Blake Lively and his husband Ryan Reynolds have confirmed that they are expecting their fourth child together. (Photo: Getty Images) The actress shared a series of pregnancy photos with Reynolds and prominent friends including Taylor Swift.
The Gossip Girl star officially addressed speculations that she and Reynolds are having another child on Sunday (Sept 18).On September 15, she appeared to display her baby belly while wearing a glittery semi-sheer dress to the Forbes Power Women’s Summit.
Lively confirmed the news in an Instagram post on Sunday, where she also slammed the paparazzi. Here are real-life images of me pregnant so the 11 guys waiting at my door for a (unicorn emoji) sighting will leave me alone,” she captioned her photo collection. “You frighten me and my kids.”
Lively’s Instagram post included candid photographs of her baby bulge as well as photos of herself with Reynolds, her sister Robyn Lively, and friends Taylor Swift and Samantha Stone. While Lively expressed her displeasure with the paparazzi waiting for a photo opportunity, she acknowledged her supporters and media sites that “have a ‘no kids policy.”
Reynolds, 45, and Lively, 35, co-starred in the 2011 film Green Lantern. In 2012, they married at Boone Hall, a former plantation in South Carolina. They had their first daughter, James, in 2014, and their second, Inez, in 2016. Reynolds announced their third kid, Betty, in 2019 with a tweet against Canada’s climate policy.
While news of the couple’s fourth kid is fresh, Lively’s ambitions for expanding her family aren’t. In 2012, Lively told Allure magazine, “I’ve always desired a huge family.” “Oh, if I could, I’d have 30 (children).” – L.A. Times/Tribune News Service.
Blake Lively is sharing a “real-life” insight into her pregnant experience with her followers. Over the weekend, the actress, who is having her fourth child with husband Ryan Reynolds, posted a series of candid photographs from her pregnancy on Instagram, calling out photographers who had been waiting outside her house for a photo op with the expectant celebrity.
In one of the photos, the 35-year-old actress posed in black panties and a matching bralette, showing off her baby bulge in a mirror selfie. Another intimate photo showed the actress standing in her kitchen wearing the same bralette. Here are real-life photographs of me pregnant so the 11 dudes waiting outside my house for a sighting will leave me alone,” the Gossip Girl star captioned the post. “You frighten me and my kids.”
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“Thank you to everyone else for your support and for continuing to unfollow accounts and publications that post photographs of children. You have complete control over them. And thank you to the media outlets who have a “No Kids Policy.” You all make a significant difference. Much affection! Xxb, “Lively was added.
Lively and Reynolds married in 2012 and already had three daughters: James, 7, Inez, 5, and Betty, 2. The actress announced her fourth pregnancy last Thursday, showing off her baby bump on the red carpet at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women’s Summit.
According to a source, the revelation surprised her friends as well. “Even her friends were startled that she was pregnant again,” according to the source. “She was quite silent.” According to another source, Lively “wants to be that old-fashioned kind of parent,” noting that she “makes time to do work stuff” when the kids are out or sleeping.
She is a particularly attentive mother. Her children are her top priority above anything else “According to the source. “You’d never guess that Blake Lively, this superstar and beautiful woman, would be this regular person who cooks dinner every night and looks after the family, but she’s really good with the kids.