Over the years, Taylor has made multiple references to Blake and Ryan’s three daughters in her music.
Even the most casual of celebrity enthusiasts would probably be aware of Taylor Swift’s close friendship with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Gotham / GC ImagesADVERTISEMENTThe trio have been incredibly good friends for years, to the extent that Ryan literally loaned Taylor his actual Deadpool costume for Halloween 2016.
Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/?hl=enHe and Blake also gave up their lakeside home in New York for Taylor to shoot her All Too Well short film last year, and Blake recently directed the music video for Taylor’s song “I Bet You Think About Me.”
instagram.comIn return, Taylor often honors Blake and Ryan’s children in her music, including sampling their then-2-year-old daughter James on her 2017 song “Gorgeous.”
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According to People, Taylor played the unreleased song to her friends when they were visiting her one day, and after the personal performance, James became so obsessed with the word “gorgeous” that Taylor recorded her saying the word to introduce the track.Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENTAnd when Blake and Ryan went to watch Taylor on her Reputation tour, they couldn’t hide their excitement as their toddler’s voice played out in a stadium of 60,000 people. “the lovely sofia jain ” @avocadoswifts
BLAKE AND RYAN ARE SO CUTE REACTING TO GORGEOUS
youtube.comADVERTISEMENT“And then they went to a concert one day and were like, ‘Oh, oh, this isn’t a hobby,’” Ryan laughed.
Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images for iHeartMediaBut the girls remain Taylor’s number one cheerleaders, with Ryan saying that the singer’s new album Midnights is “like a religion” in their house.
Dia Dipasupil / FilmMagicADVERTISEMENTHe then sheepishly admitted: “In fact, I’m not making this up. We are having a Taylor Swift Midnights dance party in, uh, right after this. It’s Sunday. We’re headed straight to the porch where we’re doing a full dance number set to Midnights… swear words included.”
Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic“My favorite thing is when a 3-year-old is just throwing down the f-bomb in a song,” he added of youngest daughter Betty.Instagram: @vancityreynoldsADVERTISEMENTBut Betty won’t be the youngest of the clan for long, with Blake revealing that she is pregnant back in September.Instagram: @blakelivelyShortly after the news broke, Blake shared a selection of photos of her bump to Instagram as she urged the paparazzi to stop waiting outside of her and Ryan’s home as it was scaring their kids.
True to form, one of the photos featured Taylor, who could be seen smiling as she hugged Blake by a swimming pool.
instagram.comAnd Ryan recently admitted that he is prepared to accept the title of “the ultimate girl dad” as he shared his hope that his and Blake’s fourth child is another girl.
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instagram.com”I know girls, so I’m kind of hoping that!” Ryan then said, before quickly adding that he’s “ready for whatever happens.”
