Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively want you to buy this ‘boring’ shirt for COVID-19 relief

During the age of self-isolation and stay-at-home orders, it seems everyone is singing along to Tyga’s song, “I’m bored in the house and I’m in the house bored.” Vancouver’s own Ryan Reynolds has either missed the memo, or he’s purposefully yanking our chain, because on Thursday he posted to his social media channels a call for the return of ‘boring.’ Uh, that may seem like a grand torture device, but it turns out, Ryan’s got some good deeds up his sleeve. Hear him out.“Today, we’re uniting to bring boring back as quickly as possible,” he said from his home in Vancouver, “but not so quickly that it gets exciting. We’re asking every Canadian to purchase this T-shirt.” He then pointed to the big black boring tee he was sporting that said in boring white letters “Conquer COVID-19.”“As you can see, it’s boring as f**k.”We concur, sir.

Are you sick and tired of fashion? Is your mother-in-law hunting you? Visit: https://t.co/tKovcCGHhK and help those who REALLY need you. @yasmeensyedaa pic.twitter.com/2fHmzncV19

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) April 16, 2020

He goes on to denigrate the shirt as much as possible, noting that font isn’t even serif (Serif would be too exciting now! Sans-serif for sans-emotion, people!), admitting they put very little thought into the shirt. Okay, so tell us again why we’re buying the shirt?Turns out 100% of the proceeds of “this horrific shirt” will go to buying personal protective equipment for frontline personnel fighting the COVID-19 outbreak, and also some of Canada’s most vulnerable communities. “The faster we get those guys protected, the faster they get us back to boring,” he explains. The video contains a link at the bottom to ConquerCovid19.ca where all the boring tees can be purchased. Okay, he had us going there for a bit with that caption, “Are you sick and tired of fashion?” but sign us up for these tee’s. We’re stuck at home anyway, no one will see us wearing them! And our money goes to a good cause!But it turns out Ryan has an ulterior motive for making the shirts as boring-looking as they are. Following up on the caption, “Is your mother-in-law hunting you?” Ryan goes into detail in the video: “The shirt is so unremarkable it actually renders its wearer invisible. For instance, I’m currently quarantining with my mother-in-law, and she’s been looking for me for days,” his face suddenly drops from a smile to a wistful memory of what outdoor-freedom felt like. Blake Lively’s mother suddenly is heard calling from the wings, “Ryan! Are you in here darling?” Ryan freezes for a moment until she walks out, “I coulda sworn I heard his voice!” OMG, Ryan you wizard! These tee’s are magic!Wife Blake is also promoting the tee’s on her Instagram stories. Her story from yesterday is a picture of her and her hubby in the boring shirt, with the caption, “I literally fell asleep looking at this shirt.”Blake. SAME. Still, take all our money![video_embed id='1938577']RELATED: Ryan Reynolds trolls Hugh Jackman on his anniversary[/video_embed]