5 Instagrams That Show Why Ryan Reynolds Is An Awesome Dad
byJenn Rose
It's no secret that Ryan Reynolds and his wife, Blake Lively, are very protective of their daughter James' privacy. Reynolds famously dropped a friend who tried to shop pics of the tot to the tabloids. But even though he's not parading her down the street every day, if you do enough digging, there's actually some evidence that Ryan Reynolds is a pretty awesome dad. In February, he told the Today show that he "always" does the dirty work, adding, "I love getting up in the middle of the night. I'm fine with that!" (Incidentally, that also qualifies him for awesome husband status.)
The rare occasions when he does talk about James prove that he's a doting dad. "I have been wrapped around her little finger since the day she plopped out into this world," he once told People. Sure, he pokes plenty of fun on Twitter — like calling her artwork "absolute garbage" when she was 6 months old, or claiming that he taught her that the sun goes down every night because it's mad at her — but it's obvious that, jokes aside, he a pretty great father. Check out these Instagram photos that show how rad he is at parenthood: