Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are #couplegoals for many reasons, one of which because they're so ridiculously into each other. (Oh, and good looking). The couple also poke fun at each other constantly on social media, showing that yes, stars are just like us! Ever since Lively and Reynolds were co-stars on the Green Lantern, we haven't been able to get enough of them. And, obviously, they can't get enough of each other.
"We were buddies then," Reynolds said on Entertainment Weekly's SiriusXM show of how they got together. "About a year after Green Lantern had come and gone and we were both single we went on a double date–she was on a date with another guy and I was on a date with another girl–and it was like the most awkward date for the respective parties because we were just like fireworks coming across."
In September, the couple will celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary, but by how adorable they are, it feels like a lot longer. Ahead, take a look back at some of the best photos from their relationship, with a couple of cameos from their children. Get ready to swoon.
Spike TV's "Scream 2010," October 2010
The pair has always been cracking jokes together. On Conan years later, Reynolds spoke about Lively's humor. "My wife is the real, I mean she is a mercenary. At one point in the middle of the delivery, the doctor's cell phone went off and she said, 'Oh, no. Go ahead, take a personal call. Feel free.' She was cracking jokes in the delivery room." We're chuckling!
'Green Lantern' Premiere, June 2011
At the Los Angeles premiere of the superhero movie, Blake and Ryan walked the red carpet and joked around. The best part of this photo, however, is the late Michael Clarke Duncan in the back, smiling like he's got a secret. The secret is that Blake and Ryan's chemistry is palpable. Everyone was smiling.
White House State Dinner, March 2016
Have you ever walked into a conversation where there was a private joke going on and you wanted nothing more in the entire world than to know exactly what they're joking about and how you can be a part of their world? This photo is the embodiment of that feeling. What are they joking about? Can I laugh along too?
Ryan Reynolds Receives Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, December 2016
"Ryan had a nice, normal upbringing, and we want our kids to have the same normal life that we had," Lively told Marie Claire in 2016. "We don't ever want to rob them of what we had, because we'd feel really selfish." Look at how cute this family is!
Ryan Reynolds Receives Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, December 2016
"I'm very lucky to be with someone who has better taste than me," Lively said in 2013. "We influence each other in different ways." This is such a gorgeous candid we couldn't help but include it because the best moments of love aren't always caught by the red carpet cameras.
Golden Globes, January 2017
"He’s always good to me," Lively told Us in 2014 about her husband. "That’s like a jerky thing to say because you want to be able to complain about your husband and be that person, but he takes pretty good care of me."
Costume Institute Gala, May 2017
Ryan talked to Humans of New York about Blake: “She always responds with empathy. She meets anger with empathy. She meets hate with empathy. She’ll take the time to imagine what happened to a person when they were five or six years old. And she’s made me a more empathetic person. I had a very fractured relationship with my father. Before he died, she made me remember things I didn’t want to remember. She made me remember the good times.”
Costume Institute Gala, May 2017
"We've never gone a week without seeing each other. There's no major decision that I make without him," Lively told Marie Claire in 2014. "The best part is when we turn off our phones and just talk and hang out," Lively said. "He's my best, best friend. What do you do with your best friend? You do nothing."
'Saturday Night Live', May 2017
The pair work miraculously well together, both on-screen and off. Lively explained in a 2014 interview, "Everything we do in life we do together. If I'm working on a movie, he helps me with my character; I do the same with him. Picking out a coffee table. What we're going to eat. He's a beautiful writer—he's written a lot of stuff for us. And he's got a great barometer and he knows me, so he will tell me if it's not as good as it can be."
'Final Portrait' Screening, March 2018
"I'm not one for vomiting declarations of sentiment out across the airwaves, but when we had that baby, I fell more in love with my wife than I'd ever been in my entire life. I couldn't even believe it," Ryan gushed to David Letterman on The Late Show in 2015. We can believe it though, Ryan. We can see it with our own eyes.
'Final Portrait' Screening, March 2018
Okay, the way they're gazing at each other is TOO MUCH, but also... look at the outfit coorindation. Him in dark grey, her in black-and-white plaid...it's like they planned it. Even if they didn't, we're going to pretend they did because looking this good shouldn't happen by accident.
'Deadpool 2' Premiere, May 2018
"I knew he would always be my best friend for my whole life. That was the biggest thing to me. I'd never known anything like the friendship that I had with him. I could like him as much as I loved him," Blake gushed to Marie Claire.
'A Simple Favor' Premiere, September 2018
"I'm just a diaper-changing facility hooked up to a life-support system, but my wife, she's breakfast, lunch and dinner," Reynolds said of Lively's parenting on The Late Show with David Letterman. "She's a human Denny's all day long...and it never ends for her. She's the most beautiful Denny's you've ever seen though, I guarantee it."
Ryan's Birthday Tribute to Blake, August 2019
Even for birthdays, this couple can't stop joking with each other. For Blake's big day, Ryan's montage of some interesting photos of Blake is just *chef's kiss.*
Blake's Birthday Shoutout to Ryan, October 2019
You thought Blake was going to let Ryan win this round? Wrong! Blake's Instagram tribute to Ryan for his birthday is the icing on the cake. She captioned this photo, "I picked a good one. Happy birthday @vancityreynolds." We love love!
