Ryan Reynolds Forced To Face Reality (That He's Not Funny)

The Friday Post.

Martha Stewart at Netflix's Martha New York Premiere on October 21, 2024. I love the way she’s still wearing her purse. Very Aretha Franklin. I came out of the womb 75 years old btw. (Photo by Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Images)

So much has been taken from me (and the collective we) this week.¹ But something small bit of dignity has been clawed back, an ever-so-narrow victory has been gained: At least Ryan Reynolds has been told about himself.

Every month Bilt, the Mastercard credit card that is popular (at least among my neighbors) to use on rent payments, gets a celebrity to guest on the Bilt Rewards game show.² Martha Stewart, in the middle of her press run for her eponymous Netflix documentary³, was the guest on November 1st. Part of the game involves Bilt asking its users who would be the most fun celebrity to hang out with, and Stewart has to guess the most popular responses. Stewart said she assumed Snoop Dogg would be on the list (indeed, he rounded out the top three). “He…