Everything Blake lively & Ryan reynolds do in life, we do together. He’s going to be a great father and leader and patriarch – he’s so meant to be all of those things
One of Hollywood’s most beloved couples, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, seem to have a perfectly-balanced relationship—particularly when they take turns lovingly roasting each other on social media. The pair began dating in 2011 and were married about a year later. That might seem fast, but they’d been friends for a while and could simply no longer deny the chemistry between them.
More than a decade later, Lively and Reynolds remain happily married and share three daughters—James, Inez, and Betty—and their fourth baby, whose name and gender haven’t been shared yet.
Here, the complete history of Lively and Reynolds’ love story.
July 2010
Work brought Lively and Reynolds together. They starred in Green Lantern but didn’t date. Both were in other relationships. Reynolds married Scarlett Johansson, a potential superhero, while Lively dated Penn Badgley, her Gossip Girl co-star. They first appeared together at Comic-Con in San Diego in 2010, before the film launched.
September 2010
A few months later, after being together for three years, Badgley and Lively severed their relationship, but they allegedly continued to be friends.
Us Weekly was informed by a source that “They are professionals.” Even now, they continue to be close friends and spend time together on set.
It is important to note that they did not immediately make the news of their breakup public.
December 2010
“After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we’ve decided to end our marriage,” Reynolds and Johansson said in a joint statement that they gave to People at the end of the same year. The statement confirmed that they were going to separate. It was with love that we began our relationship, and it is with love and kindness that we will part ways with it. In spite of the fact that privacy is not anticipated, it is undoubtedly valued.
Reynolds filed for divorce a few weeks later in December.
June 2011
A red carpet premiere of Green Lantern took place in Hollywood on June 15, 2011, and Lively and Reynolds were both present to walk it. There were still no reports of a love relationship between the two, and Lively was really linked to Leonardo DiCaprio in a romantic capacity. It was in Cannes, France, in May of that year that Lively and DiCaprio were pictured together for the first time. After that, they spent the summer together. On the other hand, it was only a short-term relationship, and according to E!, they broke up when the season changed.
October 2011On the other hand, autumn brought forth a new love. It was believed that Lively and Reynolds were dating shortly before Halloween, when she was observed leaving his apartment in Boston at the c𝔯𝔞𝔠k of dawn following his birthday weekend. This occurred after his birthday weekend on the weekend. According to a source who spoke to People at the time, the two are “very much a couple,” and “they’re really happy together.”
December 2011At the time of Christmas, Lively had already become acquainted with Reynolds’ family, since she had traveled to his hometown of Vancouver in the latter part of December. While they were out and about in the streets between family time, paparazzi managed to capture a picture of them walking hand in hand.
January 2012It was stated by PopSugar that the couple went on a romantic retreat to Reynolds’ private house in New Orleans in the new year.
May of 2012It was stated by PopSugar that the couple found themselves back in Vancouver during the spring. Also, they took a ferry to Nanaimo, which is located in British Columbia, in order to meet with Reynolds’ brother.
September 2012On September 9, 2012, Lively and Reynolds tied the knot in a private ceremony attended by those closest to them, including friends and family. Reynolds wore a classic Burberry suit, while the bride wore a couture gown designed by Marchesa. The fashion designer was Marchesa.
According to a source who spoke to People, “When Ryan first saw her, his face broke into a huge smile that crinkled his eyes at the same time.” All they did was look at each other with complete and utter affection. Their features were illuminated by the candlelight, and it appeared as though they were wearing something straight out of a romantic comedy.
After some time has passed, the couple has expressed regret for holding their event at Boone Hall, which is located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Given that Boone Hall was once a plantation, it is typically considered to be both disrespectful and disagreeable to have a wedding ceremony on the grounds of the estate.
The following is an excerpt from an interview that Reynolds gave to Fast Company in August of 2020: “It is something that we will always be deeply and unreservedly sorry for.” It’s impossible to find a middle ground. At that time, we were looking at a wedding venue that was featured on Pinterest. After that, we witnessed a location that had been constructed on the foundation of a terrible catastrophe. We remarried at home many years ago, but for some reason, shame has a strange way of working. This kind of massive f*cking blunder has the potential to either cause you to shut down or to reframe the situation and motivate you to take more action. It is not a guarantee that you will not f*ck up again. Repatterning and overcoming social conditioning that extends across a person’s entire life is a job that never ends.
Both the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights received a donation of two million dollars from the couple in the United States in 2019.
November of 2012Recently, just after the couple tied the knot, Lively expressed to Allure, “Right now, I’m so peaceful. Throughout my entire life, I have never felt happier,” she stated. Her first reference of a family since she got married was also included in this statement.
In response to a question regarding the number of children she would like to have with her, she stated to the source, “I’ve always wanted a big family.” “Oh, if I could, I’d love to be thirty.”
According to several images published in the Daily Mail, the couple flew to Paris in December 2012 for some personal time together.
June 2013
For the first time since getting married, the couple walked the red carpet together as they went to Twickenham Stadium in London for The Sound of Change Live.
September 2013
For the September cover of Lucky magazine, Lively discussed how marriage was changing her sense of style. Not at all!
“I was recently asked how my style has changed since I got married, as if I was living under some sort of dictatorship,” she claimed. “I should hope I dress differently at 25 than I did when I graduated high school. I hope I never stop changing.”
She did, however, acknowledge that Reynolds has had some influence on her.
“Being with someone who has better taste than me is a huge blessing for me. We affect one another in various ways. You have to wait months to see the outcomes with TV and cinema. Building a house gives you instant satisfaction.
November 2013
The pair went to the A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To Cure Parkinson’s event in November 2013 in New York City, which benefited The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Reynolds is deeply affected by the tragedy because he lost his father to Parkinson’s dise𝔞se.
May 2014
On May 1, 2014, in New York City, Lively and Reynolds went to their first Met Gala together while sporting Gucci.
