Eva Mendes agreed to be a stay-at-home mom for Ryan Gosling
Eva Mendes says she and Ryan Gosling had a “non-verbal agreement” that she would be a stay-at-home mom to her daughters.
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When it comes to the rumor mill, Eva Mendes isn’t afraid to call out rubbish when she sees it.
The award-winning actress and longtime partner of Ryan Gosling addressed recent media speculation that she and the Oscar-nominated actor relocated to the U.K. The A-list couple reportedly lives in Santa Barbara, California, with their two daughters: Esmeralda Amada, 11, and Amada Lee, 9.
Citing recent photographs of Mendes in London, the Daily Mail reported in an Oct. 30 article that Mendes, 51, and Gosling, 44, had bought a home in the Hampstead area and were “settling into their new posh, high-end neighborhood” after “fleeing” the U.S. due to the country’s political climate.
“WRONG again @dailymail,” Mendes wrote on her Instagram story Monday, Nov. 3. “Although I love my time in London, I can’t wait to get back home and celebrate the @dodgers World Series championship! Go Dodgers!!!”
Gosling has been busy filming the “Stars Wars” spin-off film “Star Wars: Starfighter.” In a Sept. 18 Instagram post, director Shawn Levy posted a photo of Gosling and costar Flynn Gray, which showed the actors aboard a vessel on the water: “Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. #Starfighter.” The photo’s location was tagged as Sardinia, Italy.
The film, which stars Gosling alongside Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre and Amy Adams, is set to be released on May 28, 2027.
Mendes, whose last on-screen acting role was in the Gosling-directed fantasy drama “Lost River” in 2014, opened up about slowing down her career in a March 2024 interview on the “Today” show, explaining that she and Gosling had a “non-verbal agreement” that she would focus on parenting while he continued his acting career.
“It was like a no-brainer,” Mendes said at the time. “I’m so lucky, and I was like, if I can have this time with my children. And I still work, I just didn’t act. Because acting takes you on locations; it takes you away.”
Contributing: Naledi Ushe and Greta Cross, USA TODAY
