Ryan Reynolds Says His New Baby Is ''Totally Average'' and We Think He's Joking

Actor has been gushing nonstop about his newborn with Blake Lively

By Lily Harrison Feb 05, 2015 10:00 PMTags
Ryan Reynolds, Live with Kelly and MichaelABC

Ryan Reynolds may just be the coolest new dad around.

During a guest appearance on Live With Kelly and Michael earlier this morning, Blake Lively's hubby gushed about the joys (sleepless nights and all) of having a newborn in the house.

"I'm happily not getting any sleep. These days, I think of blinking as taking tiny little naps all day," The Voices star joked.

"It's what you do—you're up all night. What's weird is you're happy about it in a strange way."

He continued, "If anything else woke up every 45 minutes demanding to see my wife's breasts, you kill it. [But with] a baby, you're like, 'Wahoo!'"

The 38-year-old also shared that he's not like other new parents, saying, "Everyone thinks their baby is a genius. People find it delightfully refreshing when I tell them, 'My baby? Totally average. Like, 100 percent average.'"

"I have a friend who said his 2 1/2-year-old was reciting Chekhov. Now that baby's a genius and probably, let's be honest, a bit of an a--hole."

And during an equally candid chat with David Letterman last night, Reynolds couldn't help but wax poetic about his beautiful wife.

"It's amazing. When we had that baby I fell more in love with my wife than I had ever been in my entire life," he said on the late night program.

He also joked that Lively acts as their little one's "breakfast, lunch and dinner," adding, "She's a human Denny's all day long and all night long," he joked. "But the most beautiful Denny's you've ever seen."