Did Blake Lively really steal Ryan Reynolds away from Scarlett Johansson?

Before people on the internet gushed over Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ adorable online banter and relationship, the Deadpool actor was married to Scarlett Johansson. There were speculations and rumors about Lively’s involvement with Reynolds during his marriage to Johansson, primarily due to a speculated timeline. Many headlines suggested that Johansson would never forgive the pair for this alleged affair. However, currently, Scarlett Johansson has reconciled with Reynolds, but there is no evidence or confirmation of a mended relationship between Johansson and Lively.

Blake Lively in Gossip Girl

Why is Scarlett Johansson Bitter Over Blake Lively?

In the timeline of Hollywood marriages, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds exchanged vows in 2008, yet their marriage came to an end with a divorce filing in 2011, initiated a year earlier in 2010. Almost immediately after the divorce proceedings commenced, Reynolds was spotted in the company of Blake Lively, sparking a whirlwind of rumors and whispers hinting at infidelity.

Scarlett Johansson in a still from Black Widow (2021)

For years, media headlines painted a narrative of lingering resentment from Johansson towards the newfound pair. A National Enquirer(via Daily Mail) report claimed,

“Even though there is no evidence behind it, Scarlett has convinced herself that Ryan cheated on her with Blake. She’s incredibly bitter about it. In a way, Scarlett feels like Blake actually stole Ryan from her, because it was when he started shooting ‘Green Lantern’ with Blake in 2010 that everything fell apart.”

Some reports even dared to suggest that Johansson harbored a belief that Lively, with calculated intent, had strategically “seduced” and “stole” Reynolds from her grasp, but these were mere speculations without any concrete evidence of animosity between them. Both have since moved forward in their lives, leaving any alleged friction behind.

Scarlett Johansson Has Patched Things Up With Ryan Reynolds

Even though rumors once suggested Scarlett Johansson was severing all ties with Reynolds in the past, recent years indicate a potential reconciliation between them. Johansson has shed light on the period leading to their divorce, offering an explanation. She told Cosmopolitan,

“The logistics of being with another actor are challenging. There has to be a real understanding of how you share your time, especially when two people’s careers are going at the same rate,Or even if one person is more successful than the other, that also proves challenging. There may be a competitive thing.”

Ryan Reynolds in Buried

She further continued,
“We spent so much time apart. It’s very difficult. It’s bad.–It seemed like a very romantic thing to do, and it was,–It was the best thing I ever did.”
During the last complete year of their marriage in 2009, Johansson stood as one of Forbes’s top-earning actresses, boasting three Golden Globe nominations in 2008. Meanwhile, Reynolds was experiencing a career surge.

Johanson also during her appearance on Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Podcast in April 2023, described Reynolds as “a good guy.”