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 win for Best Comedy Award, reposting the @deadpoolmovie account’s celebratory post to his Instagram Story, relying on whoever’s running the film page to bring the funny.
Which they did.
“Hughlarious,” read the caption, kicking off with a nod to Hugh Jackman. “Congratulations to the cast and crew of #DeadpoolAndWolverine on their Critics Choice Awards win for Best Comedy! #CriticsChoice.” (See the full list of 2025 Critics Choice Awards winners.)
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 (Club Deportivo Seguros La Equidad in Bogotá, Colombia, with Wrexham partner Rob McElhenney and others), making his 100th Mint Mobile commercial and otherwise going about his daily business.
Though especially due to his wife Blake Lively‘s ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni that couldn’t help but involve Reynolds eventually.
