Overview

• Reynolds made the remarks on Late Night with Seth Meyers while promoting a John Candy documentary.
• He joked he would have given himself a “punching vasectomy” if he’d had three boys first and said his son Olin arrived focused on “violence, breasts and engines.”
• He contrasted raising “three girls” as “just so easy” with a boy who “has to break everything,” and quipped he is in “direct competition” with his son.
• Social media users labeled the comments “disgusting” or “disturbing,” and some criticized his handling of the documentary promotion.
• Coverage highlighted that Blake Lively previously described Olin as “romantic,” and no apology or official response has been reported.