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5 adorable celebrity first dates for Valentine’s Day, from Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Amal and George Clooney – so who got together after a double date?

Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin, George and Amal Clooney – and which other Hollywood couples have adorable meet-cutes? Photo: Getty Images
Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin, George and Amal Clooney – and which other Hollywood couples have adorable meet-cutes? Photo: Getty Images

  • Transformers’ Megan Fox and rapper Machine Gun Kelly made headlines for their wild couple activities, including drinking each other’s blood and swimming with sharks in Bora Bora
  • Meanwhile, George Clooney invited his then future wife Amal to London’s Abbey Road Studios for his film The Monuments Men – and the pair was swarmed by paparazzi

In Hollywood films, all romances start with a meet-cute ... and sometimes this does happen in real life too, from Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s slow-burn relationship to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s instant fairy-tale connection.

This Valentine’s Day, we have a little treat for all Style readers who are hopeless romantics and believers of love at first sight. Here are five adorable, occasionally awkward first dates featuring our favourite couples that could appear straight out of a romcom.

1. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were both dating other people when they first met. Photo: @blakelively/Instagram
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were both dating other people when they first met. Photo: @blakelively/Instagram
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Gossip Girl star Lively and Deadpool’s Reynolds first met in 2010 on the set of Green Lantern, but they were both seeing other people at the time. It wasn’t until a year later, when the newly single co-stars decided to go on a double date, that sparks really flew – although they had been on the date with other people, not each other, awkwardly enough!

“She was on a date with another guy, and I was on a date with another girl. That was the most awkward date, probably, because we were just like fireworks coming across,” recalled Reynolds in a 2016 interview with Entertainment Weekly.

Green Lantern stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have been married for over a decade. Photo: vancityreynolds/Instagram
Green Lantern stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have been married for over a decade. Photo: vancityreynolds/Instagram
The pair have been married for 11 years and recently welcomed their fourth child together in 2023.

2. Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly’s whirlwind relationship has been tabloid fodder since it began. Photo: WireImage
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly’s whirlwind relationship has been tabloid fodder since it began. Photo: WireImage

American rapper MGK and actress Megan Fox began dating in 2020 and have been engaged since 2022. The pair are known for flaunting their intense bond on social media and giving the public glimpses into their relationship (like how they occasionally drink each other’s blood).