Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

Thanks so much as always for tuning in for subscribing and listening every week.

We really appreciate it.

I got another good one for you this week.

Hollywood superstar, Ryan Reynolds.

Here's the deal on this interview.

Ryan doesn't have a movie out.

He doesn't have a TV show out.

Nothing related to Hollywood, but he did buy a gin company.

He bought a gin company.

It's called Aviation American Gin.

You'll hear the story in the interview, but he was sitting at a bar in Portland

enjoying a gin and he asked the bartender, what is this?

bartender says it's a local Portland gin, a company called Aviation.

So how about Aviation the next day, getting a phone call from a guy named Ryan Reynolds

and saying, I love your gin.

How can I help out?

One thing leads to another.

He is now the majority owner of Aviation American Gin.

So we talk about the obvious question, which is, are you going for the cluny play here?

Which is the cluny and his partner, Randy Gerber, established Casamigos,

Tequila and sold it recently for $1 billion, billion with a B.

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