'I have bad news': The day Ryan Reynolds told Blake Lively he had bought half of a football club

He will long remember how he broke the news to Blake Lively.

Ryan Reynolds indeed recounted in the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, Tuesday August 9, how his wife had learned of the acquisition by the actor of half of the Welsh football club Wrexham FC.

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"I remember going up to Blake and saying, 'I have bad and really bad news. The bad news is that I've been private messaging someone again. The very bad news is that I may have bought half of a fifth tier national football club in Wales,'” he recalled on the show.

What the actress would have “not reacted well”.

"We're still working on that," he joked.

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David Beckham's smile

This purchase is the result of a meeting: that of the hero of

(2016) with the American actor Rob McElhenney.

Ryan Reynolds would have watched and enjoyed

, the series of the latter, before expressing his admiration on social networks.

“I sent him a private message, explained the comedian.

As I get older, I tell myself that I have to tell people more that I like them.

The two actors, who became very good friends, later decided to acquire part of the club of Wrexham, a struggling football team.

And this, despite their lack of knowledge in the matter.

Witness their cries of joy in the stands of Wembley Stadium in May, when one of the Wrexham players scored a goal.

Only downside, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney do not realize that it will not be counted due to an offside.

David Beckham, also present in the audience, hastens to tell them with an amused nod.

But at the time, the duo had already bought the team for over a year.

The sale was indeed finalized in February 2021. An experience chronicled in the Ryan Reynolds documentary,

, which will be broadcast on FX on August 24.