Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have a combined net worth of around $380 million – but they don't want their wealth to have a negative impact on their four children. The Deadpool & Wolverine star, 48, admitted that he has been concerned about the stark contrast between his and Blake's "working class" upbringing compared to their kids living in "luxury". The couple share three daughters James, nine, Inez, eight, and Betty, five, and son Olin, born in 2023.
While Ryan wants them to have "as normal a life as possible", he tries not to think about the differences between their childhood and his own. "I try not to impose upon them the difference in their childhood to my childhood or my wife's childhood," he told the Hollywood Reporter . "We both grew up very working class, and I remember when they were very young, I used to say or think, like, 'Oh God, I would never have had a gift like this when I was a kid,' or, 'I never would've had this luxury of getting takeout,' or whatever," he added.
Despite his fears, Ryan is thankful that he and Blake are raising their children to be as humble as possible. "Yes, it's different..
. I realized that that's not really their bag of rocks to carry," he continued. "They’re already very much in touch with gratitude and understanding the world enough to have a strong sense of empathy.
Those are the things that I would think [would indicate] we're doing an OK job – if our kids can empathize with other people and other kids." He added: "When I .