Ryan Reynolds made an unexpected appearance on “The View” this Monday, bringing along a very special guest—his mom, Tammy Reynolds. The “Deadpool” star, 47, was spotted sitting in the studio audience, much to the surprise of the show’s hosts and viewers.
Halfway through the episode, co-host Whoopi Goldberg noticed Reynolds in the crowd. “You never know what’s going on here at ‘The View,'” Goldberg remarked. “Sometimes you look up, and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is really great.’ And then you look over and you go, ‘Oh, snap, there’s Ryan Reynolds!'”
When Goldberg asked Reynolds why he was there, he explained that his mother was visiting her grandchildren and had expressed a desire to attend a taping of “The View.” “I said, ‘Let’s go to ‘The View,'” Reynolds recounted. “So we made a call. I told them, ‘I’m Blake’s husband. I’d love to come to ‘The View.’ Does that get us a little farther?’ And here we are.”
Reynolds and his mom were visible in the audience from the start of the episode, but their presence wasn’t highlighted until later. Unlike typical celebrity guests, Reynolds didn’t join the panel for a discussion. Instead, he enjoyed the show from the audience, joking that it was “way less stressful than up there.” He also quipped that his mom “might have thought she was going to be on ‘The View,’ maybe.”
Tammy Reynolds, who lives in Vancouver, told the hosts that she watches the show “every day” and was recording the current episode at home. Comedian Jo Koy, who was a guest on the show, humorously acted starstruck upon seeing Reynolds’ mom in the audience. “I know her!” he exclaimed. “Vancouver! She came to my show.”
Later, Koy excitedly proclaimed during his interview, “Ryan Reynolds is here! I mean, how cool is that to know your mom made you. Alright? So just remember that. … I love everything you do, man.”
At the end of the episode, Tammy Reynolds was invited to sit in Goldberg’s seat and close the show. Reynolds, who will be seen next month in Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine,” shares four children with his wife, Blake Lively. During his visit, the hosts of “The View” managed to get his help with booking a future episode, potentially tied to Lively’s upcoming film “It Ends with Us.”
“Tell Blake to come on,” Alyssa Farah Griffin told Reynolds. “Done,” he replied. “Great.”
Reynolds’ surprise visit to “The View” was a delightful moment for both the audience and the hosts, showcasing his down-to-earth nature and his close relationship with his mom.
