Ryan Reynolds says sharing the "labor" of parenting with Blake Lively is "very important"

Ryan Reynolds says sharing the "labor" of parenting with Blake Lively is "very important"

We talk about Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds being a "couple's goal" all the time in our teasers, but the two seem to really understand how to balance things in their marriage, and it's heartwarming to witness.

In a new teaser for the Reynolds episode of Netflix's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, the Deadpool actor shows Letterman his meal prep skills. And he admits how much his wife has taught him about housework and caring for their three children (they share daughters James, 7, Inez, 5, and Betty, 2).

"Blake, in full disclosure, really taught me how to do all of this," Reynolds says. When asked who runs the show at their house, the actor says without hesitation, "Blake runs the show. If it weren't for her, I would really be calling the shots."

Letterman then asked aloud what would happen if Lively went to visit her family for two weeks and Reynolds was left alone with her daughters. He said no, "I wouldn't let her visit her family first," he said, showing off some of the sense of humor that seems to be the backbone of his marriage.

When the talk show host pointed out that that would be illegal, Reynolds replied, "No, yes, that's illegal. That's kidnapping."

Then, answering the question seriously, he said, "If I was only with a girl, I think I'd be pretty excited at first, and then . . with three girls, so that division of labor is very important," he says.

Can't wait to hear what else he has to say in the episode!

Reynolds and Lively seem to be doting parents and have spoken many times in the past about how they strive to be the best they can be for their children.

The "Free Guy" star previously opened up about her experience with anxiety, explaining that she wanted to speak candidly to show her daughters that it was okay to talk about these things.

"Part of it is that I have three daughters at home, and part of my job as a parent is to model behavior, to model what it's like to be sad, what it's like to be anxious, what it's like to be angry. He then said. 'In the family I grew up in, there was no such modeling. Not that my parents were laissez-faire, but it was a different generation.'

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