Ryan Reynolds, 45, married actress Blake Lively, 34, back in 2012, and the couple sparked anger for their “ignorant” choice of wedding venue. The Hollywood couple later apologised for their “giant f***ing mistake”.
It wasn’t Ryan’s first wedding – he was previously married to Scarlett Johansson from 2008-2011.
But he would find lasting love with Blake, with whom he shares daughters James, seven, Inez, five, and Betty, three.
They had met while filming The Green Lantern in 2010, and began their romance a year later.
On September 9, 2012, they got married in front of loved ones at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
But the fact that the historic venue was heavily associated with slavery, sparked an outcry.
The slave quarters are still present on the property, and it’s situated on Slave Street.
Many felt it was disrespectful to those who suffered there for it to become a wedding venue.
Defending himself at the time, Ryan explained he and Blake had only considered Boone Hall “a wedding venue on Pinterest”.
He admitted he later realised it was “a place built upon devastating tragedy”, and that their decision was “impossible to reconcile”.
“Years ago we got married again at home, but shame works in weird ways,” said Ryan.
“A giant f***ing mistake like that can either cause you to shut down or it can reframe things and move you into action.
“It doesn’t mean you won’t f*** up again. But repatterning and challenging lifelong social conditioning is a job that doesn’t end.”
