The new dad welcomed his first child, James, with his wife Blake Lively in December (14), but the couple did not even share the little girl's name until it had already leaked to the media.

The stars have so far managed to keep their tot out of the spotlight, but their privacy was almost violated by one of Reynolds' own pals.

Comparing the shock betrayal to a "death", he tells GQ.com, "Somebody I've known, who's been one of my closest friends for 25 years (tried to sell photos of James).

"It was like a death. It was like one of those devastating things to find out. (We had a) pretty strongly-worded conversation. (He just did it) 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!'"