Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney grow Wrexham empire with brewery takeover - but face the wrath of local social media star

A Wrexham FC superfan has hit out at Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney after the pair bought the city's brewery and left him out in the cold. Social media personality Bootlegger - real name Karl Phillips - is understood to be furious after being left out of the takeover deal Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are now co-owners of Wrexham Lager, alongside the Roberts family Deadpool actor Reynolds poses for pictures during a Wrexham FC match which he attended with his mother Tammy The brewery fiercely disputed his claims, and said Phillips had been paid all his money to date - adding it would be holding a meeting with him to discuss any ongoing issues. The social media personality has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers and is a Wrexham superfan McElhenney and Reynolds pictured in Wrexham FC's stands last year 'As Co-chairmen of Wrexham AFC we have learned a lot,' Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds said in a statement. The actors announced their latest acquisition in a YouTube video in which neither of them spoke It is the latest investment in the city for the pair, who have also raised their football team back to League One The brewery also comes with a Wrexham Lager shop, where Phillips' Pilsner was also sold Keir Starmer visits Wrexham Lager in April 2021 as part of the Welsh Senedd election campaign The actors now own a majority stake in Wrexham Lager following the takeover The actors, who now own a majority stake in the firm, announced their latest acquisition in a YouTube video - but unusually neither of them spoke.