Fan Forum - View Single Post - Ryan Reynolds #13: Ryan Is Making Movies & We Can't Wait To See Him On The Big Screen!!

**Donna K.** · 11-23-2014, 10:17 AM

Thanks for the article and pic.

ETA:

Some more articles:

http://hub.contactmusic.com/story/ry...rack=mail_news

Quote:

Ryan Reynolds has admitted that he thought his father was ''scary'' and was ''terrified'' of his dad's reaction to the ear piercing that he got when he was younger.

Ryan Reynolds thought his father was ''scary''.

'The Proposal' star - who is expecting his first child with his wife, Blake Lively - has admitted that his dad worked incredibly ''tirelessly'' to provide for their family.

He said: ''[He was] the toughest man alive: a former cop, former boxer and full-time land mine. He worked tirelessly to provide for his family and in return, you were expected to do what he said, often before he said it.

''In a word, he was scary. Not because he was sadistic or physically abusive. He was scary because he was one of those people with an energetic 'weight' to him.''

The 38-year-old actor explained that as a young boy, he was ''terrified'' to get a gold stud earring and his brothers even tried to convince him not to do it.

Writing in Time magazine's 'Time for Thanks' column about the moment he sat down at the table with his father after it had been done, he said: ''The little gold earring felt like it was flashing ember-red, as if to say, 'LOOK AT ME!!! Over here! Your son is a tool! You raised a future Zen-garden salesman who collects artisanal bongs!'''

''I could see he wasn't just looking at me. His confused eyes darted spastically between all four boys in shock, disbelief and directionless anger.

''What he was in fact looking at, were four young men, sitting at a dinner table, each, with a freshly pierced ear.''

http://celebritybabies.people.com/20...123PM-20875649

Quote:

Ryan Reynolds has no fears about becoming a first-time dad with wife Blake Lively, who’s expecting the A-list couple’s first baby in early 2015 — especially when it comes to the messier side of parenting.

“I don’t have a weak stomach,” the actor, 38, told PEOPLE on Saturday at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Benefit in New York. “I’m good with diapers and diarrhea and all that kind of stuff because I have lots of nieces and nephews, so I’ve done it all before.”

So what part of fatherhood is he looking forward to most?

“I’m just excited about having a buddy,” he said. “We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet, but whatever it is, you have this tether to reality that never goes away.”

His enthusiasm should come as no surprise to Lively, 27, who recently told PEOPLE that her hunky hubby “takes pretty good care of me.”

And though the picture-perfect parents-t0-be have been anything but shy about their shared desire to have a big brood in the future, for now, Reynolds is just trying to take on this newest role one step at a time.

“For a lot of new dads, you tend to dwell on the mistakes you don’t want to make,” he said. “I’m at that stage still where I’m focused primarily on being open and understanding and leaving a lot of room for error.”

Donna