{"id":107344,"date":"2025-05-16T21:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107344\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T21:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:54:15","slug":"ryan-reynolds-takes-playful-jab-at-meghan-markle-and-her-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107344\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds Takes Playful Jab At Meghan Markle And Her ‘Jam’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reynolds, who has been embroiled in his wife, Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a>‘s, court battle with Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a>, was slammed by fans for his appearance and jokes on the podcast, as they said it was a “blatant PR stunt.”<\/p>\n

Meghan Markle seemingly has a lot to deal with as former associates have accused her and Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a> of being the “most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet.”<\/p>\n

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Ryan Reynolds Jokes About Meghan Markle’s ‘As Ever’ Jam\"MeghanMEGA<\/p>\n

Reynolds and O’Brien recently teamed up for an appearance on the latter’s podcast<\/a>, where they took a playful jab at Meghan and her “As Ever” brand.<\/p>\n

The “Deadpool Vs Wolverine” actor mocked the former “Suits” actress for being the “middleman for jars of jam,” but didn’t mention anything about his wife or their ongoing court battle with Baldoni.<\/p>\n

In their interview, Reynolds initially discussed his father, Jimmy, with O’Brien. The actor said that his father had been a police officer, then became a “food broker,” joking that he thought that meant he was working for the CIA, before his father explained that he was a “middleman for jars of jam.”<\/p>\n

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“What? He works for Meghan Markle,” a laughing O’Brien remarked, before adding in a sinister voice: “Tiny jams. Harvestable jams. Made from the oils of Montecito.”<\/p>\n

Reynolds then explained that if his dad weren’t dead, he’d say he is Meghan, before quickly adding, “Well, adjacent.”<\/p>\n

Conan added: “Many people have likened the two.”<\/p>\n

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Fans Slam Ryan Reynolds For His Podcast Appearance Amid His Legal Drama\"BlakeZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/p>\n

Many fans seemingly failed to see the joke in Reynolds’ comments as some of them slammed his appearance on O’Brien’s show as a “blatant PR stunt,” per the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A fan wrote, “Tbh I don’t even care about his business behind the scenes with the lawsuit and whatnot… the problem is that Ryan is not even remotely funny. This is the only time I’ve ever questioned Conan’s judgement.”<\/p>\n

Another fan penned, “Feels like he’s just reciting jokes he came up with weeks ago and not actually having a real conversation.”<\/p>\n

“Not exactly the most subtle of manipulated PR moves, Ryan Reynolds. I would love to see the full list of topics that Conan was asked not to mention in this interview,” a curious fan added.<\/p>\n

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Another person wrote, “Ryan made a huge mistake going on this… I assume WME put this together…Ryan and Blake should settle!”<\/p>\n

“I don’t like Meghan Markle’s character, I’m not her fan, but this guy is horrible! Why he doesn’t look at his wife, who is the definition of lying ?? What a bully is this guy, seriously,” one more person noted.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Reynolds Opens Up About An Act He ‘Deeply Regretted’\"RyanOConnor\/AFF-USA.com \/ MEGA<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the interview, Reynolds weighed in on his rise to fame and regrets, as they notably avoided any mention of the legal standoff surrounding his wife and her “It Ends With Us” costar Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n

The “6 Underground” actor praised O’Brien for never “punching down” on people during his comedic sets, adding that he rarely makes fun of people and enjoys being the butt of the joke.<\/p>\n

“Like I’ve done it, I did it once in my life and I deeply, deeply regretted it,” Reynolds admitted, per the Daily Mail. “It was 22 years ago, and it was such a lesson I’ll never forget it.”<\/p>\n

“It was a little bit like when just the comedian or the guy with the microphone starts picking on someone, and you’re just like, they don’t have a microphone as well. It’s not fair, you know,” he explained. “It left a mark that I’ll never ever [forget].”<\/p>\n

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Meghan Markle Came Under Fire From Former Associates\"MeghanMEGA<\/p>\n

Reynolds’ quip comes after Vanity Fair<\/a> reported in an article that several sources with links to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex labelled them as the “most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet.”<\/p>\n

The news outlet noted that Meghan could be “really, really awful” when things did not go her way.<\/p>\n

Multiple sources who worked with her since she and Harry quit their royal role also claimed she could be “warm and effusive” towards employees before turning “cold and withholding toward the person she perceived to be responsible” when something went wrong.<\/p>\n

One source shared that “things went poorly, often due to Meghan and Harry’s own demands.” However, the controversies surrounding the couple haven’t affected their flame as an insider declared that “their love is real” and they are still “hot for each other.”<\/p>\n

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The Duchess Opens Up About Her Feelings Of ‘Self-Doubt’ While Working On Her Lifestyle Brand\"TheMEGA<\/p>\n

Meghan got candid about the emotional challenges of entrepreneurship during an episode of her podcast, “Confessions of a Female Founder<\/a>,” where she hosted Hannah Mendoza, co-founder of Clevr Blends.<\/p>\n

The Duchess of Sussex reflected on how difficult it can be to lead while managing personal struggles, admitting that not every day allows her to show up as her “best and shiniest self.”<\/p>\n

“Maybe on that day, something really painful happened in your real life,” she shared. “But for your team, that is not how you show up. You can’t.”<\/p>\n

Meghan emphasized the importance of leaning on fellow women founders during those tough moments, describing these exchanges as “the safety of stream of consciousness with someone who understands it.”<\/p>\n

She also celebrated recent wins for her lifestyle label, As Ever, including a successful product launch and a partnership with Netflix.<\/p>\n

The U.S.-based royal described these as “proof points,” saying, “That told me that customers \u2014 people \u2014 believed in me and this vision. That’s all you really want as a founder.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reynolds, who has been embroiled in his wife, Blake Lively‘s, court battle with Justin Baldoni, was slammed by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,49071,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,447,7710,519,2312,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-107344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-conan-obrien","10":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","11":"tag-duke-of-sussex","12":"tag-harry","13":"tag-meghan","14":"tag-meghan-markle","15":"tag-prince-harry","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-ryan-reynolds","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114519740675707495","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}