Hollywood movie star Ryan Reynolds has taken to Twitter to plead - in typically jokey fashion - with young people to stop partying during the coronavirus pandemic.
It all came about after British Columbia Premier John Horgan put out the call to Deadpool to help deliver the message to young people in the province. "This is a call out to Deadpool right now. Ryan, we need your help up here. Get in touch with us." He said.
Ryan Reynolds delivers a coronavirus PSA in this video:And true to his word, Reynolds got to work, delivering a message to the young people of British Columbia in his trademark fashion. Replying to Horgan's call for help, Reynolds recorded an audio message which was posted on Twitter.
"I'm not sure it's a great idea, frankly. People, I don't think they want medical advice from guys like me, no sir," Reynolds says in the voice message.
He continues:
“Young folks in B.C., they’re partying, which is of course dangerous. And they probably don’t know that thousands of young people aren’t just getting sick from coronavirus, they’re also dying from it too. ‘And of course it’s terrible that it affects our most vulnerable. B.C., that’s home to some of the coolest older people on Earth, I mean David Suzuki, he lives there."
Reynolds went on:
"My mum, she doesn’t want to be cooped up in her apartment all day. She wants to be out there cruising Kitsilano Beach looking for some young 30-something Abercrombie burnout to go full Mrs. Robinson on. She is insatiable.
"But here’s the thing, I hope young people in B.C. don’t kill my mum, frankly. Or David Suzuki. Or each other. Let’s not kill anyone. I think that’s reasonable. But I don’t think I’m the guy to deliver this message, I love parties!
"My favorite thing to do is sit alone in my room with a glass of gin and the first 32 seasons of Gossip Girl. That’s a party. Threw my shoulder out the last time I did that."
Per CBC, there has been a surge in cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, lead by people between the ages of 20 and 39.