"We were not adversaries. He’s just trying to get Hollywood attention," the controversial politician says about the actor.

Alan Ritchson went to school with former Florida representative Matt Gaetz. The actor gave real insight about how he currently feels about the childhood classmate

Alan Ritchson, star of the TV series “Reacher,” doesn’t have very kind words to say about former congressman Matt Gaetz. In an interview with GQ, Ritchson, 42, noted that he went to high school in Niceville, Florida, with the controversial Republican. “That [expletive]. We are adversaries,” Ritchson said.

Reacher star Alan Ritchson has opened up on his former schoolmate Matt Gaetz, who he has branded 'not a good dude' as he spoke about their time together

Reacher’ star Alan Ritchson recalls former Rep. Matt Gaetz as an adversary from their Florida high school years. Gaetz remembers things differently.

Matt Gaetz responed back to comments made by actor Alan Ritchson in a recent GQ interview, in which the actor said he and Gaetz were "adversaries"

Former Congressman Matt Gaetz said that Alan Ritchson was "just looking for Hollywood attention," when he referred to his former schoolmate as a "motherf–ker" in a recent interview and that the two were actually friends back in the day.