Ryan Reynolds apologised for ‘put a f*cking shirt on’ jibe aimed at Wrexham striker Ollie Palmer in front of actress wife Blake Lively

Said comment was made in jest during a visit to SToK Racecourse from Reynolds’ actress wife Blake Lively. As she headed down to meet the players after a National League game last season, Palmer was mooching around the dressing room in just a pair of shorts.

Reynolds told the Fearless in Devotion podcast: “Every time we've come as a family we've come over we have a walk down to the dressing room. Ollie is always the first one to walk out, completely shirtless, to have a conversation with my wife. I'm like Ollie put a f*cking shirt on and come back out to speak to her like a gentleman.”

Palmer was able to laugh off the comment, but has told talkSPORT after seeing the supposed outburst make “weird” headlines around the world: “Most people do take their shirts off after the game for a shower, I just didn’t put one back on when I saw them both! He messaged me after that and said, ‘I’m so sorry’ because Ryan being Ryan, he made a joke of a regular scenario in our lives and it went all the way to The Sun, the New York Post,People Magazine – ‘Ryan Reynolds blasts Ollie Palmer’. It’s like, can people not take a joke? They just spun this narrative on it. It was a complete joke and that news clip with a certain title went all around the world which was a bit weird, but it’s one of those things now I think. We’ve become accustomed to it. I don’t think he minds anyway.”

Palmer hit 18 goals for Wrexham last season as they secured promotion in record-breaking style, and has added a further three efforts to his tally this term as the Dragons seek to bounce their way up into League One at the first time of asking.