In a 2017 interview with Variety, Blake Lively shared the best advice she received from her mother, Elaine Lively. Her mom's advice was, "Don't sacrifice one for the sake of the other. You can do both fantastically, and some days you’ll do both horribly. As long as you’re happy and give your family all the love and attention they need, it all sort of falls into place." She also mentioned that Googling herself had led to negative feelings in the past and advised against it. At the time of the interview, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds had welcomed their fourth child, whose name and gender remained a secret, making them a family of six with James, Inez, and Betty.