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Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate $1m to US, Canada food non-profit organizations
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Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds and his wife actress Blake Lively attend the premiere of 'Pokemon Detective Pikachu' at Military Island - Times Square on May 02, 2019 in New York City.
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n the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, celebrity couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have donated a total of US$1 million to non-profit hunger relief organizations Feeding America and Food Banks Canada.
Older adults and low-income families have been "brutally impacted" by Covid-19, they noted in statements posted to their respective social media accounts.
Reynolds, 43, is Canadian, while his wife Lively, 32, is American.
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The couple also encouraged their followers to donate to these organizations.
"Take care of your bodies and hearts," Deadpool star Reynolds wrote. "Leave room for joy. Call someone who's isolated and might need connection."
I think we can all agree, Covid-19 is an asshole. If you can help, visit, https://t.co/gDZHbYYurJ and/or https://t.co/2fserjQQQs pic.twitter.com/4rb4WpoDKo
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) March 16, 2020
Gossip Girl star Lively added: "Remember the love that can travel through all this. Communities are stepping up - shopping for the elderly, making lunches for children. We can all do something for one another, even if that's simply staying home."
Best known for playing the wise-cracking superhero Deadpool, Reynolds took a stab at Wolverine star Hugh Jackman, with whom he has a long-running social media "feud", by adding the line: "Hugh Jackman's # is 1-555-[single tear emoji]-Hugh".
Not to be outdone, Lively took a dig at her husband too, writing: "Now can someone please tell Ryan that 'emotional distancing' from his mother-in-law is not a thing. Nothing can save him."
If you can, give to: https://t.co/WYvxVdz0Y1 and/or https://t.co/H9AtTAdBnt pic.twitter.com/QAshjLKmlk
— Blake Lively (@blakelively) March 17, 2020
This article appeared on The Straits Times newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
