In his People’s Choice Award speech, Ryan Reynolds honors Blake Lively and her family

At the 2022 People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday night, Ryan Reynolds was honored, but he chose to focus on his family.

At the event, the “Spirited” star was presented with the Icon Award.

“I’d be pretty remiss if I didn’t mention that it starts with my family and it ends with my family,” he said in his acceptance speech.

That includes his three brothers, his father James, and his mother Tammy, who passed away in 2015.

“Boy, if he could see all the things going on, he wouldn’t be impressed with this stuff,” Reynolds said of his dad. “He’d be the most blown away by his three little granddaughters.”

The actor shares daughters James, 7, Inez, 6, and Betty, 3, with spouse Blake Vivacious, who is at present anticipating their fourth kid.

While Reynolds made a joke about how exhausting it can be to have young children, he was more serious about how much he values his family.

“Blake, my girls, you are quite literally my heart. You’re my hope,” he said. “You’re my happiness. I joke that my family exhausts me, but in reality you give me more strength than any man could possibly deserve.”