Recently, there has been a revival of comedian T.J. Miller’s statements regarding his tumultuous relationship with his Deadpool colleague Ryan Reynolds on social media.
After Miller mentioned in October 2022 that he had no intention of collaborating with Reynolds again because of the alleged mistreatment he experienced during the production of the first two Deadpool movies, fans have reignited discussions about the feud between the 43-year-old comic and the 48-year-old Reynolds.
In a previous interview on The Adam Corolla Show, Miller discussed the challenges he purportedly faced while working with Reynolds on set, citing Reynolds’ behavior as ‘horrifically mean,’ although Miller himself has faced serious allegations, including ones about violence towards a woman during a past sexual encounter.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Reynolds for comment.
Fans have been catching up on the drama again in the wake of ugly dueling lawsuits filed between Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively, 37, and her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni.
Lively had filed a complaint and a subsequent lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, and his production company in which she accused him of sexually harassing her and creating a hostile work environment.
Comedian T.J. Miller’s claims about his strained relationship with Deadpool costar Ryan Reynolds resurfaced on social media in recent days amid lawsuits between Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni; Reynolds seen January 7 in NYC
Fans are again interrogating the falling out between (L–R) Miller, 43, and Reynolds, 48, after Miller declared in October 2022 that he wouldn’t work with Reynolds again due to his ‘horrifically mean’ treatment of him on the first two Deadpool films; still from Deadpool (2016)
Fans have been catching up on the drama again in the wake of ugly dueling lawsuits filed between Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively, 37, and her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni; Baldoni and Lively seen on set in January 2024
Baldoni, who has denied her allegations, subsequently filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and her publicist Leslie Soane, in which he claimed the trio attempted to defame him in the aftermath of the release of their hit film.
At the time of the interview, Reynolds confirmed that he would be returning for a third Deadpool film, which eventually became the duo movie Deadpool & Wolverine, which arrived in theaters in July of 2024.
Reynolds had announced just a month before Miller’s interview that his friend and former costar Hugh Jackman, 56, would be reprising his role as the X-Men member Wolverine for the superhero blockbuster.
In his Adam Corolla Show interview, Miller claimed that he felt tension between himself and Reynolds.
‘As the character, he was, like, horrifically mean to me,’ Miller claimed, before sharing an alleged incident from the filming of the second film. ‘But to me. As if I’m Weasel.’
The Big Hero 6 star continued, ‘He was like, “You know what’s great about you, Weasel? You’re not the star, but you do just enough exposition that it’s funny and then we can leave and get back to the real movie.”‘
Miller said he ‘kind of listened and thought it was weird’ before walking away after the director called cut.
The Yogi Bear actor alluded to Reynolds possibly being insecure for some reason, though he didn’t seem exactly sure why.
Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, in which she accused him of sexually harassing her and creating a hostile work environment. He in turn sued her, Reynolds and her publicist for defamation, requesting $400 million in damages; Lively and Reynolds in 2014 in NYC
Miller claimed that Reynolds insulted him on the sets of the first two Deadpool films, but he allegedly did it while referring to Miller’s character; seen in 2016 in NYC
The Big Hero 6 star continued, ‘He was like, “You know what’s great about you, Weasel? You’re not the star, but you do just enough exposition that it’s funny and then we can leave and get back to the real movie.”‘; L–R: Miller, Reynolds and Skrein in 2016
‘Would I work with him again? No. I would not work with him again,’ Miller said; seen in 2016 in Santa Monica, Calif.
‘That’s exactly why he said that,’ Miller claimed. ‘Because I’m not funnier than he is at all, right? And I haven’t been in more movies than him.’
Despite the alleged strangeness between the two stars, Miller was quick to say that he held no ill will when it came to Reynolds.
‘Would I work with him again? No. I would not work with him again,’ he said. ‘I sorta wish him well, because he’s so good at Deadpool, and I think it’s weird that he hates me.’
He continued, ‘I don’t wish them any ill will. I think [Ryan] should make a Deadpool 3 and continue to make movies. I just think he doesn’t like me, and I thought it was weird how he expressed that.’
Miller played Deadpool’s close friend Weasel who runs a bar for mercenaries in the films.
Despite the apparent bad blood between Miller and Reynolds, just days after the interview, Miller claimed on the Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show that the two had patched up their differences.
‘It was really cool, he emailed me the next day,’ Miller said. ‘It was a misunderstanding, so I emailed him back and now it’s, like, fine.’
He also claimed that his initial complaints were misconstrued, and it was just a story from on set that he found ‘weird.’
Miller played Deadpool’s close friend Weasel who runs a bar for mercenaries in the films; still from Deadpool (2016)
Despite the apparent bad blood, just days after the interview, Miller claimed on the Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show that the two had patched up their differences; still from Deadpool (2016)
Back in November, after Deadpool & Wolverine had been released to staggering success at the box office, Miller changed his tune and expressed interest in returning for a fourth film in the series.
‘We talked a little while ago,’ he said of Reynolds while appearing on SiriusXM’s The Bonfire. ‘I think him asking me, I think he’s just been such a good friend right now that I think it would be really, I think that would be awesome.’
In his initial complaints about Reynolds, Miller appears to have ignored disturbing allegations against him that came to light in 2017.
An anonymous woman who had previously attended George Washington Univeristy with Miller told The Daily Beast in 2001 that Miller had become violent with her during a sexual encounter they had in college.
She accused him of choking and shaking her and even punching her in the mouth during the alleged incident, which other people interviewed corroborated.
Reporting from The Daily Beast revealed that the university had been alerted to the woman’s claims in 2001, and he was allegedly expelled as the result of disciplinary hearings.
In 2019, Miller claimed that the woman who shared her earlier accusations was a ‘stalker from college,’ and he claimed that she was jealous because she though his wife Kate Miller, whom he married in 2015, had ‘stole[n] her life.’
Miller’s career took another negative turn in April of 2018, when he was arrested at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York City.
Miller (seen with his wife Kate in 2019 in NYC) was accused in 2017 of having been expelled in 2001 after allegedly sexually assaulting and punching a woman during sex. He was arrested in 2018 for making a fake bomb threat on an Amtraik train
Federal charges related to a fake bomb threat were filed against him, and a Department of Justice press release accused him of making an emergency call on an Amtrak train in which he claimed that a woman onboard had a bomb in her bag.
The train was subsequently stopped and evacuated, and no explosive materials were found, but witnesses told investigators that Miller appeared to be heavily intoxicated and had previously had an altercation with a woman in the train’s first-class car before he was kicked off due to his alleged intoxication.
Miller was released on a $100,000 bond after appearing in federal court in Connecticut, and charges were dropped in 2021 after prosectors said that a brain surgery that he had in 2010 that may have had lasting neurological effects that could have influenced his behavior.
As part of the agreement to dismiss the charges, Miller agreed to repay law enforcement for costs related to investigation his false 911 call, and he agreed to undergo a program of ‘cognitive remediation’ to ensure that no similar incidents would occur.
Last week, Justin Baldoni escalated his legal war of words with Lively and Reynolds when he filed a $400 million against the two and her publicist, accusing them conspiring to trash his reputation with sexual harassment allegations that Lively previously made.
In court papers obtained by DailyMail.com, Baldoni accused Lively of hijacking the filming of their romantic drama It Ends With Us — which he directed.
He also accused her and her Deadpool star husband of ruining his experience of the film’s premiere by forcing him and his family to wait in a basement holding area surrounded by overstocked concession stand offerings and security guards to ensure that she wouldn’t see him in the theater.
In response to Baldoni’s new lawsuit, Lively’s attorneys issued a fiery statement to DailyMail.com, declaring: ‘This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook.’
Last week, Justin Baldoni escalated his legal war of words with Lively and Reynolds when he filed a $400 million against the two and her publicist, accusing them conspiring to trash his reputation with sexual harassment allegations that Lively previously made; seen in December 2023 in NYC
Lively had filed a complaint and a subsequent lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, and his production company in which she accused him of sexually harassing her and creating a hostile work environment; seen in August in NYC
They added: ‘This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.’
The statement claimed Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer Studios ‘opted to use the resources of its billionaire co-founder to issue media statements, launch meritless lawsuits, and threaten litigation to overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation against sexual harassment allegations.’
Lively’s attorneys added: ‘They are trying to shift the narrative to Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she seized creative control and alienated the cast from Mr. Baldoni. The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer.
‘The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to oversee Sony’s cut of the film, which they then selected for distribution and was a resounding success.’
They continued: ‘Their response to sexual harassment allegations: she wanted it, it’s her fault. Their justification for why this happened to her: look what she was wearing.’
The statement concluded: ‘In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim. The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.’
