text: Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds Spotted on Dinner Date: Are They Reuniting? 
   
   Email This In the immediate aftermath of announcing the end of a marriage, few would expect to see a famous Hollywood couple out together in public. On a dinner date. Laughing and smiling. 
   
   
   
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   "They just wanted to connect and have a friendly chat," a source says. "They just wanted to sit down together. The tone was light and fun, despite the untruths that the media is working up. They aren't reconciling. This was just two people who were married being civil and friendly." In the immediate aftermath of announcing the end of a marriage, few would expect to see a famous Hollywood couple out together in public. On a dinner date. Laughing and smiling.Yet that's what went down on Friday night at Blue Ribbon restaurant in New York City, where Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were spotted sharing "a friendly meal," according to a new report from People.com In their joint statement about their decision to split up, the pair had expressed a mutual intention to show "love and kindness" even as they ended the marriage -- and this weekend, that goal was on full display. But are the two reuniting?"They just wanted to connect and have a friendly chat," a source says. "They just wanted to sit down together. The tone was light and fun, despite the untruths that the media is working up. They aren't reconciling. This was just two people who were married being civil and friendly." 
   
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   The dinner was so friendly, in fact, that Johannson, 26, and Reynolds, 34, were seen "smiling and laughing the whole time."Busy work schedules in different cities has been cited as one of the main reasons the marriage faltered (not that anyone close to the couple seems to know the full story: a friend of Scarlett's told PopEater this week, "No one had any idea this was coming"). Nevertheless, with Reynolds in New York for a photo shoot during a break from shooting 'The Change Up' (a comedy co-starring Olivia Wilde and Jason Bateman) in Atlanta, he and Johansson clearly wanted to find quality time to see each other.Johansson, who recently returned from a vacation in Jamaica with friends, married 'Green Lantern' star Reynolds in 2008 in a hush-hush ceremony in Canada. The couple have no children. ||||| Scarlett and Ryan's Odd Dinner Date Pays Off 
   
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   "They are not getting back together," a friend of Scarlett's tells me. "Rather, this was her way to show the world that you can be friends with your ex and that just because you are getting divorced doesn't mean you can't still be civilized towards each other." Just one week after the shocking announcement of Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds ' split, the two surprised everyone when the were spotted together over the weekend at Blue Ribbon restaurant in New York."They are not getting back together," a friend of Scarlett's tells me. "Rather, this was her way to show the world that you can be friends with your ex and that just because you are getting divorced doesn't mean you can't still be civilized towards each other." 
   
   Scarlett picked one of the nicest restaurants in New York to meet up with Ryan, a stark contrast to the past two years when they rarely went out to dinner (or in public, in general) together. Instead, the pair would eat at home away from cameras and ogling tourists.With this outing, insiders believe Scarlett has confirmed she's a master at controlling her own image."This was 100 percent Scarlett sending a message," an insider tells me. "She knew the two of them would be noticed in the tiny restaurant and wanted to make sure that they were seen to be having a good time together not fighting."Indeed. Now, when we hear her or Ryan's name again, we will think of them enjoying a dinner together post-split. ||||| Exclusive: Ryan Reynolds Told Pals Scarlett "Treated Him Badly" 
   
   Ryan Reynolds didn't feel like such a superhero when the cameras weren't rolling on the set of Green Lantern, which was shot last spring. 
   
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   An insider on the comic book flick tells the new Us Weekly that its hunky star, 34, was "open on set that he and Scarlett [Johansson] were having problems." 
   
   Just a year and half into his marriage with 26-year-old Johansson, Reynolds "would say that she treated him badly," the insider explains. "It never seemed like she made him a priority." 
   
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   After UsMagazine.com broke the news Dec. 14, the couple confirmed their split in a public statement -- and Reynolds is now "beyond sad and depressed," another pal says. 
   
   Iron Man 2 actress Johansson, meanwhile, is less broken up about the situation. "She was disconnected and disaffected" about the split, the source says. "It was harsh." 
   
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   For much more on what led to the split and how Reynolds and Johansson are coping, pick up the new Us Weekly, on stands Tuesday.
target: – So much for ending their marriage with “love and kindness”: A source happily dishes to Us that Ryan Reynolds would often say Scarlett Johansson “treated him badly” before their split. And while Reynolds was “beyond sad and depressed” about the breakup, says another friend, Johansson “was disconnected and disaffected. It was harsh.” Even so, the pair was recently spotted having dinner together, and PopEater notes that the goal of the dinner was accomplished—click to see what it was.