Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have been one of Hollywood’s “it” couples for years, in part because of how ordinary they look despite their incredibly glamorous lives .
Instead of cultivating the usual celebrity aloofness, the pair’s self-deprecating jokes and A constant prank on Instagram It has become something of a pop culture institution.
And with each new iteration, we are constantly met with a roaring chorus of fans declaring marriage “relationship goals.”
But some fans are starting to feel like it’s all an act, and it’s long since gone unwelcome.
of recent threads On the “r/popculturechat” subreddit, one fan asked candidly, “Why do people love Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively?”
And the answer shows that many pop culture vultures have it with Hollywood’s funniest couples.
Fans have begun to express their negative feelings towards Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Many fans disagreed with Reynolds and Lively’s “picture-perfect” marriage, believing it to be just another Hollywood PR stunt.
In the face of celebrities’ carefully crafted public personas, it’s easy to forget that they are, after all, millionaire celebrities whose lives are unlike those of ordinary people.
In the case of Reynolds and Lively, many feel they are doing too much of the “normal”.
One Redditor called the pair “manufactured,” another called them The “laughing and quirky persona” is a calculated move that the PR team came up with.
TikTok users had a similar opinion, arguing that constant jabbing at each other was just a modern version of “ball and chain” culture.
Another commenter on Reddit said “The more couples try to push stories of their perfect marriage/relationship goals online, the less I believe them.”
Fans enjoy the constant trolling of Reynolds and Lively.
Reynolds and Lively’s constant social media trolls have established themselves among their fans.
Fans especially seem to love Reynolds’ annual roast of Lively on his birthday.
But for some fans, the act got really old and really fast. Redditor called Reynolds Styles as a whole is “too sick of me,” while another pointed out that all of his jokes, including his movies, are the same.
User wrote“His humor becomes very stale when you realize he’s joking the same way all the time.”
“He says very serious and funny things and keeps staring at the person who said it.”
another person wrote They like Lively, but “can’t stand him”, and are particularly upset that Reynolds is roughing up his wife.
one Redditor wholeheartedly agreedcalling Reynolds’ Lively trolls “really old,” as in a 2017 birthday post in which he cut Lively out of a photo entirely.
and they Most unfavorable comparison To Reynolds’ comedic style — “It’s kind of sickening to me, like baby boomer humor.”
Ah. Tough but fair.
Yet, for everyone who seems to hate Reynolds and Lively, there’s another person who loves them and “doesn’t feel intense hatred.” Redditor put it.
In the end, Reynolds and Lively’s portrayal of a flawless, hilarious celebrity marriage on social media hasn’t hurt anyone.
But after years of public performances, it’s hard to see through.
John Sundholm is a news and entertainment writer covering topics of pop culture, social justice and human interest.
