The star faced major backlash this week after retweeting a vintage black-and-white photo of a young child in a cage, hanging out from an apartment.
In the caption, he jokingly wrote: “This is absolutely monstrous and does anybody know if it requires a permit?”
The star, who is dad to six-month-old James may have thought it was clear that he was joking, but that wasn’t so obvious to a number of his fans.
This is absolutely monstrous and does anybody know if it requires a permit? https://t.co/23XjMDhND4
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) July 9, 2015
Thinking that the Deadpool actor was being serious about investing in such a cage himself, a number of followers took to Twitter to criticise him.
“I don’t think your baby is going to enjoy being in there,” wrote one follower. Meanwhile, another commented: “Blake is going to murder you Ryan, don’t even think about it.”
@VancityReynolds Careful there, trolls are already mad at u 4 not magically knowing everything abt babies.
— Ulanda (@andif_only) July 9, 2015
@VancityReynolds what are you gonna do with said permit? put james there?
— angelia (@ltsRDJ) July 9, 2015
@VancityReynolds DELETE
— persephone // nsfr (@thesensates) July 9, 2015
Of course, this minor backlash was nothing in comparison to the response he received after posing for a photo in which he was holding he daughter incorrectly.
Ryan addressed the controversy this week, admitting that as a new dad he is learning as he goes along.
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