Deadpool and Wolverine win Best Comedy at Critics Choice Awards

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Ryan Reynolds‘ presence at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards would have been a marvelous occurrence.

Alas, the actor with many irons in the fire chose to skip the Feb. 7 ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., in favor of being elsewhere. He did, however, acknowledge Deadpool & Wolverine sharing the Best Comedy Award for A Real Pain with A Real Pain by posting “Zing!” on Instagram. Thank you @criticschoice – the whole team at @deadpoolmovie are thrilled. Wait a moment. Swipe

Huge congratulations to @arealpainfilm. “[to the next slide]He originally reposted the @deadpool film account to his Instagram Story, “Hughlarious,” said the caption. “Congratulations to the cast and crew of #DeadpoolAndWolverine on their Critics Choice Awards win for Best Comedy! #CriticsChoice.” See the complete list of 2025 Critics Choice Awards recipients. It would have been surprising to see Reynolds attend the show this year. He was so busy with his daily life, including buying a soccer team in Colombia (Club Deportivo Seguros La Equidad) with Wrexham Partner

Rob McElhenney

, making his 100th Mint Mobile ad, and other business. Which, per a Feb. 7 Instagram post, included sharing the stage with Disney CEO Bob Iger and Creative Artists Agency CEO Bryan Lourd at a JP Morgan summit.“Those boys are SHARP,” Reynolds wrote. “Surprised that my mother was there. She wanted to meet Iger. “Though his attendance at the awards show would also have been a bit surprising due to his wife

Blake Lively

‘s ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni–which made it into host Chelsea Handler‘s monologue–that couldn’t help but involve Reynolds eventually.