Ryan Reynolds reveals he had to tell a Wrexham star to put a shirt on around his wife Blake Lively

Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds has revealed he had to repeatedly tell one of the club’s stars to put a shirt on around his wife Blake Lively.

The Welsh club are still toasting being crowned National League champions last month, with Reynolds and fellow co-owner Rob McElhenney treating the squad to an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas.

The Hollywood stars have been heavily involved with the squad, with the pair having made trips into the dressing room during visits in the promotion campaign.

Reynolds told the Fearless in Devotion podcast that when he had entered the dressing room with his actress wife Blake Lively, one player was repeatedly found topless.

The Deadpool star joked that he had to order Ollie Palmer to put a shirt on when speaking to Lively.

Ryan Reynolds joked he told a Wrexham star to ‘put a shirt on’ around his wife Blake Lively

Ollie Palmer, pictured with Rob McElhenney and his wife Kaitlin Olson, was repeatedly found topless by Wrexham’s owners during visits to the club’s dressing room

Co-owners Reynolds and McElhenney said Palmer is ‘one of the best guys’ they know

Reynolds and McElhenney had been asked which of the club’s stars have enjoyed the limelight the most.

Reynolds immediately responded ‘Ollie Palmer’, with McElhenney adding ‘It’s not even close’.

‘Every time we’ve come as a family we’ve come over we have a walk down to the dressing room,’ Reynolds said.

‘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***ing shirt on and come back out to speak to her like a gentleman’.

Palmer, who was signed for club record fee of £300,000 in January 2022, has also established a clothing brand as well as helping Wrexham earn League Two status.

The Wxm clothing line, which includes a range of hoodies, t-shirts, jumpers and hats, has been branded around the club and the Welsh town.

Wrexham announced in November that a share of all profits made on sales in the club shop would be used to support the Wrexham Community Trust.

Wrexham’s squad wore hoodies from Palmer’s Wxm clothing line on route to Las Vegas

McElhenney and Reynolds celebrated Wrexham’s promotion back to League Two last month

Members of the Wrexham squad were seen sporting Wxm branded champions hoodies on their way to Las Vegas for the promotion celebrations.

‘Ollie is one of the best guys I know though,’ Reynolds added.

‘He is also one of the funniest guys I know. And I’m thrilled for him and his clothing brand. It’s nice to see that take off.’

Palmer said he wanted to give back to the community when he launched the streetwear brand with his business partner last year. 

‘WXM Clothing is a brand affiliated to the town of Wrexham, North Wales, and historically the Football Club which is why we decided to bring out the Wxm 1864 range,’ Palmer said.

‘We came up with a streetwear brand, something that is relatable to the people of Wrexham and North Wales.

‘Giving profits to the community when you can is important, but to give back to the community that has given so much to me is really important.’

Palmer had finished the season as Wrexham’s second highest scorer, with the 31-year-old contributing 16 goals to their promotion campaign.

Lively with seen with Reynolds watching Wrexham matches during the promotion campaign

The Hollywood couple had missed the Met Gala to attend Wrexham’s open top bus parade

Wrexham won the National League with a record 111 points after a closely fought title race with Notts County, who were promoted via the play-offs.

In August last year Reynolds revealed Lively was not particularly happy when he told her the he had bought the team with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor McElhenney.

Lively has since shown her support for Reynolds and the Wrexham team by attending several matches, and in March attended the club’s match against York City.

In May 2022, the couple watched Wrexham take on Bromley during the FA Trophy Final at Wembley.

Reynolds and Lively were noticeably absent from the Met Gala, with the actress trending on Twitter after her previous looks at the event were lauded.

Reynolds had explained to Access Hollywood that they were missing the Met Gala to take care of Wrexham.

‘I think we’re off to … we’ll be in the U.K. We have Wrexham business to deal with,’ he said.

Reynolds and Lively joined Wrexham’s open top bus parade at the start of the month, one day after missing the Met Gala.

Lively, who welcomed her fourth child with Reynolds back in February, was spotted in New York City on Tuesday on the set of It Ends With Us.

The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s 2016 bestselling romance novel marks Lively’s first film role in three years.