Ryan Reynolds reveals name of fourth child with Blake Lively at Deadpool & Wolverine premiere
Ryan Reynolds revealed the name of him and Blake Lively's fourth child at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere in New York City on July 22. Photo / Getty Images
The celebrity couple welcomed their youngest child into the world over a year ago but have only just revealed the baby’s name.
Ryan Reynolds revealed the name of his fourth child with actress Blake Lively while speaking at the world premiere of the new target="_blank">Marvel film Deadpool & Wolverine.
Reynolds, 47, attended the Deadpool sequel’s premiere screening at New York City’s David H. Koch Theatre on July 22 (local time) alongside co-star Hugh Jackman and other celebrities such as Gigi Hadid, Avril Lavigne and Emma Corrin.
The Free Guy actor shared the information with attendees when he joined director Shawn Levy and his co-stars on stage during the promotional event.
Speaking at the premiere, Reynolds gave a special shoutout to Lively and thanked his family for their support over the evening.
“I want to start by saying thank you to my wife Blake, who is here. Her outfit is amazing, spoiler alert,” Reynolds said as the crowd laughed.
Lively wore a stunning red Versace-designed jumpsuit in a nod to Deadpool’s iconic suit. Her plus-one Hadid contrasted the red look with a yellow Miu Miu-designed outfit, taking inspiration from Jackman’s character.
Reynolds then thanked his children for coming along with Lively, publicly dropping their fourth child’s name for the first time.
“I want to thank my kids - James, Inez, Betty, Olin - who are here,” Reynolds said, according to ABC News.
“I hope that, if I’m lucky, this moment will be the most traumatic thing - that is, the contents of this movie - that happens in your wondrous life.”
“I love that my entire family is here,” he added.
Lively gave birth to Olin on February 12, 2023. The couple still haven’t shared the baby’s gender, although they’ve already had three daughters together.
In May, Reynolds hinted at their fourth child’s name on the Today show, where co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb asked him for more details on their new addition, reported People.
“Taylor Swift keeps dropping it into lyrics!” said Guthrie, likely referring to how Swift listed the names of the couple’s three older children - James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4 - in her song Betty from Folklore (2020).
The hosts asked if their youngest child’s name featured in Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department, to which Reynolds replied: “We always wait for Taylor to tell us what the child’s name is, and I’ll say this: We’re still waiting.”
Ryan Reynolds jokes on TODAY about the name of his and Blake Lively’s fourth child: “We always wait for Taylor (Swift) to tell us what the child’s name will be. And, we’ll say this: we’re still waiting.” pic.twitter.com/CimgAjffOM
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Reynolds first played Deadpool in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
After years of planning and development, his character eventually became the star of his own titular movie.
Deadpool was released in cinemas in 2016 to critical and commercial success, becoming the highest R-rated film of all time before this record was beaten by its 2018 sequel Deadpool 2.
Jackman returns to his breakthrough role as Wolverine from the X-Men film series. The actor played the superhero role in nine films over 17 years, last returning in Logan (2017).