As a dad of four, Ryan Reynolds is learning to « embrace the chaos. »
During Tuesday’s episode of the « Not Skinny But Not Fat » podcast, the « Deadpool & Wolverine » star gave a rare glimpse into what life at home is like with wife Blake Lively and their four children: daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4, and 1-year-old son, Olin.
« Embrace the chaos, » the 47-year-old actor said. « [We] have four kids. Like, OK, nothing’s going to be tidy ever again. It will, though, when they all leave the house. »
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Reynolds said Lively always reminds him « they’re all under our roof right now. The whole family’s under our roof right now. We have them all. And that is a fleeting thing. Not an infinite resource, you know? »
But the trials and tribulations of parenting can often be overwhelming, said Reynolds.
« It does get to you, » he admitted. « And it’s OK to be like, ‘f—, I am dying.’ Because that’s gonna happen every other day. »
« The whole family’s under our roof right now. We have them all. And that is a fleeting thing. »
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« I would love to spread out and fall asleep normally again, » he added after revealing some of his kids can’t fall asleep unless they’re in the bed he shares with Lively. « Just say, ‘Think about what you would give in 40 years or 30 years to come back and enjoy this one moment.’ »
Reynolds and Lively are notorious for keeping their kids out of the spotlight.
In July 2021, she opened up about a « frightening » paparazzi experience she endured with her daughters during which a man was allegedly stalking the family and hiding once they had noticed, according to a screenshot shared by the Comments by Celebs Instagram account, which has since been deleted.
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« You edit … these images together to look like I’m happily waving. But that is deceitful, » Lively wrote at the time. « The real story is: My children were being stalked by a men [sic] all day. Jumping out. And then hiding.
« A stranger on the street got into words with them because it was so upsetting for her to see, » Lively added, explaining that she attempted to « calmly approach » the photographer, who « would run away » before reappearing to « jump out again at the next block. »
« Where is your morality here? Lively added. « I would like to know. Or do you simply not care about the safety of children? »
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Lively said she was able to strike a deal with some photographers who agreed to leave her kids alone in exhange for solo pics of herself.
« Please stop paying grown a– men to hide and hunt children, » she fumed. « C’mon. Get with the times. »