HOLLYWOOD star Blake Lively has vowed to never leave husband Ryan Reynolds – because she loves her mother-in-law too much. The Green Lantern actress — who met Ryan in 2010 on the set of the superhero movie — recently hit back at a comment that they had split up. Responding to an Instagram post of her kissing Ryan on the set of his latest hit film Deadpool & Wolverine , a fan claimed that there were rumours the pair had “got divorced”.

Blake quickly replied: “Haha they wish.” And now, in an exclusive interview with The Sun, she says with a laugh that Ryan’s mum Tammy is the thing keeping them together. Blake, 36, jokes: “She’s very controlling .

. . No, she’s the best.

read more on blake lively “I’m so lucky. The only reason I’m with him is to be with her.” Tammy has supported Ryan and his three older brothers since their father James Reynolds died of Parkinson’s disease in October 2015.

She has attended many A-list events with her son and Blake over the years, with Ryan even recently taking her to see US chat show The View and sit in the audience with her. Meanwhile, Blake and Ryan have gone from strength to strength, even recently joking about considering adding a fifth child to their brood of James, nine, Inez, seven, Betty, four, and one-year-old Olin. Most read in Celebrity Ryan, 47, says the secret to their long-lasting relationship is they’re “genuinely rooting” for each other.

Blake reveals: “My husband calls me his knight in shi.