How Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are raising their 4 kids: the Hollywood couple keep their daughters (and new baby) out of the spotlight – but they still know Taylor Swift as ‘Aunt Taylor’

The multimillionaire Hollywood couple share 3 daughters, James, Inez and Betty, and a mystery fourth child born earlier this year – and don’t want them to be nepo baby child actorsThe girls feature in Taylor Swift’s song lyrics and get shout-outs at her concerts, and they love Disney’s Frozen, ‘Baby Shark’ – and picking out all-pink #Barbiecore outfits for their mum

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are a golden couple in Tinseltown. From Hollywood hits to entrepreneurial endeavours, they’re among the industry’s most successful multimillionaire pairings. But to James, Inez and Betty, they’re just mum and dad.Even Lively acknowledges that her children don’t realise quite how fortunate they are: “When my kids are giving me atтιтude, I try to tell them that I’m real-life royalty and that they’re lucky that I’m raising them,” she told Vogue. “They don’t buy it.”

The couple subtly announced the latest addition to their family earlier this year when they posted pH๏τos of Lively on Super Bowl day suddenly sans baby bump, per People. In keeping with their approach to date, they seem to be keeping the baby’s name and gender a secret for as long as possible.

Meet Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s kids: James, Inez and Betty

In addition to their new baby, the former Sєxiest Man Alive, 47, and Met Gala queen, 36, currently have three girls: James, eight, Inez, seven, and Betty, four.James – recognisable for her mᴀss of blonde curls – is named after Reynolds’ father, who died soon after she was born. She also has her dad “wrapped around her finger”. “I truly worship that kid. It’s terrible,” he confessed to Entertainment Weekly in 2016. “She says ‘dada’ and I will walk through a cement wall to get to her.”

Meanwhile, Inez is the sᴀssy one who’s more into Disney villains than princesses. Even her paediatrician noticed that she had a big personality, calling her “shady”, Reynolds told People. She might also be the one to eventually take after her fashionista mother though, as Lively shared an Instagram Story in 2021 of an all-pink outfit her daughter had chosen for her.

Not much is known about Betty, except that when she was born, James was much more into her than Inez was, Lively told People. Betty may have been named after Lively’s grandmother and aunt, just like the actress’ non-alcoholic drinks brand Betty Buzz.

Reynolds loves being a ‘girl dad’

The wisecracking Welcome to Wrexham star has repeatedly quipped about being a “girl dad” on talk shows, saying that coming from a family of all boys means the whole experience has been fascinating for him. During a discussion at the Cannes Film Festival last year, he joked: “They’re wild. I think they have rabies sometimes.”

But, speaking to Steven Colbert during the pandemic, he admitted just how much he loves spending time with his wife and three daughters: “I do not miss masculine company at all. Really, most men tend to be the architects of someone’s demise. So, it’s fine. I like just being here with the girls. I like doing the girl stuff.”

Taylor Swift is known as ‘Auntie Taylor’

By now it’s no secret that Taylor Swift is a fan of the couple’s children. Yes, that’s right: she’s a fan of them rather than the other way around. At least for now, anyway.

Anti nepo babies? Reynolds doesn’t want his kids to be child actors

Despite – or perhaps because of – the couple’s own fame, Reynolds has said he doesn’t want his children to get involved with acting, especially while they’re still young. “Putting a kid in a business like this, it’s generally not about the kid,” he told People magazine. “It’s usually about the parents.”