The Kens are teaming up!

Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu stepped out for the first promo stop on the Barbie movie press tour in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday afternoon (June 28).

The two actors, who play different versions of the Ken doll in Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming flick, hit the hot pink carpet for a fan event which featured a Q&A panel.

In a recent interview, Ryan took the opportunity to call out the #NotMyKen trend that took over social media recently, and spoke up for all of the actors playing Ken in the movie.

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“It is funny this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Like you ever thought about Ken before this?” Ryan mused in his interview with GQ. “And everyone was fine with that, for him to have a job that is nothing. But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’ No, you didn’t. You never did. You never cared. Barbie never f***ed with Ken. That’s the point.”

He went on, “If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. So your hypocrisy is exposed. This is why his story must be told.”

Ryan then shared that he cares “about this dude now. I’m like his representative. ‘Ken couldn’t show up to receive this award, so I’m here to accept it for him.’”

Barbie will open in theaters on July 21.

Head to the gallery to see 30+ pictures of Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu in Canada for the Barbie movie promo tour…