Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds Made A Pact Before Getting Married

Blake Lively revealed a pact she made with husband Ryan Reynolds before getting married.

Per Entertainment Tonight, the actor discussed the importance of work-life balance on the Feb. 22 episode of Amber Tamblyn's Substack show, Further Ado, revealing that she and Reynolds agreed to prioritize their relationship over work.

“When Ryan and I got together, we made a rule not to work at the same time, so that we could always prioritize our personal life,” Lively said.

She admitted that sticking to the rule isn’t always easy given their busy schedules. “That takes working really hard when we’re not [on sets], just like financial planning and sustaining that. It takes balance.”

Recalling her years filming Gossip Girl (2007–2012), Lively added that she was “used to working hard and going and going and going and going and not stopping.” She continued, “Gossip Girl was six years of my life, and we were sometimes shooting three episodes at once.”

Ryan & Blake’s Relationship

After meeting on the set of The Green Lantern, the couple began dating in 2011. They tied the knot the following year in South Carolina, on Sept. 9, 2012. They share four children: daughters James, Inez, and Betty, and a one-year-old baby.

Reynolds opened up about fatherhood in an October 2023 interview with People, revealing that he and Lively talk to their children “about everything” and teach them the importance of being self-aware.

“It’s genuine when I say I take a huge interest in their days and how things are going,” he told the outlet. “We are so much better equipped to handle the rigors of childhood through our kids now than when I was a kid. ... People are much more self-aware. And that’s the thing we sort of hang our hat on the most, [our] self-awareness with our kids. Not be happy, not be anything, just be self-aware and welcome everything in.”