Blake Lively may be a married woman [1] now, but before Ryan Reynolds [2] came along, the actress was linked to a few other men [3] who all just happen to be actors. Remember when Serena van der Woodsen and Dan Humphrey were a real-life couple? Or how about when Blake was linked to Ryan Gosling [4]? Yep, they were even spotted on a Disneyland date together (kind of like the one he recently took Eva Mendes [5] on). Keep reading for a look at Blake's former flames.
Kelly Blatz
Blake dated her Simon Says costar [6] from 2004 to 2007. The two were friends growing up and Blake had a childhood crush on him, though it wasn't until 2004 that "he finally came around."
Penn Badgley
The Gossip Girl [7] costars were first linked in 2007, though they initially denied their romance, saying they were "just friends." They finally went public with their romance a year later, and they even made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala. But by 2010, they went their separate ways [8]. It's still unclear why they split.
Ryan Gosling
Blake and Ryan sparked dating rumors [9] when they were spotted grabbing ice cream [10] together at Disneyland in October 2010. A couple months later, the NY Daily News reported that the duo was packing on the PDA [11] at Ryan's Blue Valentine afterparty. "They've been out a few times and are definitely into each other, but I don't think it's super serious or anything right now," a friend of Ryan's told E! News at the time. "Yeah, they're casually dating, but I could see it becoming more." Those rumors shortly fizzled out after that.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Blake famously dated Leo [12] for about five months in the Summer of 2011. They took their love all over the globe, popping up in Italy [13], NYC, Australia, and France. Their split was confirmed [14] by both of their reps in October 2011, who said they would "remain friends."
Ryan Reynolds
Blake first met Ryan [15] while playing love interests in 2010's Green Lantern. Blake was still dating Penn at the time, while Ryan was married to Scarlett Johansson [16]. Nothing initially happened between them, but a year later (when Blake was single and Ryan had finalized his divorce), she and Ryan went on a double date with other people. "She was on a date with another guy, and I was on a date with another girl," Ryan said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly's Sirius XM [17]. "That was the most awkward date [from their perspective] probably because we were just like fireworks coming across."
Blake and Ryan went on to date [19] and got married at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, SC, in September 2012. They have two beautiful daughters together [20], nearly-1-year-old Ines and 2-year-old James.