RYAN Reynolds has announced the sex of his fourth child with wife Blake Lively. The star revealed they welcomed a baby boy in an Instagram post featuring Reynolds and John Bell, a dedicated Wrexham AFC fan with a special connection to the actor. Amid Bell’s heartfelt story of loss after his son Jake’s passing, Reynolds extended his sympathies and shared the joyful news.
“I want to share with you that I too have a son and that if ...
boy, John, if I love him one-tenth as much as you love Jake, I feel like I’ve done a pretty damn good job,” Reynolds said. The 47-year-old actor revealed the baby’s name, Olin, earlier this week at the movie premiere at the David H. Koch Theater in New York City.
Reynolds and Lively, 36, who married in September 2012, are also parents to daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4. Bell described his late son, a fan of Reynolds’ films, as “so funny, so comical.” “We did everything together.
He was my firstborn son. He was just absolutely everything to me.” After losing his son, Bell explained he was “in a very dark place.
” “I was planning my own death and talking myself into staying because my family needs me, my kids need me, What I do now keeps me alive daily because I’ve made my peace with death. I’m gonna be reunited with him at some point, but it damn right ain’t now,” he said. Reynolds lauded Bell for his efforts to raise money for causes related to mental health.
“The resilience it takes to, you know, put one foot in front of the other as many times as you’ve done it, and transmute that much grief into something powerfully useful,” the actor said, adding that he was “very grateful” that Bell shared his story. Reynolds and Lively had confirmed the announcement of their fourth child in February 2023. At the time, the alum showed off her growing baby bump in a collection of photos shared on social media.
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