Ryan Reynolds ‘begged’ future bride Blake Lively to sleep with him

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively tied the knot in 2012 (Picture: Getty)

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds was doing well at playing the long game before he finally cracked and begged his future bride Blake Lively to sleep with him.

Relating the story of his romance with the Gossip Girl star, Ryan — who used to be married to Scarlett Johansson — said they met on a movie set.

‘I met Blake on the darkest crease on the anus of the universe called Green Lantern,’ he explained.

‘We were friends and buddies and about a year-and-a-half later we went on a double-date — but we were dating separate people.’

Ryan finally admitted his desperation to Blake, 33, when they found themselves travelling to Boston.

‘We hung out and we always kind of kept in touch sort of casually and next thing you know, she was going to Boston,’ he said.

‘I was going to Boston and I said I’ll ride with you. We got on the train and we rode together. I was just begging her to sleep with me.’

It seems it was an enjoyable ride as, after the trip, Ryan says they both just ‘knew’ they were meant to be a couple. Calling their love affair a ‘fairy tale’, the 44-year-old told the Smartless podcast: ‘A week later, I was like, “We should buy a house together”. And we did.’

The happy pair — who are worth £73million thanks to their movie careers and the actor’s Aviation gin brand — went on to have three girls, James, six, Inez, four, and Betty, 21 months.

Ryan, who owns Welsh football club Wrexham, married 33-year-old Blake in 2012. He and ScarJo had divorced the same year after three years of marriage.

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Fresh prints… But Kate’s given up on men

Lock up your fellas… here comes double trouble! Singletons Rita Ora and Kate Beckinsale looked hypnotic in print fabrics as they returned to the Hollywood red carpet.

The British beauties joined forces for the screening of Kate’s revenge action thriller, Jolt, at the Amazon studios in LA.

Jolt from blue: Rita and Kate back on the red carpet for film Jolt (Picture: Rex)

The Pearl Harbor star, 47, swore off men forever this week after splitting with 24-year-old toyboy Goody Grace during the pandemic. Previously, she was dating comic Pete Davidson, 27, now with Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor.

Kate, who divorced US director Len Wiseman two years ago, said: ‘I haven’t been in very long relationships since then.

‘I can’t imagine living with a person and maintaining my new-found autonomy.

‘For women in relationships with men, it’s culturally quite easy to lose track of your life.

‘You’ve watched your mother, your grandmother, subjugate herself — even on stupid things.’

As for Rita, 30, she added another famous squeeze to her black book in May when she enjoyed a three-way smooch in Sydney with Thor: Love And Thunder director Taika Waititi and actress Tessa Thompson.

‘We had different goals’… Raye is no longer in bed with Polydor

There’s no kiss and make up for Raye and her Polydor record bosses after it was revealed she no longer has a contract with them.

The Bed singer, 24, had publicly lashed out at the company, fuming that she had waited in vain for seven years for it to let her release a debut album.

Raye is now an independent artist (Picture: Getty)

Insisting there was no bad blood, the singles chart siren said: ‘Polydor and I have agreed to part ways. I want to say a big genuine thank-you to the Polydor team. Unfortunately, we have had different goals artistically.’

A baby on the way? Don’t you Belieb it, insists Hailey

Baby, baby, baby… no! Justin Bieber’s missus Hailey swiftly put out the fire after he suggested they are expecting their first child.

The model waded in after Biebs, 27, shared a photo of the couple captioned ‘Mom and Dad’ prompting a flurry of comments from fans including: ‘Wait what? MOM AND DAD?!’ Another Belieber said: ‘Baby on the way?’

Hailey, 24, quickly posted: ‘I think u should maybe change this caption to *Dog Mom and Dad* before anyone gets it twisted.’

The couple tied the knot in Bluffton, South Carolina, in 2019.

Fans go wild over Lorde al-bum

Lorde says she only realised she was ‘hot’ after seeing the reaction to the cheeky cover for her new album Solar Power.

The 24-year-old Kiwi lit up social media when she unveiled the artwork, featuring an upskirt shot of her bum in the sun.

‘I didn’t even know if I thought I looked that hot, I just thought it was such a cool, kind of tough photo,’ Lorde admitted.

‘I can imagine owning the vinyl and loving it for 25 years. That was my vibe on it.’

Hey pesto! Grennan hooks up at last

Tom Grennan finally got saucy with his new Italian girlfriend when lockdown ended.

The 26-year-old, topping the charts with By Your Side, said he met Daniella just before the pandemic but they could only FaceTime.

‘We were like, “Shall we just leave it for a while because this is too hard?”’ Tom said. He told Jessie Ware’s Table Manners podcast that Daniella is ‘an unbelievable cook’, adding: ‘Her mum makes this Italian sauce and she’s really good.’

Head start to the altar for Boleyn star Jodie 

Anne Boleyn star Jodie Turner-Smith took matters into her own hands — on the sand — by proposing to Dawson’s Creek hunk Joshua Jackson.

Joshua, 43, spilled on US TV that she popped the question in Nicaragua. ‘We were walking down the beach and she asked me to marry her,’ he said, adding that his 34-year-old British wife was ‘quite adamant, and she was right’.

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■ Kanye West has confirmed he will unveil his new album tomorrow. Donda, named after the 44-year-old rapper’s late mother, will be revealed at a listening party to be held at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

■ Chris Martin continued his obsession with extra-terrestrial life when he wrote a note to fans to announce Coldplay’s new record. The Higher Power singer said their ninth album, called Music Of The Spheres, lands on October 15. Chris, 44, wrote: ‘Everyone is an alien somewhere.’

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