Eva Mendes Admitted To A Fan Why She Won’t Share Photos Of Her Kids On Social Media

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes’s daughters, Esmeralda and Amada, supposedly have no clue that their parents are A-list movie stars. And the public, in turn, knows very little about the actors’ daughters – until recently, when Mendes replied to a fan’s question on her Instagram and shared something about their family dynamic.

Even this revealing one-off admission was highly unusual; discretion is par for the course in Mendes and Gosling’s ultra-private relationship. The pair never officially confirmed their relationship in the press, nor did they reveal their pregnancy news to the public, either. Only after tabloids broke such news did the couple comment – but they have rarely offered up information of their own accord.

Parenthood has gone much the same way for Gosling and Mendes. While some parents, famous or not, share myriad photos of their kids online, there’s hardly a trace of the A-listers’ daughters on social media. And that’s precisely what got fans scratching their heads – why didn’t the mom-of-two ever share photos of her little ones? Surprisingly, the inquiry got a response from none other than Mendes herself.

In May 2019 Eva Mendes spoke to website OprahMag.com and corrected a long-standing myth about her relationship with her partner, Ryan Gosling. People had assumed that the pair met in 2011 on the set of their movie, The Place Beyond the Pines. Indeed, that was when dating rumors first started to swirl for the actors.

However, Mendes revealed eight years later that the couple had known each other long before filming, even if they weren’t yet romantically involved. She said, “There’s such special work in The Place Beyond the Pines. We had known each other for a while already, so to work together was really exciting.”