Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds will be welcoming their fourth child soon, and while Lively has kept most of her pregnancy private, the actress gave a very rare look at herself during the final days of expecting in a black sports bra and leggings yesterday.
“been doing @donsaladino ‘s workout program for months now. Something isn’t working,” Lively joked, posting two side-by-side selfies with her trainer Don Saladino where she wears near identical all-black workout outfits. Over 3.3 million people liked the post in its first 14 hours being up.
Lively has actually shared more photos of herself during this pregnancy than any other, in part to ward off paparazzi photographers. She wrote in September, shortly after she revealed she was expecting again, that she was sharing a gallery of photos from her pregnancy in the hopes that they would reduce the value of any pap photos taken and help give her and her family the privacy they deserve.
“Here are photos of me pregnant in real life so the 11 guys waiting outside my home for a 🦄 sighting will leave me alone,” she wrote. “You freak me and my kids out. Thanks to everyone else for all the love and respect and for continuing to unfollow accounts and publications who share photos of children. You have all the power against them. And thank you to the media who have a ‘No Kids Policy’. You all make all the difference 🙏♥️. Much love! Xxb”
Reynolds and Lively have not revealed the exact due date for their newest little one. Their baby will join sisters James, 8; Inez, 6; and Betty, 3.
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