Blake Lively Shares Rare Family Photos with Ryan Reynolds and Their 4 Kids at N.Y.C. Soccer Match
The actress posted a carousel from Wrexham AFC’s match against Liverpool FC at Yankee Stadium, thanking friends and family in a heartfelt caption.
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- Blake Lively posted a rare set of family photos with Ryan Reynolds, their four children, and close friends from the Liverpool FC vs. Wrexham AFC match at Yankee Stadium on Friday, August 7.
- In her Instagram caption, Lively thanked friends, family, and members of the Wrexham community who have supported her throughout the years.
- The carousel also captured a lighthearted moment of Lively switching from heels into sneakers partway through the outing.
Blake Lively is opening up her family album for fans, if only for a moment.
On Friday, August 7, the Another Simple Favor star posted a carousel of images from a soccer match between Liverpool FC and Wrexham AFC at Yankee Stadium in New York City. The photos showed Lively, husband Ryan Reynolds, their four children, and a circle of close friends soaking up the day together a rare public look at the family outside their usual red-carpet appearances.
In the caption, Lively called the moment surreal, noting it came at the intersection of her family’s life and Reynolds’ ownership stake in the Welsh football club. She went on to thank the “friends, family and Wrexham loved ones” who turned out to support the team, extending gratitude as well to those who’ve stood by her family over the years.
She also singled out longtime friend and photographer Guy Aroch, who joined the outing and documented it on camera, telling him the resulting photos were a gift she’d treasure.
Fashion-wise, the outing doubled as a mini style moment. Lively paired dark-wash Reformation denim with a blue linen shirt, layering in Cartier jewelry, a zebra-print Fendi bag with a red interior lining, and an Audemars Piguet watch. Partway through the day, she swapped her Christian Louboutin heels for a pair of Nike sneakers a practical pivot captured in the carousel’s later frames that fans found particularly relatable. Reynolds, for his part, kept things low-key in a plaid shirt, beige pants, and white sneakers.
Reynolds has co-owned Wrexham AFC since 2020, when he and business partner Rob McElhenney purchased the historic Welsh club and chronicled its rise through the English football pyramid in the docuseries “Welcome to Wrexham.” The club’s growing international profile including exhibition matches against top-flight teams like Liverpool has increasingly folded Reynolds’ Hollywood life into the world of English football, turning family outings like this one into rare crossover moments between his acting career and his sports ownership.
This latest glimpse fits a pattern the couple has leaned into more over the past several months. In June, they were spotted on a date night in New York City, with Reynolds giving Lively a piggyback ride before the two stopped for a selfie with a fan who recognized them. Later that same month, Lively marked Father’s Day with a tribute to Reynolds, following it up with a separate post of the couple strolling through the city, set to Sheryl Crow’s “Soak Up the Sun.”
Lively and Reynolds married in 2012 and share four children: daughters James, 11, Inez, 9, and Betty, 6, and son Olin, 3, who they welcomed quietly in 2023 without a public announcement at the time.
For a couple famously private about their children Lively and Reynolds rarely show their kids’ faces on social media Friday’s carousel offered a warmer, more candid window into their day-to-day than fans usually get. Whether it becomes a new habit or stays a one-off remains to be seen, but for now, it’s given followers a genuine peek at what a family day out looks like for one of Hollywood’s most guarded couples.
