--- description: Salt-N-Pepa reunited for a performance of "Shoop" at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, welcoming Ryan Reynolds to the stage for his "Deadpool" win. title: Watch Salt-N-Pepa and Dancing Deadpools Celebrate Ryan Reynolds’ MTV Movie Award image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3c7182e47e14344/69888e78e20a87c836a90565/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Salt-N-Pepa and Dancing Deadpools Celebrate Ryan Reynolds’ MTV Movie Award Win  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Apr 11, 2016 1:19 AM CUT  Ryan Reynolds during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on April 9, 2016 in Burbank, Calif. Ryan Reynolds during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on April 9, 2016 in Burbank, Calif.Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Apr 11, 2016 1:19 AM CUT Before Ryan Reynolds could get out of his seat to accept his award for Best Comedic Performance at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday night, the [_Deadpool_](http://time.com/4215470/deadpool-writers-superhero-movie/ "undefined")actor was interrupted by a blast from the past: hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa serenading the audience with its 1993 hit “Shoop.” The song, which featured prominently on the _Deadpool_ [soundtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUZaai-p05Q "undefined"), was brought to life by a gaggle of [Deadpool](http://time.com/4219431/review-ryan-reynolds-deadpool/ "undefined") look-alikes dancing raunchily across the stage in homage to Reynolds’ award-winning antihero. [See Celebrities Walk the Red Carpet at the MTV Movie Awards](http://time.com/4287993/mtv-movie-awards-red-carpet-photos/ "undefined") > [](https://twitter.com/THR/status/719330090887225345) > [](https://twitter.com/EW/status/719328628975267841) Reynolds thanked _Deadpool_‘s steadfast fans for their devotion to the film, a 10-year passion project for him, before shouting out his wife, actress Blake Lively. “Everything I do is to make her laugh,” he said. “Especially the sex.” Reynolds will have another shot at the award as the smirking “merc with a mouth,” as a _Deadpool_ [sequel](http://time.com/4215031/deadpool-sequel/ "undefined") is already in the works. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4288051/salt-n-pepa-ryan-reynolds-mtv-movie-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4288051/salt-n-pepa-ryan-reynolds-mtv-movie-awards/"},"headline":"Watch Salt-N-Pepa and Dancing Deadpools Celebrate Ryan Reynolds’ MTV Movie Award Win","datePublished":"2016-04-11T01:19:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:36:43.653Z","description":"The actor won Best Comedic Performance for Deadpool","url":"https://time.com/4288051/salt-n-pepa-ryan-reynolds-mtv-movie-awards/","keywords":["movies","Music","Deadpool"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3c7182e47e14344/69888e78e20a87c836a90565/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3c7182e47e14344/69888e78e20a87c836a90565/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ryan-reynolds","caption":"Ryan Reynolds during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards at Warner Bros. 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