Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling have remained pretty hush-hush about their personal lives over the course of their romance, which dates back to 2011.
But in a new interview with The times the actress and mother of two talks about the couple’s two daughters, their parenting style and one of the household rules that wouldn’t go over well with many children.
It turns out that the famous duo doesn’t allow their homeschooled children to use smartphones or social media at home.
Mendes and Gosling welcomed their first daughter, Esmeralda, now 10, in September 2014, and their second daughter, Amada, eight, in April 2016.
‘Putting my child on the internet and saying, ‘Oh, look for something,’ to me that’s the same as saying to her, ‘Oh, just go out on the street in the middle of the night. It’s going to be okay’ Mendes, 50, revealed.
“I know that sounds extreme, but that’s what I feel,” the actress added.
In a rare discussion about her family, Eva Mendes, 50, opened up about the two daughters she shares with her longtime partner Ryan Gosling and some household rules
Mendes (born Eva de la Caridad Méndez) would also talk about how she and her partner try to educate their children about their privileged lives, compared to most people in the world, by telling them stories about growing up with little money.
“I explain to them what I didn’t have, what Ryan didn’t have when he was little, how hard we had to fight, the dark days of living paycheck to paycheck, and this and that, but they never really will. know unless they experience that,” the Miami, Florida, resident explained.
After suffering from anxiety attacks during her lifetime, Mendes tries to bring self-esteem into their lives by giving them tasks to do around the house to build their self-confidence.
“I still have all this fear and I see myself passing it on to my kids,” Mendes said, before admitting that she herself was a “good kid” growing up in Miami, which she also credits to her late brother.
“He said, ‘If I ever see you out there with a man or smoking, I’m going to kick his ass and take you to school every day,'” she recalled. “Sheer fear made me a good kid.”
During the interview, the retired actress wrote that Gosling felt “sexy” in her 50s.
“I feel really damn sexy sometimes,” she said. “The way my husband looks at me is just…sometimes I think, Oh my God. That may not sit well with people, but a big part of how I feel is a reflection of what he gives me.”
The handsome and hunky couple first met in August 2011 after they both signed on to star in the epic crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines.
‘Putting my child on the internet and saying, ‘Oh, look for something,’ to me that’s the same as saying to her, ‘Oh, just go out on the street in the middle of the night. It’ll be okay’ Mendes revealed; the couple is pictured at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Paris, France in August
The handsome and hunky couple first met in August 2011 after they both signed on to star in the epic crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines; after the experience, the actor realized that he wanted to start his own family with the actress
After playing a pretend family with Mendes in The Place Beyond The Pines, Gosling realized he wanted to start a family of his own with the actress; they can be seen in March 2013
In the film, the two actors played love interests Romina Gutierrez, who eventually meets another man, and Luke Glanton, a motorcycle stunt rider who supports his family, including their young son, through a life of crime.
The new couple wasted little time and started dating during the filming of the movie.
After playing a fake family with Mendes in The Place Beyond The Pines, Gosling realized he wanted to start a family of his own with the actress.
“I wasn’t thinking about kids before I met her, but after I met Eva I realized I just didn’t want to have kids without her,” the longtime Hollywood leading man said GQ in 2023, before adding. “There were moments on The Place Beyond The Pines where we pretended we were a family, and I didn’t really want it to be that way anymore.”
The couple made their relationship public when they went to Disneyland together, and they were seen holding hands and walking close to each other.
Ultimately, the couple made their red carpet debut at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote The Place Beyond The Pines in September 2012.
Mesnes has been promoting her new picture book – Desi, Mami, And The Never-Ending Worries since it was released on September 17
Mendes retired from acting in 2014 to focus on their family, as well as pursue other ventures, such as writing her new debut picture book Desi, Mami, And The Never-Ending Worries, which was released September 17, and includes the actress who does the audio version of the book in her own voice.
The story focuses on a little girl who struggles with endless terrifying worries Macmillan Publishers.’Every evening starts with the same chorus: ‘MAMI! THERE’S A MONSTER UNDER MY BED!’ Desi has so many scary thoughts!
Is her brain a monster?! Of course, it’s not a real monster, and Mami assures Desi of this. Sometimes we just have terrifying worries running through our minds. And like everything in life, you just have to work to make things better.