Ryan Reynolds confessed that he and Blake Lively are enjoying some “fleeting” and “chaotic” family time.
A family of six, the A-listers share daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4, plus 1-year-old son Olin.
Reynolds opened up about his life as a busy dad on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, sharing his best parenting advice with listeners.
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“Embrace the chaos,” the Deadpool & Wolverine star, 47, told host Amanda Hirsch, explaining he and Lively “have four kids – like, okay, nothing’s going to be tidy ever again.”
Added: “It will, though, when they all leave the house.”
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The actor shared his wife’s advice: “[Lively] always says, ‘They’re all under our roof right now. The whole family’s under our roof right now. We have them all.’ And that is a fleeting thing. Not an infinite resource, you know?”
Reynolds says that while parenthood is joyful is that it isn’t always bliss: “It does get to you, and it’s OK to be like, ‘F—, I am dying.’ Because that’s gonna happen every other day.”
Like many parents, the pair have had to sacrifice many good night’s sleep as parents, especially as some of their children “can’t even go to sleep unless they’re in our bed.”
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“I would love to spread out and fall asleep normally again,” Reynolds said, though he is trying his best to focus on the important things.
The If star reminds himself to embrace the chaos while it lasts: “Just say, ‘Think about what you would give in 40 years or 30 years to come back and enjoy this one moment.'”
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Reynolds also revealed that Lively and three of their kids star alongside Hugh Jackman in the new Deadpool & Wolverine film.
The Gossip Girl star has a cameo as Lady Deadpool, Inez played Kidpool, Olin was credited as Babypool on IMDB, and James was credited as a Screaming Mutant.
“It was kind of one of those things where you’re like, ‘Well, why not?'” he said, explaining that the whole family was on set anyway, adding they thought: “Yeah, let’s do it. Let’s go nuts.”
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