Awkward moment Blake Lively interrupts Ryan Reynolds' TIME interview with 'cringeworthy' anecdote
Blake Lively has raised eyebrows for interrupting her husband Ryan Reynolds' TIME interview.
During his in-depth conversation with the publication, which focused on launching his highly successful production company and marketing firm Maximum Effort, the 48-year-old Deadpool star's wife couldn't help but barge in.
Journalist Eliana Dockterman, who is a correspondent at TIME, documented the bizarre moment in her article as she wrote that the Gossip Girl actress 'popped into the room' during their chat while rocking leggings and an oversized shirt.
'She wants to check in with Reynolds about coordinating their schedules for 10 minutes of catch-up time,' Dockterman noted.
While comparing her and Reynolds' calendars, the writer revealed Lively stopped to offer 'her favorite snack, sour dried blueberries that she says taste like Warheads.'
In a show of generosity, Dockterman said Lively began rummaging through her drawers 'trying to locate them.'
As she searches, Reynolds 'leaps up to help her.'
This prompts Lively to tease: 'You're chewing into your time.'
The actor was spotlighted in a feature titled: 'How Ryan Reynolds Rewrote the Script for Celebrity Entrepreneurs.'
During the interview, Reynolds made revelations about building successful businesses using his own fame and via 'fastversing' (getting companies he owns to promote each other).
His remarks were quickly ridiculed by fans who wildly claimed he had 'paid' to get on the cover.
Reynolds was also dragged for the 'weird' cover, which showed only the back of his head - which he credited to not wanting to take the spotlight off his team.
'I insisted they take this photo for soooo many reasons but the chief one is @MaximumEffort is not me' he wrote.
'It's a tiny little pirate ship helmed by the most talented, tireless, and creative team of people on planet earth.'
Fans took to social media to lambast the star with one writing: 'How Ryan Reynolds paid us to put him on the cover of this magazine!" Lol.'
A second typed: 'How Ryan Reynolds rewrote the script with maximum effort' very ironic of them to say this given everything he's been exposed for.
Others penned: 'These two keep on buying themselves good publicity, it's so exhausting and sickening.
'How to boycott everything Maximum Effort does??? God I loathe this man.
'That cash envelope from Reynolds must have been HUUGE.
'Very barf. $$$.
Others praised the star's achievements - the companies he co-owns or has sold are valued at over $14 billion, according to Forbes , with a follower writing: 'You are one hell of a businessman. Everything you touch seems to take off.
'Love to see this!!! Maximum Effort really is the best of the best!
The wide-ranging interview also saw Reynolds open up about his family life with Lively and their four young children - with the actor saying his brood help him focus on the only important things in life.
He said his value 'comes from having four kids and a good marriage. My self-worth isn't farmed out to any one thing that isn't under the roof of my home.'
Lively also made an impromptu appearance during the chat, popping in in 'leggings and an oversized shirt' to hunt for her favorite snack of 'sour dried blueberries that taste like warheads.'
Although Reynolds and Lively wouldn't be drawn on the latest stage of their legal battle - Reynolds said he finds it easy to detach from 'meaningless' online chatter.
He said: 'I can read something that says, 'He should be drawn and quartered. I could read something that says I should win a Nobel Prize. Both are meaningless.
'None of us are comprised of our best moments. None of us are defined by our worst moments. We are something in the middle.'
He added: 'Accessibility and accountability are a big part of how I do things. The people that I work with know me, so there's never a question of anything like that. If you operate with some degree of core values and integrity, they're going to help you up. If you're an asshole, they're not. And that's pretty simple.'
The legal saga began in December 2024 when Blake Lively accused Justin Baldoni of sexually harassing her on set — claims he denied — prompting Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios to sue Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloane, and Ryan Reynolds for defamation.
Baldoni later escalated the fight with a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times over its explosive New Year's Eve exposé detailing Lively's allegations.
Earlier this month, a judge dismissed Baldoni's defamation case in a major blow to the actor, though his legal team will still gain access to Lively's private text messages with Taylor Swift — whom Blake infamously referred to as 'my dragon' in an exchange allegedly meant to intimidate Baldoni — after withdrawing a subpoena aimed at the singer directly.
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