Ryan Reynolds did not attend the 2025 Critics Choice Awards.
This comes despite the fact that his blockbuster movie, Deadpool & Wolverine had been nominated in the category of Best Comedy, an accolade that the film ended up winning, tying with A Real Pain.
Reynolds even broke his silence on the achievement, taking to his official Instagram to write, "Zing! Thanks criticschoice — whole team deadpoolmovie is thrilled. But wait a minute. Swipe [to the next slide] Huge congrats to arealpainfilm."
Initially, the Fall Guy star also reposted Deadpool account’s story that read, "Hughlarious, Congratulations to the cast and crew of #DeadpoolAndWolverine on their Critics Choice Awards win for Best Comedy! #CriticsChoice."
Reynolds’ move to not show up at the Critics Choice Awards comes amid him and his wife, Blake Lively, being caught up in a legal battle against, It Ends With Us star, Justin Baldoni.
Lively sued her co-star Baldoni, for s**ual harassment on the set of the novel adaptation film, to which, in response, theJane The Virgin star countersued the A-list couple for defamation.
In fact, Deadpool & Wolverine also managed to get Baldoni’s attention, where he claimed in his counter lawsuit that the character, Nicepool, written and played by Reynolds himself, is a cruel parody of him.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have notably kept themselves away from the spotlight amid this highly-publicized legal battle.