Hollywood celebrity couple, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have announced their plan to donate $1 million to American food banks to help older adults and low-income families during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lively, via an Instagram post said they made donation to two hunger relief organisations — Feeding America and Food Banks Canada.
These groups which comprise older adults and low income families have been “brutally impacted” by Covid-19. Lively said in a statement via Instagram.
“Take care of your bodies and hearts,” Reynolds’ statement said. “Leave room for joy. Call someone who’s isolated and might need connection.”
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.”
Ever on brand, Reynolds, known for playing wise-cracking superhero Deadpool, among other roles, ended with a jab at actor Hugh Jackman, with whom he has been engaged in a long (but fun-spirited) social media feud.
“Hugh Jackman’s # is 1-555-[single tear emoji]-Hugh,” he wrote.
In her own statement, Lively, too, cracked a joke.
“Now can someone please tell Ryan that ’emotional distancing’ from his mother in law is not a thing. Nothing can save him.”