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Scarlett Johansson took a second to replicate on her courting historical past throughout a candid interview on the April 18 episode of Gwyneth Paltrow‘s “Goop” podcast. Johnansson additionally shared among the greatest classes she’s realized over the course of her three marriages and dished out some sort phrases about her ex-husband Ryan Reynolds, whom she was married to for 3 years.
“We weren’t married very lengthy, however we have been once I first met you,” Johnansson informed Paltrow, referring to their time filming “Iron Man 2” in 2009. Paltrow mentioned, “We love a great Ryan Reynolds in our home,” to which Johansson replied, “He’s a great man.”
Reynolds and Johansson first started courting in 2007 earlier than marrying the next 12 months. They later separated in 2010, and their divorce was finalized in 2011. Following their break up, Reynolds married Blake Lively in 2012, and so they now share 4 kids. In August 2014, Johansson and French journalist Romain Dauriac welcomed their daughter, Rose, earlier than tying the knot in October 2014. The couple have been collectively for nearly three years earlier than splitting in 2017.
As of October 2020, Johansson is married to “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost, who she says has taught her essentially the most about what she desires in a relationship. “When we first began seeing one another, I’d by no means have in all probability been prepared for a relationship just like the one which I’ve with Colin [now] at totally different instances in my life as a result of I wasn’t snug setting my very own boundaries,” she informed Paltrow. “I did not know not solely what I wished however what I wanted from someone else; and I believe one of many issues I noticed is that there are specific elementary issues in your individual persona you want — for me, anyway — that I wanted to share with the opposite particular person.”
The couple welcomed their first youngster collectively in August 2021, a child boy named Cosmo. Since tying the knot with Jost, Johansson says the most important lesson she’s realized is that she wants “to be with a compassionate particular person.” She mentioned, “That’s like a elementary attribute that must be there and I believe that understanding what these elementary issues are that you simply want in a accomplice is a should, for longevity anyway.”
In between the ups and downs, it is this newfound understanding of her wants that retains her relationship with Jost sturdy. “That’s why it lastly labored with Colin and I at the moment: I used to be lastly capable of step again and truly respect myself sufficient to know what these issues have been and be OK with it,” she mentioned, including, “I believe figuring out these issues was a game-changer for me.”