At long last, documentary evidence of what Ryan Reynolds’ colon looks like
Reynolds and Rob McElhenney released videos of their colonoscopies to raise colon cancer awareness
TV Features Ryan ReynoldsIt’s a big day for those diehard Ryan Reynolds fans who have spent decades watching his film, TV, and media appearances while being constantly plagued by a simple, distracting question: What do this man’s internal organs look like?
Now, at long last, this answer has been provided in the form of a video from Reynolds and Rob McElhenney that functions as an effort to both promote colon cancer screening and provide an intimate look at celebrity innards.
Reynolds intros the clip by explaining that he’s agreed to film his colonoscopy because he lost a bet that McElhenney wouldn’t learn Welsh after the two bought a local football club—a story captured in the docuseries, Welcome To Wrexham. Because the It’s Always Sunny actor can now speak a bit of Welsh, Reynolds agreed to have his first ever colonoscopy captured on film and shared with the world at large as part of the pair’s involvement in the Lead From Behind colon cancer awareness campaign.
Reynolds dutifully records his visit to the hospital, saying in a voiceover that being able to help save lives by encouraging others in his age demographic (45 and over) to be screened is “enough motivation for me to let you in on a camera being shoved up my ass.”
As testament to the value of the bet, we see Reynolds’ doctor explain that he found and removed “an extremely subtle polyp” that didn’t present any symptoms. (We’re shown a photo of this bit of Reynolds’ colon afterwards.) And, as a follow-up to this, the video goes on to show McElhenney’s colonoscopy, which allowed his doctor to discover and remove three small polyps. Maybe because he won the original bet, medical images of McElhenney’s colon aren’t put on display and digitally immortalized in his segment.
For more on Lead From Behind, visit the organization’s website.
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I assume it looks the same as most actors’ colons, in that you can see their heads inside of it.
I didn’t even want to see what my own looked like!
If you’ve not had this procedure, you lie on your side and they have a HUGE monitor there “in case you want to watch”.
I said “NO I don’t want to watch! It’s bad enough I’m having this done with no sedation since I couldn’t get a ride home from it!”
Oh man, the sedation was great for mine! I need some of that shit to sleep at night.
I understand they give you fentanyl for that. You must’ve been out like the proverbial light.
No wonder people die taking that stuff! I mean if I had go to due to an overdose that seems like the way…
PornHub videos are getting waaaaay too “talky” these days.
“…but you’re my step-brother!”
And here I thought Ryan Reynolds was ALREADY overexposed.
Fun fact: A colonoscopy is the only cancer screening test that can also prevent cancer. The doc sort of explains this around 2:45.
Katie Couric already did it