Ryan Reynolds has confirmed rumors about his interest in acquiring the Ottawa Senators.
The Canadian actor discussed the possibility of buying the NHL club as part of the Tonight Show hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
Reynolds already co-owns Welsh soccer club Wrexham along with fellow actor Rob McElhenney.
Fallon asked Reynolds about buying the Senators from the estate of former owner Eugene Melnyk, and Reynolds admitted he’s trying to buy the team from Canada’s federal capital.
The magazine Forbes estimates the Senators’ value at about $525 million, and Melnyk’s estate has previously hinted that the team will be sold only if prospective buyers agree to keep it in Ottawa.
Reynolds discussed both issues during his interview with Fallon.
The star of the film series Dead Pool indicated that he will have to be the headliner of the consortium that wants to acquire the Senators, “a polite way of saying that I need a pimp (sugar daddy) or a pimp (sugar mommy)”.
Reynolds said he considers himself a Vancouverite, but said he also grew up in Vanier, a neighborhood in Ottawa’s east end.
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