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Ryan Reynolds Doesn't Want His Daughter To Get Into Show Business

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively may be one of the most high profile couples on the planet, but they certainly don't want their daughter James to follow in their footsteps (which may explain why we had to wait three months just for them to reveal her name!).

Reynolds told the Today Show that he wants his three-month old to have a "normal life" despite her celebrity parents.

"You worry about really stupid stuff," Reynolds said. "And you sort of sit there and go, 'Oh gosh, is she gonna wanna do this?' I like to whisper in her ear, like, really normal everyday jobs - 'You're going to be a flight attendant... A barista... Just normal wonderful jobs. You can have a nice normal life.' "

Reynolds added that his family always come first, which means he and Lively will never take acting jobs at the same time.

"That's the priority," Reynolds explained. "You never cross over and work at the same time. You make sure that we are all together. It involves a little bit of a sacrifice, but that's a small, small sacrifice for the grand scheme of things."

Reynolds may be besotted with his wife, but it seems James may have taken first place since she was born.

"I used to say to [Blake], 'I would take a bullet for you," Reynolds said. "I could never love anything as much as I love you.' I would say that to my wife.

"And the second I looked in that baby's eyes, I knew in that exact moment that if we were ever under attack, I would use my wife as a human shield to protect that baby."

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