Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds welcome 4th child together as actress says she’s ‘been busy’ with new baby

BLAKE Lively fans have expressed they think the actress dropped a major clue that she gave birth to her fourth child with a new photo.

The Gossip Girl star shared the photo, with her husband Ryan Reynolds, 46, on her Instagram Sunday.

Blake, 35, captioned the post: “Puppy Bowl Sunday 2023,” before winkingly adding, “been busy.”

The photo showed The Town actress standing between her smiling husband and his mother Tammy with a flat stomach underneath her black tank top.

Fans were quick to notice Blake’s missing baby bump and rushed to the post’s comment section to speculate.

Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld wrote: “Epic post! For all the reasons!!!”

One fan commented: “The baby is here.”

“Thought the same!!” replied another.

A third person speculated: “They’ll probs keep it private for now like they did w/ their past daughters.”

Questions and theories continued in the comments as one commenter asked: “Did I miss something? Where is the baby bump?”

A second, very excited, follower wrote: “At first, I thought this was a throwback pic (baby bump no more?!)”

“This must be her birth announcement,” concluded a third fan.

While a fourth commenter stated: “Epic post! I knew the baby had arrived. Great job keeping your life private (as you can). Bravo.”

GROWING FAMILY

A pair of successful careers have not stopped Blake and Ryan from growing their family.

On October 6, 2014, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds revealed they were expecting their first child together.

Through a post on the Gossip Girl alum’s now-defunct lifestyle website Preserve, they stated: “With family on our mind, we looked to the origin of it all, to the women in our lives who are right there, at that special moment; at the creation of the family.”

In December 2014, the pair welcomed their daughter James.

Just in time for their four-year marriage anniversary, Blake and Ryan gave birth to their second daughter Inez in September 2016.

At the May 2019 red carpet premiere for Ryan’s film Detective Pikachu, Blake confirmed they had another child on the way with her hard-to-miss baby bump.

The third child in the family, their daughter Betty, was born in October 2019.

Blake and Ryan kept their third baby’s name under wraps until their close friend, Taylor Swift, gave it away in her 2020 song titled Betty.

On September 15, 2022, the couple revealed that they are expecting a fourth child.

While walking the red carpet at New York Fashion Week, Blake appeared visibly pregnant.

Days later on Sunday, September 18, The Rhythm Section star flaunted her fourth baby bump in a series of Instagram posts.

She captioned the post: “Here are photos of me pregnant in real life so the 11 guys waiting outside my home for a sighting will leave me alone.”

COVERT ANNOUNCEMENT

Fans applauded Blake’s sneaky diversions before revealing her pregnancy with her fourth child.

As mentioned, the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants actress debuted her baby bump on the red carpet at New York Fashion Week after, weeks earlier, showing off a perfectly flat tummy in a bikini on social media.

In the August 24 post, Blake sports a two-piece white bikini showing off her toned abs, although it is unclear how long ago the photo was taken.

There is no visible bump in the picture, which some speculate might’ve been used as a decoy to distract the public before the big reveal.

“UR TELLING ME SHE WAS PREGNANT IN THIS?????,” commented one shocked fan.

Another wrote: “This could not be 3 weeks ago if you are pregnant…… what is this black magic?” with a shocked emoji face.

One sleuth fan wrote: “Threw us a curve with this photo Blake. Truth be told, you did not say the date of this pic.”

“Nice sly, pre-pregnancy announcement,” wrote another with clapping hands emojis.