Hugh Jackman shocked fans at Radio City Music Hall, where he took aim at his longtime pal Ryan Reynolds.
In the midst of his show — “From New York, With Love” — on Friday, Jackman recalled how Reynolds frustrated him while they were filming their blockbuster movie “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
Jackman said he “loved” filming the 2024 movie and had the “time of my life,” but he had “one little gripe” — that he, an established song and dance man, was left out of the Marvel movie’s musical number, according to video obtained by the Daily Mail.
“Don’t tell Ryan… I don’t need to be in every scene in the movie,” the “Greatest Showman” star joked.
“But Ryan is a writer. And when I see the script, I see that the scene that I’m not in is the opening sequence, which is a dance number to an *NSYNC song by Ryan,” the 56-year-old added, admitting that he was surprised he wasn’t included by the 48-year-old.
“I’m like, the one scene I’m not in has dance. Now Ryan, he’s very talented, but dancing?”
“There is no way I would try and match Ryan’s dance double Nick Pauley… because the guy’s like 25 years old,” he further quipped.
After the audience laughed, Jackman clarified he was going to “rectify” the issue by having his trainer and former dancer Beth Lewis join him on stage to perform “the dance that got away.”
The pair then danced to *NSYNC’s 2000 hit “Bye Bye Bye” and the crowd went wild.
Jackman and Reynolds have been longtime pals, with the “Buried” star even showing up to opening night of the Broadway vet’s New York City performance in January.
Jackman’s mention of Reynolds on Friday comes months after he was thrown into his wife Blake Lively’s ongoing legal battle with her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni.
In December 2024, she filed a lawsuit against the director for allegedly sexually harassing her on the set of their 2024 film.
Baldoni, 41, denied Lively’s accusations and filed his own suit against her, Reynolds and their publicist, Leslie Sloane, for defamation and extortion.
The “Jane the Virgin” star and Lively’s trial is set to begin in March 2026.
