RYAN Reynolds has revealed the name of his and Blake Lively’s youngest child 16 months after the baby was born.
The Gossip Girl actress, 36, appeared to confirm she and Ryan, 47, had welcomed their fourth child together in an Instagram post last February.
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In May, Ryan, 47, teased the name of their toddler during an appearance on the Today show after hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb inquired about the newest member of his family.
Almost a year-and-a-half since the child was born, Ryan confirmed the baby’s name is Olin while speaking at the New York premiere of Deadpool & Wolverine on Monday night.
“I want to start by saying thank you to my wife Blake, who is here,” Ryan began his speech at the David H. Koch Theater. “Her outfit is amazing, spoiler alert.”
Blake paid tribute to the iconic Deadpool suit worn by Ryan in the Marvel movies, as she walked the red carpet in a skin-tight, off-shoulder catsuit from Atelier Versace.
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Ryan also shouted out his children at the premiere, adding, “I want to thank my kids James, Inez, Betty, Olin, who are here: 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.”
Olin is a Nordic-inspired name that meaning “ancestor’s heir” or “to inherit.”
Blake and Ryan, who also share three daughters, James, nine, Inez, seven, and Betty, have not confirmed the baby’s gender.
Blake confirmed she and Ryan were expecting their fourth child together in September 2022.
The actress, who will next be seen in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s romance novel It Ends with Us, showed off her baby bump during an appearance at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women’s Summit.
On Super Bowl Sunday last February, Blake seemingly revealed she had given birth to Olin with a post on Instagram that revealed she no longer had the baby bump.
“Puppy Bowl Sunday 2023. Been busy,” she captioned her post, which included a photograph of her standing with Ryan and his mother, Tammy Reynolds.
In June 2023, Ryan officially confirmed that Blake had given birth to their fourth child together.
Announcing his new series Bedtime Stories with Ryan on X/Twitter, the Deadpool star quipped, “The idea for a show made to help everyone fall asleep was born the same day as my fourth child.”
During an appearance on the Today show earlier this year, Ryan joked he and Blake were “still waiting” for Taylor Swift to name their baby, after Savannah joked the Grammy-winner “keeps dropping it into lyrics” of her songs.
Deadpool & Wolverine Cast
Deadpool & Wolverine is the third movie in the Deadpool franchise. It is directed by Shawn Levy and will hit theaters on July 26. Find out who stars in the film.
Ryan Reynolds – returning as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
Hugh Jackman – returning as Logan/Wolverine
Emma Corrin – Cassandra Nova
Morena Baccarin – Vanessa
Rob Delaney – Peter
Lady Deadpool is set to appear, but her identity has not been revealed yet.
The talk show host seemingly referring to Swift’s hit Betty from her 2020 album Folklore because the song includes the names of Ryan and Blake’s three daughters.
When asked whether Swift, who is close friends with the couple, is likely to name-drop their fourth child on her new album The Tortured Poets Department, Ryan replied, “We always wait for Taylor to tell us what the child’s name is, and I’ll say this: We’re still waiting.”
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On Monday, Blake expertly shut down rumors that she and Ryan are headed for divorce while celebrating the worldwide release of Deadpool & Wolverine later this week.
She posted a carousel of photographs and videos, including a picture of Blake kissing the actor in his Deadpool costume, on Instagram, and captioned her post, “Brb (Be right back) I’m buying milky pens to write your name on my hand @vancityreynolds.”
She also included a video of herself lip-syncing to a trending audio on Instagram, “Tell me Deadpool’s married to a millennial girl without telling me.”
Footage then rolled of Ryan in character as Deadpool calling back to significant millennial pop culture moments over the years.
In the caption addressed to “my y2k girlies”, Blake encouraged them to “spot all the ways we’ve influenced” the new Deadpool movie, including references to the Wizard of Oz, Grease, Avril Lavigne, “the choreography of a certain boy band”, and French method of colouring hair known as balayage.
When a fan suggested she and Ryan “need to post more of each other” because of rumours “that you two got divorced”, Blake replied, “Haha they wish [crying-while-laughing emoji].”
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