Ryan Reynolds was back Sunday with his second birthday video for his business partner and bestie Rob McElhenney.
Reynolds was dressed as his character from the epic “Deadpool” series, sans mask, as he approached the camera, explaining that April 14 is McElhenney’s birthday … as well as being the day that the Titanic went down in 1912.
To celebrate McElhenney’s birthday, Reynolds jokingly said he financed an ocean expedition to retrieve several bottles of Wrexham lager, which was actually consumed on the Titanic, according to Wales 247. Reynolds said he “couldn’t find any drinkable” lager, aptly named after the town where he and McElhenney own a soccer team. But he did find something else.
The video pans to a sketch of McElhenney topless, wearing the 171-carat blue sapphire and diamond-encrusted necklace iconized by Kate Winslet in the James Cameron classic movie. The sketch is basically a piss-take of the movie’s sketching scene, where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character draws a naked Winslet while she’s wearing the necklace.
US actor and Wrexham owner Rob McElhenney (L) and US actor and Wrexham owner Ryan Reynolds (R) celebrate on the pitch with the National League trophy after the English National League football match between Wrexham and Boreham Wood at the Racecourse Ground Stadium in Wrexham, north Wales, on April 22, 2023. – Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney embraced in celebration as they watched Wrexham, who the duo bought in 2020, reach the English Football League for the first time in 15 years on Saturday after a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
WREXHAM, WALES – APRIL 22: Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Owners of Wrexham embrace after Wrexham win the Vanarama National League and are promoted to the English Football League after victory in the Vanarama National League match between Wrexham and Boreham Wood at Racecourse Ground on April 22, 2023 in Wrexham, Wales. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
US actor and Wrexham owner Rob McElhenney (R) and US actor and Wrexham owner Ryan Reynolds (L) celebrate on the pitch after the English National League football match between Wrexham and Boreham Wood at the Racecourse Ground Stadium in Wrexham, north Wales, on April 22, 2023. – Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney embraced in celebration as they watched Wrexham, who the duo bought in 2020, reach the English Football League for the first time in 15 years on Saturday after a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 29: Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney attend the FYC Red Carpet For FX’s “Welcome To Wrexham” at The Television Academy on April 29, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Reynolds asked fans to shower McElhenney with birthday wishes. He also begged them not to (definitely do) go to a website where they could purchase, share and gift items customized with the hilarious drawing. (RELATED: The Eerie Link Between the Federal Reserve and the Sinking of the Titanic)
He also asked fans not to share the drawing on social media. And definitely don’t visit the Ty Pawb Gallery in Wrexham where the original picture will hang (definitely go — supporting local arts is very important in Wales). Reynolds completely butchered the pronunciation of the world “pawb” but it’s fine. No one except the Welsh can speak Welsh.