Renowned prankster Ryan Reynolds has shared some sage advice for men about to head into the delivery room for the first time.
In a hilarious video released to coincide with his GQ Man of the Year award, the Deadpool star is in fine form as he deadpans his way through the golden rules for expectant dads.
“Be in the room. You’re not Don Draper!” says Ryan firstly, in reference to the Mad Men character.
And the next tip covers capturing the big moment.
“I think be judicious with the photographs you take,” he says.
“Because a photo of your daughter crowning hanging on the refrigerator – that’s not going to help anyone.”
As to what not to say, Ryan has this piece of advice: “Your wife will pretty much never think it’s funny or charming if you tip your imaginary top hat and say, ‘At your cervix’. Don’t do that.”
He then got very real.
“Realise that you’re pretty much the least important thing in the room,” he explains. “It’s gonna go: Your wife, your baby, the doctor, a nurse, a doula if you have one, the air … God, the air.”
And he saved the best till last with this final tip.
“And when your wife asks if everything’s OK down there, you know, just respond in the affirmative. Don’t yell, ‘Better than ever!'”
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All jokes aside, Ryan is speaking from experience of course.
In September, his wife Blake Lively, 29, welcomed their second baby girl.
The pair, who married in September 2012, are also parents to 23-month-old daughter James.