The 'Deadpool' actor was initially supposed to perform a different joke but replaced it with "his idea," the show's cue card holder Wally Feresten had claimed, which a spokesperson denies.

IMO, the most talked-about moment from SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration (other than Kim and Pete’s reunion and Emma’s popcorn dress) was probably Ryan Reynolds’s controversial joke from the audience. And while SNL cue card handler Wally Feresten previously claimed that Ryan pitched the joke himself, new sources are setting the record straight.