‘See ya down the road, Bubba’: Ryan Reynolds has everyone BAWLING

Fans of Ryan Reynolds struggled to keep it together last night after they read the tribute the popular actor made to his young friend, Connor McGrath, who this week died after a three-year battle with cancer.

Honouring the 13-year-old in a heartwrenching Facebook post, Ryan wrote: "But this kid… He was smart. He was funny. And not just funny 'for a kid' – or funny 'for a person battling something awful'. He was unqualified funny. He had that… thing."

Having met Connor through the Make-A-Wish foundation, Ryan formed a strong bond with Connor which he recalled in great detail last night.

"Connor was a great friend, a great son, and a light to the people lucky enough to know him. While repeatedly punching cancer in the balls, he made everyone laugh. Including the entire staff who cared for him at Edmonton's Stollery Children's Hospital."

Explaining that Connor became a genuine friend over the past few years, Ryan wrote: "I'm grateful I got to orbit Connor's world for a brief time. Grateful for the pages and pages of hilarious texts between us. Grateful to his parents for allowing Connor to spend time with a foul-mouthed child in the body of a 39 year old."

Ryan revealed that the incredibly brave teen was the first person to see Deadpool, continuing: "I called Connor, "Bubba". And he called me "Bubba2". In a certain sense he WAS Deadpool."

"Or, at least everything Deadpool aspires to be; balancing pain, fearlessness, love and a filthy (filthy!) sense of humor in one body. I wish he could've stuck around a lot longer," he added.

Ryan signed off the touching post with a promise to see Connor in the future, writing: "See ya down the road, Bubba."

Girls, we're seriously struggling here.