If anyone has to be crowned as one of the hottest ‘It’ couples in Hollywood, it would be Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. They have been together for more than a decade, and their love and respect for each other only seem to grow.
They have beautifully balanced their personal and professional lives. From supporting each other’s successes to roasting on their social media handles, they have shown us what a perfect relationship should look like.
The duo started dating in 2011 and got married a year later. Although the transition between the dating phase and married life might seem super fast, they have been close friends for a long time. Their chemistry was so visible that they couldn’t deny it any longer.
Now, after 12 years of marriage and four kids, they are still going quite strong. Let’s look at these 5 most adorable moments of Ryan and Blake to prove their couple goals streak.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s first realization about their chemistry
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively first met on the sets of Green Lantern in 2010. At that time, both were committed to others. While Lively was dating Penn Badgley, Reynolds was married to Scarlett Johansson. However, soon enough, they parted ways with their respective partners and became very good friends.
At that time, rumors were rife that Lively and Reynolds were dating secretly. But, there was no confirmation from their end. After splitting from their previous relationships, they met up again but on a double date with different partners.
Later, the Deadpool actor even joked on SiriusXM Entertainment Weekly Radio about that situation and said it was “the most awkward date” because there were “fireworks” flying between him and the Gossip Girl actress.
Blake Lively and the daughters appeared to celebrate Ryan Reynolds’ Hollywood Walk of Fame
The first time, Ryan Reynolds and Lively publicly appeared with their daughters was when the actor received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016. They introduced their daughter James (who was 2 years old then) and her three-month-old sister Inez.
When the star was unveiled, Reynolds shared a heartfelt message for his wife and said via People,
You are the best thing, the best thing that has ever happened to me – second only to this star. … You make everything better, absolutely everything in my life better. You’ve made me the father of my dreams when I thought I only had fun uncle potential.
This was surely a surreal moment for the couple. Now, they have expanded their family with two kids – another daughter, Betty, and a son named Olin.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ constant banter on social media
One of the greatest highlights of Lively and Reynolds’ relationship has to be how they roast each other on their social media handles. Once, the Deadpool & Wolverine actor posted a hippie photo of his wife and trolled her for no reason. Another time, he wished happy birthday to the It Ends With Us actress with her half-face in a picture.
The actress once shared a goofy picture with her husband to get back to him on his birthday. Their funny banter on social media is one of the most interesting things that their fans love.
When Blake Lively admitted Ryan Reynolds is her best friend
The duo got married in 2012. A few years later, in an interview with Marie Claire in June 2016, the actress opened up about why she decided to marry Reynolds. She explained, “I knew he would always be my best friend for my whole life. That was the biggest thing to me.”
Lively further added how she never knew that such friendship existed before Reynolds came into her life. She continued,
I’d never known anything like the friendship that I had with him. I could like him as much as I loved him. A best friend just makes you happier. You can go from being silly to opening up and being vulnerable. You’re surrounded by comfort in sad, painful times. And that’s what matters.
Over the years, their bond has grown so deep that they support and help each other in one another’s projects.
When Ryan Reynolds revealed how starting a family with Blake Lively changed his life
Ryan Reynolds is a through-and-through family man. After marrying Lively and welcoming their first child, he realized that he had become a completely different man. In December 2015, on Late Show with David Letterman, the actor talked about his daughter. Although he began his statement with a joke that he would use his wife to shield their daughter, what he said later caught everyone’s attention.
The 48-year-old actor shared how he fell in love with their baby more than he could ever love Lively and added,
I’m not one for vomiting declarations of sentiment out across the airwaves, but when we had that baby, I fell more in love with my wife than I’d ever been in my entire life. I couldn’t even believe it.
This was such a precious moment. All these instances and many more just prove their sizzling chemistry and their unconditional love for each other.