James – recognisable for her mass of blonde curls – is named after Reynolds’ father, who died soon after she was born. She also has her dad “wrapped around her finger”. “I truly worship that kid. It’s terrible,” he confessed to Entertainment Weekly in 2016. “She says ‘dada’ and I will walk through a cement wall to get to her.”

Meanwhile, Inez is the sassy one who’s more into Disney villains than princesses. Even her paediatrician noticed that she had a big personality, calling her “shady”, Reynolds told People. She might also be the one to eventually take after her fashionista mother though, as Lively shared an Instagram Story in 2021 of an all-pink outfit her daughter had chosen for her.

Blake Lively’s daughter Inez apparently channelled #Barbiecore before it was cool, picking out this all-pink outfit for her famous mum. Photo: @blakelively/Instagram

Not much is known about Betty, except that when she was born, James was much more into her than Inez was, Lively told People. Betty may have been named after Lively’s grandmother and aunt, just like the actress’ non-alcoholic drinks brand Betty Buzz.

Reynolds loves being a ‘girl dad’

Ryan Reynolds has spoken about how much he enjoys parenting three girls. Photo: @_celeb_babies_kids/Instagram

The wisecracking Welcome to Wrexham star has repeatedly quipped about being a “girl dad” on talk shows, saying that coming from a family of all boys means the whole experience has been fascinating for him. During a discussion at the Cannes Film Festival last year, he joked: “They’re wild. I think they have rabies sometimes.”

But, speaking to Steven Colbert during the pandemic, he admitted just how much he loves spending time with his wife and three daughters: “I do not miss masculine company at all. Really, most men tend to be the architects of someone’s demise. So, it’s fine. I like just being here with the girls. I like doing the girl stuff.”

Taylor Swift is known as ‘Auntie Taylor’

Blake Lively and Taylor Swift are pals, and the pop star is a fan of the actress’ kids too. Photo: Instagram

By now it’s no secret that Taylor Swift is a fan of the couple’s children. Yes, that’s right: she’s a fan of them rather than the other way around. At least for now, anyway.

During an interview on The Jess Cagle Show, Reynolds said that for the first few years of their lives, his daughters had no idea Swift was a famous pop star. He said they just thought she was “like an aunt, like a friend of mummy and daddy’s that’s very, very close, almost family”.

“And then they went to a concert one day and were like, ‘Ohhhhh, this [music] isn’t a hobby,’” he added. Meanwhile, Swift has stopped her shows before to say hi to James and “Nezzy”, and even wrote a song about the three girls, inadvertently giving away Betty’s name before it was made public.

Self-awareness is more important than happiness

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Photo: @blakelively/Instagram