Don't Call Wet, Shirtless Multi-Cover Boy Ryan Reynolds a 'Sex Symbol'
America is still trying to process the latest Entertainment Weekly cover featuring the fur-dusted torso of Ryan Reynolds -- ab for ab, the most perpetually shirtless above-the-title actor in Hollywood, short of Matthew McConaughey. It was an act of blatant beefcakeism from a pop culture periodical not typically known for such tactics, further compounded by some suggestive snorkel-fiddling by the subject.
Deep inside the issue's 11 jam-packed pages, meanwhile, the The Proposal star admits that he is uncomfortable with his "sex symbol status":
Really embarrassing. I think I fear more than anything just sounding like a complete a-hole when I have to answer that question. If you take any of that seriously, you need to be euthanized, ASAP.
First of all, this is a 100% no-kill shelter, so there will be no putting down of narcissistic Hollywood leading men going on here. Besides, Ryan has proven how much he doesn't take his obsessively crunched, semi-undressed and wet body seriously. Just look at the other three EW covers for which he's posed: You'll notice he has a silly toy watergun in each. If that isn't totally goofing on his image, we don't know what is!
· Ryan Reynolds Shirtless For EW: Calls Sex Symbol Status "Really Embarrassing" [HuffPo]
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Sadly, I only know who Ryan Reynolds is because he poses for these dumb magazine covers and says stuff like this in interviews. I have miraculously never seen one of his movies, and a quick glance at his IMDB page helps me understand why.
awe, he's Hottie McHottie.
And he was a blistering, smoking hot, ray of sunshine in that dreary, dark Blades 3.
Going to my mailbox on Friday will be like playing Russian Roulette.
Yeah you're not missing much, though "Dick" is an awesome movie.
with a water gun.
Clearly, he's not ugly.
What's a comedian stuck in a himbo's body to do? I know! Hot Shots Part Trois!
Dear EW --
I know we've been fighting a lot lately about things like your measly page count and your insistence that Twilight is good and/or interesting, but if you'll put Ryan back on the cover after he's had a chance to let his chest hair grow in (say 4-6 weeks), I'll consider letting you move back in. But you still have to fire Stephen "Uncle Stevie" King.
Love,
Me
I want to lick him.
That is all.
Well, that wouldn't be all for me, but it's a good start.