Ryan Reynolds Shares New Detail About Taylor Swift's Role as Godmother to His and Blake Lively's Kids

Mar. 15, 2025

Ryan Reynolds (left), Taylor Swift (right).Photo:Taylor Hill/Getty; Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty

Taylor Hill/Getty; Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty

Step aside Cinderella —Ryan Reynolds’kids have the starriest godmother in town now.

“Shout out to Wade Wilson, aka my godkids' sperm donor!” the “Cruel Summer” singer wrote in the caption of her post, referencing Reynolds' character Deadpool’s real name.

“I’m going to need that on my gravestone, actually,” Reynolds toldDeadlineof the post.

“Yeah, that is kind of it. She is the godparent to my daughters,” he continued. “That was very sweet. Not just sweet, that was, like, you could probably quantify a box office based on Taylor just doing something like that.”

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.Noam Galai/Getty Images

Noam Galai/Getty Images

Reynolds and his wifeBlake Livelyare parents to four kids — daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4, and son Olin, whom they welcomed in February 2023.

Earlier this fall, Reynolds and Lively took daughter James with them as they attended Swift’s concert in New Orleans. In aTikTok videoshared from the weekend, theIt Ends with Usstar, 37, could be seen walking into the venue with an arm around her daughter, who touted sparkles in her long blonde hair and clapped as she made her way to her seat.

Another video posted to TikTok showed Lively, Reynolds and James later during the show as they listened to Swift’s song “Betty,” which includes all three of Lively’s older kids' names.

Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs game.Elsa/Getty

Elsa/Getty

Inthe video, Lively filmed Swift while James stood in front of her parents, singing along and nodding her head.

At Swift’s show in Madrid in May, Reynolds and Lively’s kidscould be seen enjoying Swift’s concertin several fan videos and photos shared to X, formally known as Twitter. Lively and her girls, who took in her performance from the floor of the show,could be seen jumping up and downand dancing along as Swift belted out “Shake It Off.”

Later in the show,Swift addressed Lively’s daughtersin the audience. Speaking on stage, the musician strummed her guitar and said, “I have to say that onFolklore, some of my favorite characters are named James, Inez and Betty.”

source: people.com