Ryan Reynolds Thanks 2023 for a Year ‘Playing with People' He Loves in New Photo Carousel

The 'Ghosted' star shared highlights from his epic year — including hanging out with Taylor Swift and King Charles

Ryan Reynolds had one epic year!

The actor, 47, shared a series of photo highlights from 2023 on Instagram on Saturday as he reflected on all the memorable moments he had — which included hanging out with the likes of King Charles and Taylor Swift.

"Thank you 2023 part 1. In no real order. I got to spend most of the year working and playing with the people I ❤️❤️," he wrote in the post's caption.

He kicked off his look back with a snapshot of himself and wife Blake Lively embracing on a beach, before sharing a photo from the November ceremony in Vancouver where he was appointed to the Order of British Columbia, which he previously said on Instagram was "the honour of a lifetime."

The carousel also included a group selfie showing Reynolds with his arms around Lively, 36, and her BFF Swift, 34, at the Chiefs-Jets game at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 1. The Deadpool star, of course, featured several photos in his roundup of himself attending his soccer team Wrexham's games and posing with players.

Another image showed Reynolds and his Just Friends leading lady Amy Smart having a little reunion. The two teamed up to film a mini "sequel" to the 2005 rom-com in the form of a commercial for Reynolds' Aviation American Gin brand titled “Just Friendsgiving."

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The Spirited star also slipped in a photo of himself smiling and standing behind King Charles when the pair met in December 2022. Charles, along with his wife Queen Camilla, visited Wrexham Association Football Club in North Wales to learn more about the revival of the soccer club, which Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney bought in 2021.

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The father of four capped off his carousel with a photo of himself in character as Wade Wilson for the upcoming sequel Deadpool 3.

As promised, Reynolds made a follow-up post featuring "part deux" of his 2023 highlights. He included photos of Lively and his Deadpool costar (and off-screen buddy) Hugh Jackman separately visiting the Wrexham pitch in the U.K., along with several other soccer-related shots.

The second post also featured a photo of Reynolds posing at the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 2023 Special Awards, where he was honored with the Humanitarian Award.

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One highlight that Reynolds — who is fiercely private about his family life — left out of his posts was the fourth child he and Lively welcomed earlier this year. On Super Bowl Sunday in February, the Gossip Girl star, whose pregnancy news broke in September 2022, posted a photo that revealed she no longer had a baby bump.

"Puppy Bowl Sunday 2023🥘 🍲 🥧 been busy," she wrote in the Instagram post at the time.

The couple's new arrival joined daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4.

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