Ryan Phillippe responded to a fan who called him "old and hot" with an hilarious comeback on Twitter. The fan originally sent a tweet tagging his account in the post, which read: "Ryan Phillippe is so old and so hot. How is it possible?," to which the ex-husband of Reese Witherspoon replied: "One of life's great mysteries... so old, so hot... I'm like the sun," accompanied by a pleased emoji. The fan quickly replied, cheekily writing: "If you are the sun, I like to sunbathe."
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Others were also quick to point out that the 42-year-old wasn't old, with one writing: "Yes Ryan is hot and always has been but he is NOT old!" Another added: "Whoever called you old is just plain wrong?! Some people. Young chicken." The actor, who is best known for his roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer and Cruel Intentions, also retweeted a fan who wrote: "I was like 2 hours reading @RyanPhillippe tweets. I think that I love that dork."
Ryan joked with his fan on Twitter
The star was recently reported to be dating Katy Perry, and took to the social media site to dispel the rumours, writing: "I AM NOT DATING KATY PERRY. BARELY KNOW HER. PLEASE STOP FLYING HELICOPTERS OVER MY HOUSE. SHE IS NOT HERE. thx." The Chained to the Rhythm singer then responded: "Hi, nice to meet you, sorry bout that @RyanPhillippe carry on, lol," before adding: "Can u let me out of this basement pls?" to which he jokily replied: "Never."
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The dad-of-three has spoken about his sense-of-humour in the past, and how it helps with his struggle with depression. He told Elle.com: "It's a dark humour, like a gallows humour. I think that's where, if you do carry any of that sadness or depression, your humour does tend to be a little darker than most people. And the greatest comedians do – trust me. I know so many of them. And they're depressed and they're dark and they have this incredible gift of humour to offer others and also, probably, therapeutically themselves."