Ryan Reynolds discovers polyp during ‘potentially life-saving’ colonoscopy

Ryan Reynolds turns his medical fear into a teaching moment.

The A free guy The actor recently underwent his first colonoscopy and learned that he has a polyp on his colon.

Ryan’s doctor showed off the results of the procedure, as seen in a video the 45-year-old shared on Instagram at September 13.

“You prepared so well that I was able to find an extremely thin polyp on the right side of your colon.” Doctor Lapuk Ryan said. “It potentially saved your life. I’m not kidding. I don’t over-dramatize.”

Ryan doesn’t take this surgery lightly, and he filmed the experience to share with the world. And what prompted him to film the process on camera? It all started with a pair.

Ryan, who is co-chairman of Welsh football team Wrexham AFC, made a bet with a fellow co-chairman Rob McElhenney that if Rob could learn Welsh, Ryan would have to make a colonoscopy video. Well, Ryan lost the bet, but he won some important information about his health.