What Is Ryan Gosling Like As A Dad?
Ryan Gosling has always kept his life private. But recently, he shared some rare insight into his parenting style with wife Eva Mendes.
Ryan Gosling and his wife, Eva Mendes have always kept their relationship private. They didn't even confirm that they were married until 2022, after 11 years of being together. But that same year, The Notebook actor gave fans a rare glimpse into his life as a father. Here's what he's said about balancing his home life and career.
How Many Children Do Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes Have?
Gosling and Mendes are parents to two daughters, Esmeralda Amada, 8, and six-year-old Amada Lee. The Hitch actress is pretty candid about not wanting to have kids before.
"I think I was 42 for the second one, so it worked out in that way that I had a career and then I changed my focus to my family," she told Nova 96.9's Fitzy & Wippa in 2020. In April 2019, she told Women's Health that she eventually caved in because of her husband. "Then it made sense for me to have … not kids, but his kids," she explained to the magazine. "It was very specific to him."

In January 2022, Gosling told British GQ that his daughters have been growing so fast. "Time, in general, is something I think about a lot now," he said at that time.
"My kids are growing up so fast. I need to keep an eye on the clock in a way I never used to. The previous year, Mendes captioned an Instagram video, "My kids shot this." While filming a headwrap tutorial in May 2021, she also joked: "First, hide from your kids like I'm doing here. Then steal their unicorn brush because it's all you have at that point. They take everything." Read More…