Scarlett Johansson: Marrying Ryan Reynolds Was "the Best Thing I Ever Did"

Celebrity News December 5, 2011 AT 7:58PM
Scarlett Johansson: Marrying Ryan Reynolds Was "the Best Thing I Ever Did" Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Scarlett Johansson doesn't regret her two-year marriage to Ryan Reynolds. 

In fact, the actress told Cosmopolitan's January issue that saying "I do" to Reynolds was "the best thing I ever did." 

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"I'm a big believer that when something feels right, you should do it," she told the magazine. "I'm a big believer in instinct. Getting married was the right thing to do because it was natural. It grew out of a romance and love and a desire to have a future with somebody, and I was very fortunate that I married somebody who turned out to be the person I thought he would be."

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The Avengers star, 27, told Cosmopolitan she misses "having a partner and a confidant."

"Relationships are complicated," she mused. "Being married is a living, breathing process. I think I was not fully aware of the peaks and the valleys. I wasn't prepared to hunker down and do the work... Both of us were extremely busy. We spent so much time apart. It's very difficult." 

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Since the couple's split in 2010, Reynolds, 35, has moved on with Blake Lively. Johansson had a five-month romance with Sean Penn, 51, that ended in June.

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  • December 06, 2011 - 1:36pm Julia Cham

    glad she doesn't consider it a mistake, things happen. Life happens. Her attitude makes it easier to be happy.

  • December 06, 2011 - 9:23am Mai Lara Mock Clark

    i think she was probably too young to appericate what being married means. If you both put your careers ahead of your marriage, and neither one of you seem to want to let to go, someone will have to let go. I find it sad that she packed it in just after two years. However maybe she has learned from her mistake and next time wont be so quick to get married or leave in the end.

  • December 06, 2011 - 7:22am Leonie Smith

    At that age, you really don't know yourself yet. She was young and deserves a break. Sometimes young people think the grass is greener on the other side. I think we tend to really " get" what relationships are about and what's really important when we are in our 30s. We get more mature, self confident, aware and are able to leave the BS behind.

  • December 06, 2011 - 1:30am Gabi Holzwarth

    This makes absolutely no sense. How can it be so great if it didn't work out and ended in people being hurt.

  • December 06, 2011 - 12:55am Heather Wyatt Morris

    If marrying Ryan Reynolds was the best thing she ever did, why did she divorce him after 2 years?

  • December 06, 2011 - 12:18am Serge Gal

    find out more about real Scarlett by typing Scarlett Johansson actress clone in Google search bar and you would see much more then in The Island movie..

  • December 06, 2011 - 12:02am Elsa Caceres

    she is crazy...ryan was not another movie role...he was forever...she should smarten up...go and ask for forgiveness...maybe you can date him...you married him forever and not for two years...young couples in hollywood...think it is a game

  • December 05, 2011 - 10:11pm Brittany Corlett

    Nice that she can be humble about it and respectful to him. Sometimes it just does not work out ... no matter how hot Ran Reynolds is.

  • December 05, 2011 - 9:20pm Jaime Morgan Anand

    I cannot stand her....................Good Riddance. RUN RYAN, RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT get sucked back into this Hot Mess!

  • December 05, 2011 - 8:59pm Mindy Broughton Owen

    Sounds like she's jealous, and regretting letting him move on past her...

  • December 05, 2011 - 8:41pm Jan Far

    Girl you're WACKED , is this cause you're auctioning yourself off and you want to down play you're NOT full of yourself???? So you throw out another spin about RYAN YET AGAIN????

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