Ryan Reynoldsis proud to be a girl dad.
“I know girls, so I’m kind of hoping that,” said Reynolds, who shares daughtersBetty, 3,Inez, 6, andJames(8 next month) with Lively, 35.
The actor noted that he and Lively “don’t know” the sex oftheir fourth child on the wayand “never find out ‘til [they’re born].”
His desire to have another girl comes from “experience,” Reynolds told anchorsHoda KotbandSavannah Guthrie, both as a father to three girls and as as youngest of three brothers himself. “I love my well-being and my home,” he joked, teasing his siblings “were just arsonists and firemen.”
Still, Guthrie dubbed Reynolds “the ultimate girl dad” — a title Reynolds accepted with a “Yes.”
“This is how I find out?!” he said.
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A source told PEOPLE that the news also came as a surprise to her friends. “Evenher friends were surprised that she was pregnantagain,” the source said. “She kept it very quiet.”
Another insider told PEOPLE that the actress, whotied the knot with Reynolds in 2012, “wants to be that old-fashioned kind of mom,” noting that she “makes time to do work stuff” when the kids are out or sleeping.
“She happensto be a really attentive mom. Her kids are her first priority over everything,” the source said. “You never would think that Blake Lively, this superstar and beautiful woman, would be this regular person who cooks dinner every night and takes care of the family but she is really wonderful with the kids.”
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source: people.com
