Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were once just two friends out on a double date - with other people. "We went on a double date," Reynolds told Entertainment Weekly's SiriusXM show in February 2016. "She was on a date with another guy, and I was on a date with another girl - and that was, like, the most awkward date for the respective parties because we were just like fireworks coming across." Still, Reynolds said he was glad that the two started off as "buddies" before things turned romantic.