Hugh Jackman BREAKS SILENCE on Ryan Reynolds Snub & Drops NSYNC Dance Bombshell Amid Legal Drama 💥 Hugh Jackman just turned his live show into a headline factory. While dazzling the audience at Radio City Music Hall during his “From New York, With Love” tour, the legendary star of The Greatest Showman playfully threw shade at none other than Ryan Reynolds — his longtime bromantic partner in crime. But let’s be real, when Hugh Jackman throws shade, he makes it Broadway-worthy.
In a hilariously candid moment, Jackman opened up about filming Deadpool & Wolverine, gushing that it was “the time of [his] life”… but not without one “little gripe.” And that gripe? Being left out of the musical number. You read that right. A musical number. In a Marvel movie. “Don’t tell Ryan,” he grinned to the crowd, before spilling the tea that the one scene he wasn’t in was the opening dance sequence — choreographed to an NSYNC song. Ouch.
“I’m like, the one scene I’m not in has dance. Now Ryan… he’s very talented, but dancing?” Jackman teased, raising eyebrows and cracking up the audience. The real kicker? The dance was handled by Ryan’s double — a 25-year-old dance machine named Nick Pauley. Jackman didn’t just let it go though. Oh no. He brought out his trainer-slash-dancer Beth Lewis and performed the dance that got away to “Bye Bye Bye” live on stage. The crowd? Absolutely lost it.
Now, this would’ve been juicy enough on its own, but Jackman’s playful dig comes during a very complicated time for Reynolds. The Deadpool star has been pulled into the legal chaos surrounding wife Blake Lively and It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. The accusations? Sexual harassment, defamation, and extortion lawsuits are flying — and the trial’s scheduled for March 2026. So yeah, the timing of Jackman’s jabs didn’t go unnoticed.
Even with all the behind-the-scenes drama swirling around the Marvel stars, Jackman handled it with class, humor, and a little Broadway razzle-dazzle. And let’s be honest — seeing Wolverine perform NSYNC choreo is something we never knew we needed. But now that we’ve had it? We want more.