Reynolds echoed the sentiment, telling Extra in 2021, “We really liked each other before as friends beforehand. We like each other even more so now.”
And while he can only say so much publicly about Lively’s ordeal, impending trial date and all, his actions have spoken volumes.
They hit their first red carpet together, post-filing, in February 2025 at the SNL 50: Anniversary Celebration—where Reynolds poked fun at the headlines—and they’re rarely spotted not hand-in-hand, whether they’re out and about in New York or cuddling during a Wrexham A.F.C. match in Wales.
And Reynolds’ goal is to always be there for his family.
“My wife and kids are everything. I mean, that’s it,” he said on the Sunday Sitdown Live. “When we finally close our eyes to this mortal dumb show, those are the ones that are going to matter, you know?”
See Reynolds and Lively’s everything-partnership in photos: