Privacy is of paramount importance to him!

Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively have yet to share a photo of their 9-month-old daughter James with the public, so when one of the actor's childhood pals attempted to sell a personal image of the little one to the media, the actor was forced to cut that friend out of his life. The Proposal star opened up about the tough decision in the latest issue of GQ.

"A guy that I’d known for my whole life, one of my closest friends growing up, he had been shopping pictures of my baby around. I kind of got in front of it, which is good. But it was a slightly dark period. A bad couple of weeks. Somebody I’ve known, who’s been one of my closest friends, for 25 years. It was like a death. It was like one of those devastating things to find out," the explained to the mag.

The Deadpool star didn't take the betrayal lying down, either!

"It was a pretty strongly worded conversation. [He did it] just for money. I mean, I don’t think he thought he would ever be caught. But it’s a pretty narrow group of people that I would send photos like that to. They’re just, like, my closest family and my closest friends: ‘Here’s us in the delivery room!' "It was, like, so kind of shocking. There isn’t really a conversation to have. It’s just, ‘Oh, well, now I’m never going to see you or talk to you again, unfortunately.’ That’s kind of how it worked out," he revealed.

Don't mess with RR!