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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have been married for almost 12 years and together they share four children. But Gossip Girl The star revealed that early in their relationship, they made another important vow to each other.
Speaking with her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star Amber Tamblyn on her show Substack Further Ado, Blake explained the important relationship rule she and Ryan follow.
“When Ryan and I got together, we made a rule not to work at the same time,” he told a friend. “So we can always prioritize our personal lives.”
This is a commitment they have managed to maintain throughout their relationship, but according to Blake, it has not been without difficulties.
“That requires working very hard when we are not,” he explained. “Like financial planning and maintaining it, it takes balance.”
Despite the difficulties, Blake explained that the period was particularly important to her since when they started dating, she had been working “non-stop” on Gossip Girl.
She revealed: “I’m used to working hard and going and going and going and going and not stopping… Gossip Girl was six years of my life, and sometimes we were filming three episodes at a time.”
Ryan is also no stranger to taking on big projects, like the deadpool franchise and purchase of Wrexham AFC with actor McElhenney in November 2020.
But the couple have mainly focused on their four children: daughters James, nine, Inez, seven, Betty, four, and their unnamed fourth child, who turned one in February.
Blake has made it clear in the past how dedicated she is to her family, as she told Marie Claire in 2016: “All my eggs are in one basket, and that’s my family. That’s where my heart is. That’s where my everything is. That’s what I feel most protective of and what I feel is most exposed when feel exploited.”
Being parents to three girls has certainly made life interesting for Blake and Ryan, as the a simple favor The star compared herself to the moms she follows on Instagram.
“Her little one is giving her reflexology massages,” she said of a mother she followed. “What?! My daughter is playing with explosive devices. I don’t know where she found them. She already knows how to put up drywall because she makes holes in the wall.”