--- title: Ryan Reynolds Joins the Hunt For a Lost Teddy Bear description: Ryan Reynolds is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of the special stuffed toy, which plays the voice of its owner's deceased mother canonical: https://time.com/5872179/ryan-reynolds-reward-lost-teddy-bear/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-07-27T14:42:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:30.800Z og:title: Ryan Reynolds Joins the Hunt For Lost Teddy Bear og:description: The actor is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of the special stuffie og:url: https://time.com/5872179/ryan-reynolds-reward-lost-teddy-bear/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b0605834b34bf5e/698a10b716d884a803c3872d/ryan-reyndolds-teddy-bear-reward.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: "Pokemon Detective Pikachu" U.S. Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Reynolds Joins the Hunt For Lost Teddy Bear twitter:description: The actor is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of the special stuffie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b0605834b34bf5e/698a10b716d884a803c3872d/ryan-reyndolds-teddy-bear-reward.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ryan Reynolds Joins the Hunt for Lost Teddy Bear, Offers $5,000 Reward > Sponsored content. 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Steven Ferdman—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 27, 2020 2:42 PM UTC Ryan Reynolds is taking his work as a superhero — and all around good guy — personally. The _Deadpool_ and _Green Lantern_ star is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of a lost teddy bear. While the actor has three children with his wife, Blake Lively, the missing “Mamabear” does not belong to his kids. It came to his attention thanks to a tweet shared by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reporter Deborah Goble. The bear belonged to Mara Soriano, 28, and was stolen during a recent move in Vancouver. While the backpack that the bear was in also contained an iPad, Nintendo Switch, and citizenship documents, Soriano says it’s the bear that is most important — the stuffed animal is outfitted with a device that plays the voice of Soriano’s mother, who died last June due to cancer. According to Goble’s tweet, when the bear is squeezed, a recording of Soriano’s mother says, “I love you I’m proud of you, I’ll always be with you.” [Speaking to CNN,](https://cnn.com/2020/07/26/americas/stolen-teddy-bear-dying-moms-voice-ryan-reynolds-trnd/index.html), Soriano explained that she “hugged it every time” she missed her mom. The story clearly resonated with the Canadian actor who not only shared the Twitter post, boosting its range, but also added a “zero questions asked” $5,000 reward for anyone who returned the bear to its owner. “I think we all need this bear to come home.” > [](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1287165939700633600) The story gained the attention of stars, too: [_Schitt’s Creek_](https://time.com/5560209/catherine-ohara-schitts-creek-interview/) star Dan Levy also [shared](https://twitter.com/danjlevy/status/1287179179180654592) Goble’s tweet, while actor Zach Braff [retweeted](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/1287193817053974528) Reynolds, adding, “I NEED THIS BEAR TO COME HOME!!!!!!” For those who want to join the hunt for the missing bear, Goble and Soriano have since shared a few more details: > [](https://twitter.com/CBCDeborahGoble/status/1287415188564480000) > [](https://twitter.com/drawmaradraw/status/1287485465147277312) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5872179/ryan-reynolds-reward-lost-teddy-bear/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5872179/ryan-reynolds-reward-lost-teddy-bear/"},"headline":"Ryan Reynolds Joins the Hunt for Lost Teddy Bear, Offers $5,000 Reward","datePublished":"2020-07-27T14:42:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:30.800Z","description":"The actor is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of the special stuffie","url":"https://time.com/5872179/ryan-reynolds-reward-lost-teddy-bear/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b0605834b34bf5e/698a10b716d884a803c3872d/ryan-reyndolds-teddy-bear-reward.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b0605834b34bf5e/698a10b716d884a803c3872d/ryan-reyndolds-teddy-bear-reward.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Pokemon Detective Pikachu\" U.S. Premiere","caption":"\"Pokemon Detective Pikachu\" U.S. Premiere","creditText":"Steven Ferdman—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5872179/ryan-reynolds-reward-lost-teddy-bear/","name":"Ryan Reynolds Joins the Hunt for Lost Teddy Bear, Offers $5,000 Reward"}}]}] ```