Samuel L. Jackson’s marriage ceremony reward for Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson nonetheless has followers buzzing lengthy after they cut up.

“My marriage ceremony reward to them was a beehive,” Jackson, 74, advised Vulture in an interview printed on Thursday, July 20. “Scarlett was all the time speaking about nature.”

Jackson — who’s starred alongside Johansson, 38, in a number of films, together with 2008’s The Spirit and 2012’s The Avengers — recalled having his assistant “exit and purchase 10 kilos of bees” earlier than the 2008 nuptials.

“I purchased them bee fits and the entire thing,” Jackson, who appeared alongside Reynolds, 46, in 2021’s Hitman’s Spouse’s Bodyguard, recalled. “They saved bees for some time. They acquired honey for a few years whereas they had been married.”

Sadly, the distinctive current didn’t final lengthy. “At some point the bees deserted the hive or they deserted the queen or some s—t,” Jackson stated.

Reynolds and Johansson began relationship in 2007 and introduced their engagement the next Might. They tied the knot in September 2008 at a distant wilderness retreat.

Us Weekly broke the information in December 2010 that Reynolds and Johansson cut up. The estranged couple launched a press release that month, saying, “After lengthy and cautious consideration on each our components, we’ve determined to finish our marriage. We entered our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness we depart it. Whereas privateness isn’t anticipated, it’s actually appreciated.”

When their divorce was finalized in summer time 2011, Reynolds had already moved on with Blake Vigorous and Johansson was relationship Sean Penn. Whereas Johansson cut up from Penn, 62, in June 2011, Reynolds married Vigorous, 35, in 2012.

The Inexperienced Lantern costars have since welcomed 4 kids. Vigorous gave start to her and Reynolds’ three daughters, James, Inez and Betty, in 2014, 2016 and 2019, respectively. The couple confirmed in February that that they had quietly welcomed child No. 4. The baby’s identify and actual birthdate haven’t been revealed.

Johansson, in the meantime, acquired married a second time in October 2014 to Romain Dauriac, simply months after the pair welcomed their daughter, Rose, in August of that yr. Us confirmed in January 2017 that Johansson and Dauriac, 41, had been getting divorced.

The Black Widow star moved on with Colin Jost, whom she wed in October 2020. The couple’s son, Cosmo, was born in August 2021.

Earlier this yr, Johansson made a uncommon remark about her first husband throughout an April look on the “Goop” podcast, calling Reynolds “a superb man.”