Ryan Reynolds slams 'norms' amid Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni rift

Ryan Reynolds pushes back unattainable expectations.

In the middle of his wife Blake Lively And It ends with us director Justin Baldonithe ongoing legal dispute over allegations of sexual harassment on the set of Colleen Hooveradaptation, dead Pool The star took a moment to address unfair standards towards women.

In a speech at the National Board of Review Awards ceremony on January 7 in New York, the 48-year-old, who shares children Jacques10, Ines8, Betty5, and Olinborn in 2023 with Lively, shared a feminist message while reflecting on the critical and box office success of Wicked.

“It dares to focus on two powerful women,” Reynolds said. “It examines a nuanced and complex relationship that has resonated with people on stage for more than two decades. Stories about women seem to be held to a different set of standards, that is, they are often held to the standards that women are held to in life. You must be perfect. You must hide your strength. You must change shape or appease.

And the Green Lantern the actor congratulated Universal Pictures and its president Donna Langleyadding, “They know where and who to trust, and it paid off in this film.”

Reynolds' message about impossible expectations for women, on and off screen, comes just a week after Lively filed a lawsuit in New York against Justin for sexual harassment and an alleged smear campaign that he and his associates carried out against her.