If you follow Wrexham AFC’s rise or you’re one of the millions who binge-watched Welcome to Wrexham, you know by now that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s celebrity glow casts a long shadow over the small Welsh club. But what’s it actually like to spend time around Hollywood royalty in the UK — especially while their personal lives are splashed across headlines? According to someone who knows them well, it’s a lot less glamorous (and a lot more draining) than most fans might imagine, especially as the It Ends With Us lawsuit drags on.
This week, Wrexham executive director and actor Humphrey Ker opened up to The Telegraph about what life has been like behind the scenes as the Green Lantern stars and real-life couple have weathered not just the relentless press attention that comes with their global fame, but the ongoing legal battle with Lively's It Ends With Us movie adaptation co-star Justin Baldoni. Ker didn’t mince words when discussing how the past year and a half has tested the couple. As he put it:
