying he is “not so funny” in real life.

“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,” the actor added. “But I do it too. 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 said, “I don’t think what happened was designed to hurt anyone. That was just an incredibly valid observation that someone made.”

He admitted that “lots of people would say I’m very serious if they met me,” explaining, “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.”

Martha Stewart; Ryan Reynolds.Michael Loccisano/WWD/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage

Michael Loccisano/WWD/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage

TheIFactor then opened up about living with anxiety, sharing that he has “always been much more shy around people that I don’t know unless I’m stepping out on a stage.”

“I’ve always been one to be very quiet, and part of that is anxiety I’ve carried with me since I was a kid,” said Reynolds. “And at times it’s very normal for anyone and everyone to experience anxiety. Some people’s anxiety, and I include mine, has a tendency to go down a slippery slope that needs to be managed to some degree.”

“… Ryan Reynolds, is he one of those?” she asked, before adding: “And you want to know something? He’s not so funny in real life. No, he’s not so funny. He’s very serious.” Stewart admitted she “would take Ryan off [the list], and I would put in somebody else.”

Ryan Reynolds on April 22, 2023.Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty

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“He’s a good actor,” she said of Reynolds, a neighbor in Upstate New York. “He can act funny, but he isn’t funny. Maybe he can get to be funny again. … I’m going to get in trouble.”

Reynolds later playfully respondedon X, writing, “I’d disagree with her. But I tried that once. The woman is unexpectedly spry. She really closed the gap after a mile or so.”

source: people.com