15 Facts About Hollywood’s Sweetest Couple: Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively

14. They’re both respectful of their past relationships

Both Blake and Ryan seem to be conscious about growth in life and moving forward, and they’ve always spoken kindly about their past relationships. On ex-wife Scarlett Johansson, Ryan has said: “Relationships ending move you from who you were to who you are at a much more accelerated rate than almost anything else on Earth. . . Departing a relationship and still maintaining the idea that this is still the same person I married is a great luxury that I experienced. Thankfully, I was in a relationship where two people chose to remain on the high road in every regard.” Blake echoed similar sentiments about ex-boyfriend Penn Badgley: “We were very much caught up in the show, which itself was a six-year endurance test. Our relationship was a part of that and helped us through it. I mean, like anything valuable, it was good and it was bad and it was a learning experience.”