The Important Skill Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively Are Teaching Their Four Kids

While being interviewed by Mario Lopez’s children for “Access Hollywood” for the 2020 release of “The Croods: A New Age,” Ryan Reynolds shared his love of parenthood when he was asked about being “the ultimate girl dad” (at the time, he and Lively had three daughters). He told the tiny interviewers that he loved that role. Then, Reynolds said his status as an “ultimate girl dad” comes from simply showing up for his kids. 

“It’s like I try to be as present as possible,” Reynolds continued. “We don’t split up. Like I shoot movies, and my wife shoots movies, and we go travel all over the place. And we just all go together.” Things have changed as his kids have grown up and are in school, so Reynolds took a bit of an acting break for a while to focus on his businesses and not have to travel as much. In an interview with LinkedIn in 2021 when the actor and father spoke about that, he said, “I really enjoy being a present dad.”

Blake Lively also raved about parenthood in a 2020 interview with E! News. When the “A Simple Favor” actor was asked how she picks acting parts as a mom of three, Lively said: “I guess I really have to really, really, really, really love it, because I’m just obsessed with my kids. So, yeah, I think it’s gotta really be worth it to take me away.”