Ryan Reynolds Clarifies Taylor Swift’s Role as Godmother to His Kids

The filmmaker recalled the astonishing infinitesimal erstwhile helium was crowned godfather to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's girl Lilibet Diana.

"They were beauteous superior connected the phone," helium recalled successful the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. "I go, 'OK, what's going on?' They said, 'Well, we'd similar for you to beryllium Lili's godfather.' I go, 'Whoa.' I instrumentality a infinitesimal to instrumentality that in. And I thought, 'I'd beryllium honored. I'd beryllium perfectly honored.'"

The vocalist announced successful 2015 that Jaime King had dubbed her godmother of her lad Leo Thames. The Grammy victor posted a photograph of her archetypal gathering with her godchild connected Instagram, writing, "Meeting my boy."

Swift besides shared successful July 2024 that she is godmother to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' kids.

Swift isn't the lone celeb that King tapped to beryllium a godparent to her children, having revealed successful a 2013 Instagram station that Jessica Alba was her eldest son James' godmother.

"Thank you Jess for your unending emotion and light," King wrote. "We are truthful grateful for you." Plus, King shared That '70s Show prima Topher Grace is James' godfather.

Kim Kardashian named her small sis arsenic North West's godmother during her baptism successful Israel in 2015. Three years later, Khloé Kardashian returned the favour erstwhile she named the SKIMS laminitis arsenic her girl True Thompson's potential ineligible guardian, starring to hostility with their older sister Kourtney Kardashian.

"So I can't marque thing authoritative until the babe is born…but I americium going to astir apt person Kim arsenic the ineligible guardian if, deity forbid, thing happens," the Good American mogul explained successful a 2018 occurrence of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. "I don't cognize my parenting benignant until I person a baby, but from what I envision my parenting benignant to be, I bash deliberation it'll beryllium much similar Kim. A small much stricter."

Kim's absorption to the title? "It is my honor," she said. "And I volition instrumentality specified bully attraction of your kids."

The renowned state singer-songwriter known for her large dependable and large hairsbreadth was named godmother to "Wrecking Ball" artist Miley Cyrus after forming a adjacent enslaved with her father Billy Ray Cyrus when they worked unneurotic successful the aboriginal 1990s. 

"We conscionable benignant of jelled, 'cause we're some state kids. We had a batch of amusive conscionable talking astir that," Parton said connected SiriusXM's Just Jenny successful 2019. "And past erstwhile Miley came along, I said, 'She's got to beryllium my fairy goddaughter.'" Parton would aboriginal marque an quality connected Hannah Montana arsenic the titular character's fairy godmother.

The 1 wherever Courteney Cox asked Jennifer Aniston a precise peculiar question.

Cox and her ex-husband David Arquette tapped her Friends co-star and real-life bestie arsenic their daughter Coco Cox Arquette's godmother.

After Cox posted a video of her and Coco singing a screen of Demi Lovato's "Anyone" successful 2020, Aniston commented, "Aww, conscionable similar her godmother taught her."

Who says you can't enactment friends with your ex? While their romanticist narration ended, The Office costars and writers remained truthful adjacent that Mindy Kaling named B.J. Novak the godfather to her kids, Katherine Kaling and Spencer Kaling. While she has ne'er publically identified the begetter of her children, immoderate fans person wondered if it's Novak. As for however they consciousness astir the speculation?

"It doesn't fuss me," the A Wrinkle successful Time prima told Marie Claire successful August 2022. "He's the godparent to some my kids—and they person specified a large relationship—and truthful acold [the rumors haven't] affected my happiness astatine all, it hasn't affected my kids oregon B.J…If that's what is going to beryllium titillating to people, I'll instrumentality it."

After becoming adjacent friends with Michael Jackson as a kid star, the Home Alone actor was named the godfather of Paris Jackson, the precocious popular legend's lone daughter.

"I americium adjacent with Paris," Culkin said on Marc Maron's WTF podcast successful 2018. "I'm going to pass you present I americium precise protective of her, truthful conscionable look out. I americium a precise unfastened publication erstwhile it comes to things but similar with her, she is beloved by me."

He proved he's a sucker for his niece Valentina Jonas, revealing connected Snapchat successful 2017 that his older member Kevin Jonas and his woman Danielle Jonas asked him to beryllium her godfather.

The "Jealous" vocalist posted a photograph of himself and his sister-in-law Katie Deleasa holding Valentina connected her "Dedication Day," wherever they were officially named her godparents.

From costars to adjacent friends. After starring successful 2 films together—Friday Night Lights and Country Strong—Garrett Hedlund selected Tim McGraw to beryllium the godfather to his lad Rhodes Robert, who helium shares with his ex-girlfriend Emma Roberts.

"He's idiosyncratic that I respect and respect, not lone arsenic an astonishing begetter and an astonishing husband, astonishing instrumentalist and astonishing actor," Hedlund told Kelly Clarkson successful 2021. "I've known him for a agelong time."

After archetypal moving unneurotic successful 2006 erstwhile they played begetter and son, Hedlund explained, "I got to archetypal acquisition him arsenic a father...and we've remained specified adjacent friends. He's the best."

Aaron Paul was the 1 who knocked erstwhile helium asked his Breaking Bad costar Bryan Cranston to beryllium the godfather of his 2 children with woman Lauren Paul.

Cranston said that being a godparent to his friend's kids is "truly answering a call."

"It is genuinely allowing maine to spell done the acquisition of what it feels similar to beryllium a grandfather," helium shared with British GQ. "My jaws wounded from [smiling]."

Of choosing Cranston, Paul told Jimmy Fallon, "I emotion the antheral to death. He's 1 of my champion friends successful the world, and it was conscionable a no-brainer."

"I mean, she's Meryl Streep."

That was the response Billie Lourd, girl of the late Carrie Fisher, gave Andy Cohen when helium asked what the champion portion of having the Oscar victor arsenic her godmother was during a 2019 occurrence of Watch What Happens Live.

The Garden State histrion was fixed the rubric from his Scrubs costar and real-life champion person Donald Faison, who has two kids, Rocco Faison and Wilder Faison with woman CaCee Cobb. 

"Thank you to @caceecobb for increasing this for @donald_aison and I," Braff joked successful Aril 2015 aft Wilder's birth. #GodfatherII."