Ryan Reynolds says fatherhood is a 'dream': 'I love it'

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Ryan Reynolds loves being a dad to his two young daughters.

The 42-year-old actor discussed 4-year-old James and 2-year-old Inez, his children with Blake Lively, on Tuesday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

"It's kind of made me a better person, I think," Reynolds said of parenthood. "I sort of miss being horrible."

"It's hard. It's always a challenge, with two kids. I think of blinking now like tiny little breaks," he jokingly added. "But it's a dream. They're the best. They're my buddies. I love it."

The Deadpool star teased the possibility of a third child after jokingly saying he's only had sex with Lively twice.

"It's just clinical," he said. "Hoping for a third soon."

Reynolds and Lively spent Thanksgiving with their daughters in Abu Dhabi, where the actor is filming the Netflix movie Six Underground.

"It was a lot of fun. It was cool to bring my kids to this entirely new culture," Reynolds told host Ellen DeGeneres.

"It was kind of interesting to have Thanksgiving in a completely different country, in a place where they don't necessarily celebrate," he said. "Both of our kids were there, so we wanted them to see as much as possible."

Reynolds and Lively married in September 2012. Reynolds told etalk in December 2016 that Ines brought "more" love to their family, saying he loves watching James interact with her younger sister.