Dr. Drew blasts Ryan Reynolds for calling 1980s a 'brutal' era: 'What happened to fun?'

Ryan Reynolds has a bone to pick with the 1980s — but Dr.

Drew Pinksy isn't buying it.

The "Deadpool" star recently shared a decidedly un-nostalgic view of the decade, arguing that the passage of time has allowed people to romanticize an era that was far more turbulent than the movies, music and pop culture of the time might suggest.

"What's interesting about when you get far enough away from a time period that's quite distinct, I think there's always a lovely feeling associated with it.

It's almost like you pave over all the trauma with, like, puppy dogs and ice cream," Reynolds said during an interview with Variety.

POLITICIAN SPENCER PRATT CALLS OUT ACTOR RYAN REYNOLDS FOR CONDEMNING 1980S NOSTALGIA "And the '80s was a brutal, brutal time for people.

It was a f---ing mess... and people forget that.

It was a tremendous strife.

Sociopolitical tensions everywhere." Reynolds pointed to the lingering shadow of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, noting that the latter had occurred only a couple of decades earlier.

"So, you know, it's a ... it's a tumultuous period, but you look back at it now, and you're like, 'Oh, yeah.

" Top Gun ." Cocaine!' Like, 'No!' It was really scary," he said.

LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Reynolds made the remarks while promoting his new Apple TV film, "Mayday," a Cold War-era movie set in 1987.

The actor also questioned how future generations will view the current era, suggesting that cultural nostalgia can obscure the realities of the time in which people actually lived.

PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE His comments sparked a debate on the "Actual Friends" podcast , where celebrity physician Dr.