Ryan Reynolds Turns 48! Inside His 'Intimate' and 'Great' Life with Blake Lively and Their Family

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Ryan ReynoldsandBlake Lively’s relationship remains as supportive — and adorable — as ever!

From their joint summer box office takeover with the releases ofDeadpool & WolverineandIt Ends with Usto theirglamorous double dateswith Lively’s BFFTaylor Swiftand her beauTravis Kelce, the pair have been going nonstop — and that’s just when they’re away from home.

During their time outside of the spotlight, the longtime couple spends time with theirfour children— daughtersJames, 9,Inez, 8,Betty, 5, and sonOlin, 1 — who makelife “more intimate,”according to Lively, 37.

In other words, as Reynolds turns 48 on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the two have plenty to celebrate — including their marriage,which is still “great” after 12 years together.

As the actors celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary last month, a source told PEOPLE that “Blake and Ryan are a great team when it comes to both their family and work.”

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.Michael Loccisano/WireImage

“They’re super supportive of each other. He’s very proud of her,” the source added. “They have a great marriage and love to celebrate everything they created together.”

One way they celebrate is with cozy dates, which the couple occasionally documents on his social media.

“We went on a date the other night and our oldest was going to kill us. Just for going on a date; just for tending to the relationship," Reynolds recalled onLive with Kelly and Markin July. “And we did, and what’s crazy is, the whole time we’re there, we just talked about [our kids].”

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at the ‘It Ends With Us’ premiere.Cindy Ord/Getty

Cindy Ord/Getty

At theIt Ends with Uspremiere in August, Lively turned back time a bit, recalling the ”beautiful, romantic” beginnings of the couple’s now 12-year-long relationship — before they had “4,000 children!”

At the event — which Reynolds also attended — theSisterhood of the Traveling Pantsactress told PEOPLE that when she and her now-husband first started dating, he would send her “a bouquet of flowers every week.”

“But,” she explained, “he would always send a card and it would just be a sentence of something that had happened that week.”

“Something funny or emotional that one of us said. It was just a little quote of the week," she added. “It was such a beautiful, romantic thing. Now we have 4,000 children!”

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She also madea brief cameo as Lady Deadpoolin Reynolds’ andHugh Jackman’sDeadpool & Wolverine, which made its mark as thehighest-grossing rated-R movieof all time.

yan Reynolds and Blake Lively with daughters James and Ines in 2016.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

While showing support for the Marvel film ahead of its July release, Swift, 34, also revealed that, in addition to being Lively’s BFF, she has another important role in the couple’s life:she is the godmother of Lively and Reynolds' kids.

Referencing the actor’sDeadpoolcounterpart in an Instagram Stories post, the pop star wrote, “Shout out to Wade Wilson, aka my godkids' sperm donor.”

Lively thanked Swift for praising her husband in a post of her own, writing, “Thank you @taylorswift for honoring my guy(s).”

“I couldn’t have said it better myself,” the actress added before joking, “Which is unsurprising given that I have 14 less grammys and not a single sold out stadium world tour.”

source: people.com