Ryan Reynolds ‘begged Blake Lively to sleep with him’ after being in friend zone

Hollywood’s golden couple Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively almost weren’t a thing, as the Wrexham A.F.C. owner admitted he had to “beg her to sleep with him”.

The couple are marking an incredible 11 years of being married to one another today, however, it wasn’t picture perfect for the stars at first.

Ryan, 46, previously shared his struggles whilst trying to get out of the friend zone with Blake, 36.

At the 2021 red carpet premiere of his movie Free Guy, Ryan discussed celebrating his first date anniversary with his other half.

Speaking candidly to Access Hollywood at the time, the Hollywood hunk admitted that despite appearances, he isn’t the most natural flirt.

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Ryan divulged: “I’m terrible at making moves, I’m terrible at reading the room in that way… it’s probably why it took my so long to get out of the friend zone (with Blake).

“I was slowly chipping away,” the Deadpool actor quipped.

This isn’t the only time Ryan has confessed to making very awkward moves to get Gossip Girl actress Blake to see him in a different light.

The couple first met while filming superhero movie Green Lantern back in 2011, but they were both in relationships with other people at the time.

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Blake was dating her on-screen and off-screen Gossip Girl love interest Penn Badgley, while Ryan was married to Scarlett Johansson.

Lively and Badgley went on to split in September 2010, while Reynolds filed for divorce from Johansson in December 2010.

Reflecting on when he started to have feelings for Blake, Ryan told co-host Jason Bateman on the SmartLess podcast that they “kept in touch but sort of casually.”

He added: “Next thing you know, she was going to Boston, I was going to Boston, and I said, ‘Well, I’ll ride with you.’

“We got on the train and rode together. I was just begging her to sleep with me.”

Detailing his next move with Blake, Ryan joked: “I would use a little bit of tear stick so I would get the tears kind of rolling … then I would tell a little sob story about my life.

“A week later, I was like, ‘We should buy a house together,'” Ryan added. “And we did.”

Ryan and Blake went on to tie the knot in 2012 at Boone Hall, South Carolina.

They now share four children: daughters James, eight, Inez, six, and Betty, three, plus a fourth child whose birth was announced by Blake in February.

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