Ryan Reynolds reveals he called a journalist who said mean things about John Candy

Ryan Reynolds put these journalist on (red) notice.The actor, 48, and Colin Hanks debuted their new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” during opening night of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival last week.Now, Reynolds revealed that while working the project that explored the life of late comedian John Candy, their team discovered footage of journalists saying hurtful things about the star.The jabs and remarks came while Candy was still alive and Reynolds decided to personally call one of the journalists to discuss it.The “Deadpool” vet and Hanks, 47, who starred as a producer, left out footage that included mean comments about Candy’s body.“There was a lot of things we left out of the documentary, journalists just saying stuff.One of them I called,” Reynolds confessed.

“I didn’t put it in the movie, but I called this journalist just to see.”“I wasn’t trying to shame him or teach him a lesson,” he stressed.“[I told him] I took it out of the movie, but I’d put it in the movie if you wanted to talk about it, because maybe you have something to say about it, about your journey whenever it comes to something like that.” Reynolds added, “We had such a thoughtful conversation about it.”The film did show past interviews where journalists poked fun at Candy’s weight.

It also included his witty comebacks.Candy hailed from Canada, like Reynolds, and died at the age of 43 after suffering a heart attack.During the premiere, the “Green Lantern” alum became emotional while talking about how this could be “the last John Candy movie” ever.Reynolds acknowledged he wanted to honor the comic by debuting the project in his home country.At the premiere, Reynolds posed with Candy’s children, Chris, 40, and Jennifer, 45, and his widow Rosemary, 76.Candy’s kids also serve as co-executive producers.“When you watch SCTV, some of those sketches look brilliant; they’re actually genius.

And some are really terrible,” Reyno...