While former Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively has hit the headlines for her legal battle with It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, she has continued to keep her young family away from the spotlight.
From the glimpses she and her husband Ryan Reynolds have given fans, they have an idyllic family life with their three daughters, James, 11, Inez, nine, and Betty, six, and son Olin, three.
In a classic display of his deadpan humor, Deadpool actor Ryan joked that their baby boy was a "mistake", with the couple content with their family of five before his unexpected arrival.
During a live taping of the 'Sunday Sitdown' podcast, he told Willie Geist of their fourth child: "That was a mistake. We did not mean to do that… swear to god! We never found out until they come out the ol' chute."
Clarifying that it was a happy accident, he added: "I never call it that…I’ll workshop that. We weren’t planning, but boy, howdy, has that been a treat."
Family confessions
Reflecting on his emotional connection to his son just one year after Blake gave birth to Olin, Ryan opened up to fellow father John Bell, who used his grief after his son Jake died to raise awareness for mental health. "I want to share with you that I too have a son, and if I love him 1/10th as much as you love Jake, I feel like I’ve done a pretty damn good job," the father-of-four said.
Ryan and Blake met on the set of Green Lantern in 2010, and the couple wed in South Carolina in September 2012. Even before welcoming their first child in 2014, Blake had revealed that she wanted a big family, telling Allure shortly after their marriage: "Oh, I'd love 30 if I could."
While Ryan acknowledged that the box office flop that brought him together with his wife could be considered as one of his career failures, he added that it not only helped him grow professionally, but it has also become a crucial part of his personal life.
© Axelle/Bauer-GriffinAppearing at The Wall Street Journal's CMO Council Summit in 2025, said: "Creatively speaking, it's hard to say. Someone might say Green Lantern. You laugh, but my son, it's his favorite movie and he watches it every [expletive] day."
Ryan added that his "failures" are valuable life lessons he's passing down to his four children. "My kids, all they see is a winner," he said.
© Getty"When I go outside, I get pats in the back, and it's a selfie parade, and I oblige everyone pretty much. My kids only see that. So, I've learned lately to make sure [I am] talking about the failures and how that is literally the base and ingredient for everything else."
