If someone ever tells you that Ryan is only talking about homophobia because 2016 is the year of ‘political correctness’, please shove this on their faces! Ryan Reynolds had a great interview with the filmmaker John August for The Advocate, back in 2007. Yes, 2007.
“Reynolds offers up this tale about an early incident on his sitcom Two Guys and a Girl: “I remember once I did this improv where I grabbed one of the actors and gave him this kind of Looney Tunes kiss. The audience loved it, and I thought it was a really funny moment. I’ll never forget—this other actor cam up afterwards and said, ‘What are you doin’? People are going to think that you’re gay.’ And I remember just thinking that’s just the most profoundly idiotic thing I’d ever heard.”
Reynolds says he wasn’t concerned about the gay aspect of The Nines, unlike other actors who auditioned: “Anyone who is homophobic—they’re triggered on some level by something within themselves that they’re desperately afraid of. More obvious news later in the program.”
He also offers a candid answer when August asks him if he were a gay actor, would he come out? “I don’t know if I would. I haven’t spent 23 years with a conflict within myself that is localized to just that. I certainly have my own versions of it, but none of those are as stigmatized as being gay, so I don’t know. Would I feel a certain obligation to? I honestly don’t know.”
That’s all. Fresh news for people who didn’t know, especially deadpool’s fanboys. Ryan has done it countless times, since the 90’s. He’ll never not be an ally of LGBT causes and Women’s causes as well. He did it way before the internet and he’ll probably keep doing this forever. Bye ;)