EVA’S OUTRAGEOUS RULES FOR RYAN
They’re one of the most famous couples in the world, but their marriage remains a mystery
It’s no secret ultra-private celebrity pairing Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes have kept things on the down low when it comes to their personal lives and their marriage. From hiding the birth of their children to their secret wedding, but is it really more Eva than Ryan when it comes to setting their “relationship rules”? From no public appearances to stopping Ryan from picking “darker roles” and lighting himself on fire for his new film, Woman’s Day takes a closer look...
✔ NO MORE ‘DARK’ MOVIES
The couple famously met on twisted crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines, but Ryan, 43, won’t be taking on anything too psychologically testing in the future. He told The Wall Street Journal he’s not taking any roles that put his mental health at risk. “I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,” he said. “This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with Eva, and we make them with our family in mind first.” Lucky, he was laughing all the way to the bank with Barbie!
✔ NO INTERNET KIDS!
It’s not just Ryan who has to play by Eva’s rules! The actress, 50, has a firm no internet and social media policy for her kids Esmeralda, nine, and Amada, eight – and plans on enforcing it until they are 18! Responding to a fan on the internet, she said, “In my house, children do not have access to the internet. It’s too dangerous. Just like drinking or voting or getting a driver’s licence (etc…) isn’t allowed for children, the internet falls under that category for me. Especially social media.”
✔ NO DANGEROUS STUNTS
Eva slammed the brakes on Ryan performing some of the more dangerous stunts on the set of his new movie The Fall Guy. Chris O’hara, who oversaw the stunt department on the film, told the Los Angeles Times, “He [Ryan] told me his wife [Eva] wouldn’t let him let us set him on fire,” says Chris. He did, however, fall backwards 12 storeys from a building, but luckily he had a stunt double to step in for the others!
✔ NO RED CARPET TOGETHER!
Some rules are made to be broken, surely?! Not for Eva, who didn’t even break her golden rule to walk the red carpet with Ryan at the Oscars for his big I’m Just Ken moment. The actress, who has stepped back from acting to be with her girls for the time being, told fans on Instagram that “we don’t do those things together. Like these photos I’ve been posting, I’m only comfortable posting because it’s already out there.” The couple haven’t appeared together on the red carpet since The Place Beyond The Pines in 2012.