RYAN REYNOLDS - REYNOLDS' TOM ARNOLD CATASTROPHE

RYAN REYNOLDS humiliated pal TOM ARNOLD on U.S. TV - and then tried to tempt the recovering alcoholic with a bottle of booze. Definitely, Maybe star Reynolds confessed to talk show host Conan O'Brien on Wednesday (13Feb08) that his last appearance on the late night show had ended in disaster - as far as his friendship with Arnold was concerned. He said, "I came on the show and you showed a picture of my abs, and I said, 'Yeah, when I breath out I'm Tom Arnold.' "I left the interview, flew straight back to Los Angeles, walked into my building and Tom Arnold was there. He'd just lost 50 pounds. "I felt so bad, I ordered him an expensive bottle of champagne. I saw him the next day and he said, 'You know Ryan, you must be the only guy in the United States who doesn't know I'm a recovering alcoholic.'"