The Girl in Progress actor talked candidly about her relationship with Ryan Gosling and their mutual support in an interview with PEOPLE for this week’s Beautiful Issue.
On social media, Mendes, 50, frequently expresses her love for Gosling with abandon. In one of his gags from his most recent Saturday Night Live appearance,
he played a man with a Cuban accent. She referred to him on Instagram as her ‘Cuban Papi’ after the performance.
She responds to his support by saying, ‘I’m not going to tell you that but in all the ways I need to be supported.’ ‘He’s got me in all the ways.’
Acting as a couple with a young son, Mendes and Gosling, 43, first got together in 2011 while filming The Place Beyond the Pines.
They then welcomed their daughters, 8-year-old Amada Lee and 9-year-old Esmeralda Amada. Mendes made the decision to break away from acting after their arrival in order to spend more time with their children.
‘It was the easiest decision I’ve ever made,’ she claims. ‘I was older and I knew that my kids are going to be little once, and whatever I do or don’t do right now is going to affect them the rest of their life.’
‘Your career comes and goes but kids, yeah, that was easy for me,’ she says. ‘These are merely early stages. I desired to witness everything.’
Mendes claims that Gosling takes care of the cooking at home while she handles the cleaning.
It’s a lovely evening since my partner cooks and I clean because I’m not a cook. I’m not a good cook. ‘You want me not to cook,’ the actress from Ghost Rider exclaims.
‘Although my girls are adorable, they ask me, ‘Did you make these eggs, mama?’’ ‘Yes, those are eggs,’ I say. They are merely typical eggs. Who breaks an egg?
In an April 29th Hits Radio interview, Gosling promoted his latest movie, The Fall Guy, by wearing a T-shirt with the title of Mendes’ upcoming children’s book.
Gosling spoke candidly on April 30 at the Los Angeles premiere of The Fall Guy on her support.
‘She is with the girls, and when she works, I stay home with the girls too,’ he stated to Extra. ‘I couldn’t be here without her.’
‘She serves as my acting coach as well.’ ‘She has really become the best acting coach I have ever had; there are so many ways in which she helps me,’ Gosling continued.
When asked if Mendes should be the only person included in PEOPLE’s 2024 Beautiful Issue, he said, ‘I know they have to have other people in there, but I think it should just be her.’