Ryan Reynolds responds to Critics Choice Award win after skipping ceremony during Blake Lively’s legal battle
Though he missed the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, Ryan Reynolds made sure to acknowledge Deadpool & Wolverine’s win for Best Comedy.
Ryan Reynolds’ presence at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards would have been a marvelous occurrence.
Alas, the actor with many irons in the fire chose to skip the Feb. 7 ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., in favor of being elsewhere.
But he did acknowledge Deadpool & Wolverine’s shared win for Best Comedy Award with A Real Pain, posting on his Instagram, «Zing! Thanks @criticschoice — whole team @deadpoolmovie is thrilled. But wait a minute. Swipe [to the next slide] Huge congrats to @arealpainfilm.»
He initially reposted the @deadpool movie account to his Instagram Story: «Hughlarious,» read the caption. «Congratulations to the cast and crew of #DeadpoolAndWolverine on their Critics Choice Awards win for Best Comedy! #CriticsChoice.»
It would have been a surprise to see Reynolds at the show in any case this year, what with him being so busy buying another soccer team, making his 100th Mint Mobile commercial and otherwise going about his daily business. Which, per a Feb. 7 Instagram post, included sharing the stage with Disney CEO Bob Iger and Creative Artists Agency CEO Bryan Lourd at a JP Morgan summit.
