{"id":98270,"date":"2024-12-18T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=263890"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:59:22","slug":"blake-lively-working-class","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/blake-lively-working-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Honest: Ryan Reynolds Claims Blake Lively Grew Up \u201cWorking Class\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blake Lively at the “It Ends With Us” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion\/Variety via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blake Lively is once again back in headlines. This time, she\u2019s not being criticised for trivialising the themes in the film adaption of <\/span>It Ends With Us<\/a>, <\/span><\/i>being accused of feuding with the movie\u2019s director and her co-star Justin Baldoni<\/a> or even going viral for a wince-inducing interview<\/a> conducted a decade ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

No, the reason for the news item has to do with a claim made by her husband, Ryan Reynolds. Speaking to <\/span>The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, <\/span><\/i>the Canadian actor addressed how he and Lively raise their four children out of the spotlight. (The couple share three daughters, James, 10, Ines, 8 Betty, 5 and a son, Olin<\/a>, 1)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: (L-R) 2022 Met Gala Co-Chairs Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During his response, the <\/span>Deadpool & Wolverine <\/span><\/i><\/a>star<\/a> declared the reason for their progeny\u2019s normalcy was partly because both he and Lively grew up \u201cworking class\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cI try not to impose upon them the difference in their childhood to my childhood or my wife\u2019s childhood. We both grew up very working class,\u201d he told the publication. \u201c I remember when they were very young, I used to say or think, like, \u2018Oh God, I would never have had a gift like this when I was a kid,\u2019 or, \u2018I never would\u2019ve had this luxury of getting takeout,\u2019 or whatever,\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

Netizens quickly took to social media to point out that while the statement may be true for Reynolds, it certainly isn\u2019t the most accurate description of how Lively was raised. For those unaware of her lineage, the 37-year-old was born in The Valley region of Los Angeles to her father Ernie, a working actor since the 1970s, and mother Elaine, a talent scout.<\/span><\/p>\n

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HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 15: Ernie Lively, Blake Lively and Elaine Lively attend the ceremony honoring Ryan Reynolds with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 15, 2016 in Hollywood, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0In a 2008 interview with <\/span>W<\/span><\/i>, the<\/span> Gossip Girl <\/span><\/i>alumni shared that her after-school activities mainly involved accompanying her parents to their acting school where they taught lessons. \u201cInstead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class,\u201d she said. Lively also said that her desire to follow in her family\u2019s footsteps and join the entertainment industry was during a two-month trip to Europe that she took at 15. \u201cI would have these agents calling and saying, \u2018We have an appointment for you.\u2019 It was really hard to say no,\u201d she continued. Before her big break in <\/span>The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants<\/span><\/i>, Lively also made her onscreen debut in a film directed by her father.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not to say that her parents didn\u2019t work hard, but Lively certainly possessed a certain privilege and preferential treatment stemming from her family\u2019s connections. Of course, the whole encounter certainly feels like something straight out of a television show. The Netflix documentary <\/span>Beckham<\/span><\/i>, to be exact. As you\u2019ll recall, David Beckham hilariously corrected his wife, Victoria, when she claimed to be from a working-class background. Though Lively wasn\u2019t driven to school in a Rolls-Royce<\/a> like Posh Spice<\/a> was, perhaps Reynolds can take a page out of their book and \u201cbe honest\u201d. Watch the hilarious moment, below:<\/span><\/p>\n