The former winner of the magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 has some words of wisdom for this year's heart throb award recipient.
Ryan Reynolds, 45 jokingly told actor and friend Paul Rudd that he shouldn't play shy about the publication's award.
'Don't blow this, Rudd,' said Reynolds on the Today show on Wednesday. 'If you are there, do not blow this opportunity. Run like the wind.'
Friendly advice: Ryan Reynolds who got People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive honor 11 years ago, jokingly told actor and friend Paul Rudd that he shouldn't play shy about the publication's award
'I think this opportunity will be wasted on him, like so many before him,' the chisel-jawed actor quipped Wednesday on Today.
'He's going to play it shy. He's going to play it bashful, humble. If I know what I knew now, I wouldn't. You got to seize the opportunity,' said Reynolds on the show.
He speculated how he'd handle things different knowing what he knows today.
'If I got it now, I'm not saying I would leave my family, but they would need to go on without me,' he joked.
Heartthrob: 'Don't blow this, Rudd,' said the 45-year-old on the Today show on Wednesday. 'If you are there, do not blow this opportunity. Run like the wind'
'I would roam the world clutching my dog-eared People magazine, going from town to town, sewing my wild oats like some sort of nude, magical gardener. It would be amazing.'
Heartthrob Rudd, 52, rose to fame in
