Eva Mendes reveals how meeting Ryan Gosling changed her mind about having kids

The 45-year-old says the decision to become a mother ‘was very specific to him’

(Rex Features)

Eva Mendes has revealed that she hadn’t planned on having children until she met her now-husband, Ryan Gosling.

Speaking to Women’s Health, the Hollywood actor explained how being a mother was “the furthest thing from my mind”.

As for what happened next? “Ryan Gosling happened,” Mendes told the publication.

“I mean, falling in love with him,” she clarified. “Then it made sense for me to have… not kids, but his kids. It was very specific to him.”

Mendes now has two children with Gosling, Esmeralda, four, and Amada, two.

Mendes, 45, and Gosling, 38, met on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines in 2011, in which they both starred.

The couple are notoriously private, which Mendes says is down to wanting to protect her children.

“Not only are we in the industry, but the whole fame component is super scary when you try to raise your kids,” she explained.

Mendes went on to share some of her parenting tips, revealing that she’s careful not to let her daughters see her as a famous actor.

“They’ve never seen me get ready for something,” she said, “they’ve never seen me at work. Which is fine, for whoever wants to do it that way, but the way I keep it normal is by not letting them see me in these situations.

“I’m just Mom. And I’m more than happy to just be Mom.”