Ryan Reynolds says that my relationship with my own kids is how he heals after the death of his father

Ryan Reynolds says that my relationship with my own kids is how he heals after the death of his father

Reynolds, who has four children with his wife Blake Lively, claims that raising their kids has eased the tension in their connection with his deceased father.

Ryan Reynolds has found peace with their strained relationship in the nine years since his father passed away. The Deadpool & Wolverine star tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue,

«I think most men and boys have a slightly complicated relationship with their father, but I also think that the healing or the closure around my dad actually really comes through my relationship with my own kids.»

James Chester Reynolds, who had Parkinson’s disease for almost 20 years, passed away in 2015 at the age of 74. Ryan discovered in the years following the passing of his father that James suffered from delusions and hallucinations,

two less common signs of Parkinson’s disease. Since then, he has collaborated with the educational initiative More to Parkinson’s, which provides tools for both patients and caregivers.

Ryan, 47, the youngest of four children, is now a father to his own four children, James, 9, Inez, 7, Betty, 4, and Olin, whom the pair revealed they welcomed in February 2023,

together with his 36-year-old wife Blake Lively. Ryan claims that having a child has given him a fresh chance to put some of his history behind him.