Ryan Reynolds reacts to win at Critics Choice Awards after skipping the ceremony

Ryan Reynolds Is “happy” with his victory at 2025 Critics Choice Awards.

On Friday, February 7, the actor, 48, jumped the ceremony worth Chelsea shopsAt Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. But he shared his reaction to Instagram after Deadpool & Wolverine shared a common victory for best comedy along with A real pain.

“Speed! Thanks @CritiSchoice – The whole team @Deadpoolmovie is proud of,” wrote Reynolds and captions a photo of him and Costar Hugh JackmanWho did not participate in the ceremony either.

He added to the joint winners in the award, “… huge congrats on @arealpainfilm.”

Reynolds and his wife Blake lively Be noticeably absent from Critics Choice Awards on Friday.

During the ceremony, Handler made a joke about lively ongoing legal struggle with It ends with us actor Justin BaldoniWhich is true both lively and Reynolds.

“I want to admit that we have undergone a lot lately, not just here in Los Angeles, but our entire country, wake up every day without knowing what news we will hear that will disappoint or scare us,” said handler, 49 , i Her monologue.

“So it is important in times like these to have a distraction, which is why I personally want to extend my gratitude to Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively,” she joked.

“Thank you for giving us that distraction, I am grateful,” she continued. “I think we all are grateful. And I think we’re good. I think everyone in this room, no matter whose side you are, we can all agree to accept that there is probably won’t be a sequel. ”

“It ends with us, guys,” she finished and referred to the title of the 2024 movie.

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In December, lively submitted a complaint against Baldoni, 41, accused him of sexual harassment During the production of It ends with us. She also suits Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer Studios over an alleged revenge campaign for revenge.

Baldoni has denied the charges and counteracted with a $ 400 million action against Lively and Reynolds, alleged them about slander and blackmail.

A source recently told PEOPLE The Reynolds stays on his wife’s side through her legal battle.

“She and Ryan are in it together. They are always a huge team. They will come through this as a team as well,” said the insider about the couple who share four children.