Just a couple of weeks back, TMZ reported that Travis Kelce quietly unfollowed Ryan Reynolds on Instagram. Now, given the current scene with the whole Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni case, fans didn’t take much time to connect the dots. You search Ryan’s page on Trav’s ‘following’ list. He’s gone. Reynolds, however, hasn’t returned the favor. He still follows the Chiefs star, which makes the unfollow even louder. And here’s the kicker: Lively’s ongoing legal battle has strained her relationship with her bestie, Taylor Swift.
So, Trav unfollowing Ryan could mean that he’s backing his girl here. Add this to the fact that Blake no longer follows Travis, while Taylor follows no one at all. The optics are messy. It doesn’t take a PR expert to know this isn’t just a glitch in the matrix. This was deliberate. Swifties saw it. NFL fans saw it.
But amidst all that, you can’t just take the humor out of Ryan Reynolds. He’s just riding the celebratory mode as his soccer club, Wrexham, has earned promotion to the second tier. But the Welsh team is not the only one. In the third division, Tom Brady‘s Birmingham FC finished on a record-breaking century (points tally) to win the league. So, obviously, Ryan wanted a piece of that ‘centurion’ season.
In a joint Instagram reel with Birmingham City co-owner Tom Wagner, Reynolds makes a playful but pointed request. “Wagner, I want the jersey,” he says. “This video stays between us, it’s to be seen by nobody but you. But I really want that jersey. I’m a huge Tom Brady fan, and I have been for a long time. He touched the jersey so now I want the jersey that he touched.” He then jokes about collecting a strand of Brady’s hair “for no reason, just for fun.” It was lighthearted, yes—but the moment wasn’t lost on fans. Brady reshared the video and added, “Transfer budget just went up .”
This all circles back to the now-infamous jersey row. Tom Brady gifted a signed Birmingham City kit—with his No. 12—to Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney. Rob? He called it “trash.” Literally. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” he wrote, before donating it to Classic Football Shirts in New York. Birmingham co-owner Tom Wagner saw the post, tracked down the shirt himself, and bought it—then donated the proceeds to the Wrexham AFC Foundation. “It’s the least I can do after Rob did not appreciate this incredible gift from Tom,” Wagner wrote. “Shame on you, Rob.”
This public back-and-forth between the owners of Wrexham and Birmingham—clubs who battled for League One supremacy last season—has taken on a life of its own. Wrexham fell short by just a few points, finishing second to Brady’s Birmingham City. While Rob and Ryan broke records with a £2M move for Sam Smith, Birmingham dropped even more for Jay Stansfield. The financial arms race became theater. But now, it’s not just about transfer budgets—it’s about pride, banter, and Brady. It’s also about proximity. Both clubs will now face off again in the Championship next season. And while the rivalry simmers on the pitch, it’s the off-field antics that fans are tuning in for.
Ryan Reynolds didn’t give into the media questions about Travis Kelce
You’d think Ryan Reynolds would flinch. Or at least blink. But nope, he’s a vet with all the PR training. Cameras caught him over the weekend in the first week of May, calmly signing autographs while a fan kept pushing: “What happened with Travis Kelce?” Not once. Multiple times. Loudly. And Reynolds? Unbothered. Zero eye contact. Not even a twitch. Just signed and moved.
Now, obviously, the fans had noticed Travis Kelce hitting unfollow on Ryan. Plus, with all the rift going on between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift after Justin Baldoni leaked the private texts, yeah, fans didn’t need to have Sherlock’s degree at connecting dots. That’s a whole separate storm, but guess who was in the room for part of it? Travis. With Taylor. So yeah, the drama hit close to home.
So, why’d Travis really hit the eject button on Reynolds? One insider told The Daily Mail, “Travis unfollowed Ryan because he is fed up with the whole drama. It’s not just about the spectacle of it all. Travis is concerned that he could potentially be questioned too since he was with Taylor as some of this was going down.” You see the play? He’s not trying to get dragged downfield with flags flying around.
And look, things between Blake and Taylor? Some reports say they are patched up: “Blake knew she and Taylor would come back from this,” a People source said. Meanwhile, another report recently said that they are taking time away from each other. Now, which one’s true, only the duo knows. But don’t expect Ryan or Trav to drop a statement or clear the air. Because they’d dodge those questions.
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