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Ryan Reynolds Congratulates Wife Blake Lively On Her Birthday By Posting The Worst Pics Of Her And 5.6 Million People Love It
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Ryan Reynolds Congratulates Wife Blake Lively On Her Birthday By Posting The Worst Pics Of Her And 5.6 Million People Love It

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It’s a well-known fact, for those people who follow these things, that actor Ryan Reynolds loves trolling his wife Blake Lively. It’s nothing mean or nasty – just the kind of gentle ribbing and pranks that many fun-loving couples with a sense of humor like to inflict on each other. The only difference is, these two do much of their trolling in the public eye, and people seem to love it.

Reynolds’ latest effort came at that most opportune of occasions: the birthday. What better way to celebrate a loved one’s big day than a good old fashioned razz? Usually, on places like Instagram or Facebook, we like to tag our birthday buddies with nice pics of them – revisiting memorable occasions with flattering pics that celebrate friendship and togetherness. Reynolds decided to go with a slightly modified version of this concept – digging out probably the least flattering pics of his lovely wife that he could find, and posting them on his Instagram account.

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Ryan Reynolds posted an Instagram gallery compiled of 10 pics to congratulate Blake Lively on her 32nd birthday:

The hilarious gallery of pics – in which Lively is pictured out of focus, gurning awkwardly or clearly not ready for a photo at all – has a happy background to go along with the tongue-in-cheek birthday message. The photos, which begin with a cute pic of Lively holding her pregnant belly, serve as a kind of ‘pregnancy update,’ with the couple expecting their third child around October 2019.

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Lively and Reynolds already have two young children: daughters James, who was born in 2014, and Inez, who was born in 2016. They got married in South Carolina back in 2012 after meeting on the set of the movie Green Lantern – where their on-screen romance blossomed into a real-life love story.

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They are both active on social media, where they don’t take themselves too seriously and constantly poke fun at each other. However, despite the public nature of their relationship, they are dedicated to family life and largely keep their children out of the spotlight. Reynolds explained in an interview with People that the pair never take on projects at the same time, so they can keep the family together.

“Blake and I don’t do movies at the same time. If she is doing a movie in Thailand and I am doing a movie in Vancouver we would just never see each other. We operate as a unit, and that works really well for us,” Reynolds explained. “The kids stay with us, and the family stays together, and that is where home is. So if we are in Spain or Utah or New York, as long as we are together, we’re home.”

What do you think? Do you and your partner enjoy pranking each other? Do you think that poking fun is healthy, or detrimental to a relationship? These pair are clearly crazy for each other, and we are sure that Lively, who must be used to Reynolds’ pranks by now, will be forgiving of his latest troll. Let us know your thoughts, and share your own pranking stories in the comments below!

Here’s how he congratulated Blake two years ago:

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Image credits: vancityreynolds

And here’s how people reacted to the hilarious post

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Foxxy
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely adore these two as a couple. I’m not into the whole celebrity news stuff but I do enjoy hearing about these two and them trolling each other. They certainly know how to have fun in their relationship. Hopefully they can last the distance especially seeing as celebrity romances statistically don’t seem to last. Fingers crossed for them.

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Shun Lae Zin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blake Lively's unflattering pictures look a lot better than mine on a good day. *sigh*

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varwenea
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Couples who can laugh at each other will stay together. And damn, even her unflattering pictures are cute!

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Luis Milian
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL. Ryan Reynolds can act himself and would still be Deadpool to the T.

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blugeagua
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do people forget that she does the same thing back at him? She’s just as funny as him.

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W. 5
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blake Lively is the Barney Stinson of "ugly photos"..It is just NOT going to happen. (I have a couple-crush on them, they are so sweet and funny together and I go "Aaaawwwwww!")

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Rissie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The best part is that it shows how much they love each other and are aware if it. There is no doubt in either mind that the other means any harm by posting this it is meant as an actual degradation of the other...

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IZama
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks lovely! Very happy and natural. Introducing "Lovely Lively".

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Alexis minnix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that she looks better in these “bad” pics than me in my best photos.

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Kjorn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you mock those who you love. if you Don't make fun at someone it mean you Don't care about him or her enough to do so.

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NWB
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOVE how it is just real normal photos, not insta poses, filter and b******t, so awesome!

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PamelaSosi
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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John Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I’m not into the whole celebrity news stuff but I do enjoy hearing about these two and them trolling each other." -- You are into the celebrity news stuff. But I hear ya, good thing we have sites like BP that steer clear from this type of fawning not-news-news. haha

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Demi Zwaan
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4 years ago

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Daughter James? Why would you give your girl a boy's name?

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TheKnightOwl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Names have often swapped what gender you associate them with over the years. One example is the name Evelyn; it is generally seen as a female name, but was very much used for males decades ago.

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Foxxy
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely adore these two as a couple. I’m not into the whole celebrity news stuff but I do enjoy hearing about these two and them trolling each other. They certainly know how to have fun in their relationship. Hopefully they can last the distance especially seeing as celebrity romances statistically don’t seem to last. Fingers crossed for them.

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Shun Lae Zin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blake Lively's unflattering pictures look a lot better than mine on a good day. *sigh*

varwenea avatar
varwenea
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Couples who can laugh at each other will stay together. And damn, even her unflattering pictures are cute!

luismilian avatar
Luis Milian
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL. Ryan Reynolds can act himself and would still be Deadpool to the T.

blugeagua avatar
blugeagua
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do people forget that she does the same thing back at him? She’s just as funny as him.

w_5 avatar
W. 5
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blake Lively is the Barney Stinson of "ugly photos"..It is just NOT going to happen. (I have a couple-crush on them, they are so sweet and funny together and I go "Aaaawwwwww!")

wianjama avatar
Rissie
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The best part is that it shows how much they love each other and are aware if it. There is no doubt in either mind that the other means any harm by posting this it is meant as an actual degradation of the other...

inasavage avatar
IZama
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks lovely! Very happy and natural. Introducing "Lovely Lively".

alexis-minnix avatar
Alexis minnix
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that she looks better in these “bad” pics than me in my best photos.

kjorn avatar
Kjorn
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you mock those who you love. if you Don't make fun at someone it mean you Don't care about him or her enough to do so.

ngaerewoodford avatar
NWB
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOVE how it is just real normal photos, not insta poses, filter and b******t, so awesome!

hajebisi avatar
PamelaSosi
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey..✅✅ Are you se︆︆x giant? ❤❤ i wait you here!! ✅✅Write me!! >> h︆︆ot︆︆datgirl.︆︆s︆i︆t︆e/id5396

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John Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I’m not into the whole celebrity news stuff but I do enjoy hearing about these two and them trolling each other." -- You are into the celebrity news stuff. But I hear ya, good thing we have sites like BP that steer clear from this type of fawning not-news-news. haha

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Demi Zwaan
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4 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Daughter James? Why would you give your girl a boy's name?

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TheKnightOwl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Names have often swapped what gender you associate them with over the years. One example is the name Evelyn; it is generally seen as a female name, but was very much used for males decades ago.

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