Ryan Reynolds has given an interview to GQ this month discussing lots of subjects including his marriage to Scarlett Johansson.

Reynolds speaks about the difficulty of living in the public eye while married to another famous person: “Ninety-nine point nine percent of [the rumors] is just absurd. Silly, you know. And then maybe a relative will call me and ask if I adopted a baby from Ghana.”

On trying to keep his private life private, Reynolds says: “I think it’s embellished upon. It hasn’t been some covert operation. I mean, certainly the wedding was, but I believe anyone should have the right to have a private wedding ceremony. I think if anything’s sacred it should be that. But for the most part—I can only speak for me, as one-half of that relationship—I choose to remain as private as possible without being secretive. Things change when you get married in general, but in terms of being a couple that’s in a public situation and speculated about and all that nonsense, it’s changed a little bit. I’m a little more guarded, I think. I’m a little bit more wary of having my relationship turning into a soap opera. I’ve just unilaterally not addressed it. That’s kind of been the fail-safe for me.”

This issue of GQ hits the stands September 21st.