The Proposal star, who is now happily married to Blake Lively, admits he has never had a problem faking tears - and he has used his odd talent to let past lovers down easy while he's breaking their hearts.

During an appearance on U.S. chat show Conan on Tuesday (04Aug15), Reynolds confessed, "I can fake cry, which is actually a very evil thing to be able to do. I can make the tears come out... When I was a younger guy with less scruples, I may have broken up with a couple of girls using that little one.

"You get some tears in your eyes and you're a sympathetic character."