Ryan Reynolds couldn’t help but compliment his longtime friend’s “staggering” performance after he and Blake Lively went to New Orleans for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour stop.
After Taylor Swift’s most recent tour, Ryan Reynolds was ecstatic.
So much so that after seeing her longtime best friend perform in New Orleans with Blake Lively, the Deadpool actor wrote his own review of the Eras Tour.
“When I’m 95 yrs old and my wife and kids wheel me outside and into the sun so I can drink a sandwich, I’ll still be talking about seeing this show in New Orleans,” the 48-year-old wrote on Instagram Oct. 31. “Not just because it’s one of the best things I’ve seen/heard/felt. And not only because you see the staggering and positive economic impact this tour has on small businesses all over NOLA — a town that’s been thru so much for so long.”
He continued, “The main reason I’ll never forget this show is because it brings people together in so many ways. And in 2024, (where that feeling is scarce as hell) it’s a special and incredibly rare thing.”
The Free Guy actor quipped that the Eras Tour was like “Super Bowl or Mardi Gras had a baby with music,” before gushing over Taylor’s talent.
“I don’t understand the unimaginable work, care, talent and discipline @taylorswift generates to create an experience like this because I’m not a scientist,” he wrote. “It’s an athletic event and a collective cultural phenomenon. It’s gigantic but intimate.”
However, Ryan did see just one downside.
“The only bummer is she can’t be in the audience to experience what everyone else sees and feels,” he noted. “To watch herself up there is something I wish she could know. But that isn’t physically possible and even if it were, you can’t just get tickets last minute.”
In addition to the sincere compliment, he posted a photo of himself and Blake during the show, which included a cute selfie in the mirror with his seven-year wife.
Ryan and Blake have been traveling with Taylor since the start of her historic tour in early 2023, going to a number of her gigs. Their 9-year-old eldest daughter, James, joined them for the New Orleans performance, demonstrating that they have even engaged their children.
James attended the “Karma” singer’s concert in Madrid back in May with her parents and sisters, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5. Additionally, Taylor, who is the godmother of Blake and Ryan’s girls as well as their 19-month-old boy Olin, even acknowledged the three of them.
“I have to say that on Folklore,” she announced at the show, “some of my favorite characters are named James, Inez and Betty.”
And that album holds a special place in Ryan’s heart.
“Come on, man,” Ryan told BFF Hugh Jackman after admitting that “Folklore” is his favorite of Taylor’s songs during an interview with Variety in July, “I’m in my folklore and evermore era.”
Billy Joel
“Our family attended the Taylor Swift concert at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami where Billy Joel/Elton John’s ‘Face to Face’ concert previously held the seating record,” he wrote on Instagram. “Taylor’s second concert at Hard Rock Miami set a new record and ushered in a new era at Hard Rock Stadium. We were so happy to be a part of this record-breaking concert! Plus, we got to celebrate with her mama. Celebrating someone’s success does not negate your own. She is showing our girls all that is possible. Onward and upward.”
