From the outside looking in, it certainly seems like the vast majority of celebrities should be able to have the perfect wedding day without worries. After all, most famous people have the kind of money at their fingertips that stars can spend a fortune on their weddings in order to make sure everything goes to plan. In fact, some stars have spent so much money on their wedding dresses that their gown cost far more than most people’s entire weddings.
Of course, it should go without saying that even the best thought out plans can often go awry. On top of that, there are some problems that can’t be fixed simply by throwing money at them. With those two things in mind, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that something happened on Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s wedding day that almost ruined everything.
Meant To Be
Over the years, many movie stars have spoken about the strange nature of the friendships they build while working on a project. After all, movie stars usually spend lots of time together when they co-star in a film and during that time a friendships are created. However, once both actors move on to their next project, the friendships they built on their previous film often come to an abrupt end.
After Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds met when they co-starred in the movie Green Lantern, they may have thought they would cut off all contact when the film was complete. After all, Lively and Reynolds were both dating other people at the time. In fact, Lively and Reynolds even went on a double date with the people each of them were involved with at the time. According to Reynolds, that date was awkward for the people he and Lively were dating since there were “fireworks coming across” between Blake and Ryan.
When it comes to the timeline of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s relationship, it is pretty fascinating to learn how quickly things changed for the co-stars at the time. After all, once Lively and Reynolds met in mid-2010, both of them would break up with their significant others later that same year. From there, it was confirmed that Lively and Reynolds had become a couple in 2011 and they went on tie the knot in 2012.
Wedding Danger
Ever since Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively became a couple, they have seemed so deliriously happy together that it appears like they hit the relationship jackpot. With that in mind, it would make all the sense in the world to think that Reynolds and Lively’s wedding day was absolute perfection. Unfortunately, that wound up not being the case for two main reasons. First off, Reynolds and Lively wound up apologizing that their wedding venue after they learned that it had a shameful past. Second, something else happened that day that could ruin any wedding.
When Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively decided to get married, they went to great lengths to try and ensure their privacy on their happy day. After the fact, however, it turns out that secrecy no longer was a priority as evidenced by the fact that Lively spoke about her wedding during a 2014 Vogue interview.
When Blake Lively started talking about her wedding day, she initially painted an idyllic picture of the day. After all, Lively revealed that she got to enjoy Florence Welch’s beautiful voice when she performed at the wedding as Blake and her guests held sparklers. Unfortunately, that is when things went awry.
"Florence Welch was singing at the reception, and they brought out these sparklers, and I’m watching her sing. I look down and my wedding dress has a big burn mark from one of the sparklers. Right on the front! And it was just so heartbreaking to me."
After revealing her wedding dress catastrophe, Blake Lively went on to talk about how her special bond with her husband helped her to feel a lot better about the situation. "Later, my dress was hanging up and Ryan said, 'Isn't that beautiful?' I said, 'What?' And he pointed to the burn. My heart just stopped, because it was such a sensitive little subject. And he said, 'You'll always remember that moment with Florence singing and the sparklers. You have that forever, right there, preserved.' Now that's my favorite part of the dress."
While Blake Lively’s story about her wedding dress being burned ends on a beautifulk note, the situation easily could have been a complete catastrophe. After all, wedding dresses tend to be made of flammable materials and if the spark that burned Lively’s dress spread, she could have been in mortal danger. It doesn’t get much worse than a wedding ending with a member of the happy couple suffering serious burns or losing their lives.