Blake Lively's dating history: From her private romance with Kelly Blatz to dating Leonardo DiCaprio

Blake Lively is known for her role as Serena van der Woodsen in the hit teen drama series Gossip Girl. In 2024, Lively was the main star in the film It Ends with Us based on the popular book by Colleen Hoover. A movie that even before its release was in the spotlight for many controversial reasons—namely due to a now legal dispute between Lively and lead actor and director, Justin Baldoni.

As she continues to make headlines, let's take a look at Blake Lively's dating history.

Blake has been married to fellow actor Ryan Reynolds since 2012 and the two have welcomed four children, but did you know that her husband isn’t the only celebrity she has dated?

Blake Lively dated Kelly Blatz

As reported by Business Insider, Blake Lively dated Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007. It is believed that the Gossip Girl actress’s relationship with Blatz was the most ‘low-key’ relationship of the four she has had. She was with him when The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants came out and her career skyrocketed.

If the name Kelly Blatz rings a bell, it will be from the series Fear the Walking Dead, in which he played Brandon Luke. He also portrayed Aiden Coulter in The Good Doctor. Not much else is known about their three-year relationship.

Blake Lively dated Penn Badgley

In 2008, Gossip Girl fans hit the jackpot when Blake Lively and fellow co-star Penn Badgley started dating in real life. Badgley portrayed Dan Humphrey in the hit TV show and his character dated Lively’s character.

The Gossip Girl couple kept their relationship very quiet. However, two years later, they broke up but remained friends, at the time of their breakup, Lively told Allure:

I don’t comment on my relationships.

Penn Badgley went on to star in the Netflix series You.

Blake Lively allegedly dated Ryan Gosling

Yes, you read that correctly, Blake Lively was rumoured to have dated Ken…as in Ryan Gosling. The two allegedly had a brief fling in October 2010. The rumours about their relationship began when the two actors were spotted at Disneyland, however, nothing official was ever mentioned about their fling.

Blake Lively dated Leonardo DiCaprio

Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio dated for a few months from May to September of 2011. DiCaprio has a history of dating models, but he and Lively had a brief relationship.

As reported by PeopleLively and DiCaprio had met up for dinner in November 2010 to discuss an upcoming project. A few months later, the two went trekking across Europe, they travelled to the French Riviera, Italy and even went biking through New York, before ending their relationship in October 2011 for ‘amicable’ reasons.

Blake Lively is married to Ryan Reynolds

As many know, Blake Lively is married to Ryan Reynolds. As per Elle, the two met in 2010 when they both starred in Green Lantern, but they didn’t start dating until 2011 and a year later, they tied the knot. Even though it seemed as though their relationship moved fast, the two actors had been friends for a while before dating.

12 years later, the Hollywood couple are still happily married and have welcomed four children—three daughters, James, Inez, and Betty and a boy, Olin.

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Sources used:

Business Insider: ‘4 people Blake Lively dated before she met husband Ryan Reynolds’

People: ‘Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds's A-List Exes’

Elle: ‘Ryan Reynolds Confirms the Sex of His 4th Child With Wife Blake Lively’

Elle: ‘A Complete Timeline of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ Relationship’