Ryan Reynolds Reveals Why He Advocates for Mental Health: ‘I Have 3 Daughters at Home’

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A positive role model. Ryan Reynolds recently spoke out about his struggles with anxiety, and now he’s explaining that the reason he did is because of his daughters.“I have three daughters at home and part of my job as a parent is to model behaviors and model what it’s like to be sad and model what it’s like to be anxious or angry,” the Proposal star, 44, told Entertainment Tonight on Saturday, June 5. “That there’s space for all these things.”The Canada native shares daughters James, 6, Inez, 4, and Betty, 19 months, with wife Blake Lively.

The pair married in 2012 after a year of dating.“The home that I grew [up] in, that wasn’t modeled for me really,” the Deadpool actor continued. “And that’s not to say that my parents were neglectful,