Ryan Gosling might be a busy Hollywood superstar, but during the pandemic lockdown, he got to spend a lot of downtime with his daughters, seven-year-old Esmeralda and five-year-old Amada. To keep them entertained, the doting dad felt that he and his partner, Eva Mendes, did more acting at home than in their movies and admitted that they had to deal with a tougher crowd of two young kids.
In an interview with GQ, Gosling said that he and Mendes had tried their best to keep Esmeralda and Amada occupied when everyone was ordered to stay at home because of the virus. He said it was difficult for their kids because they are at that age where they need to interact with other children socially.
But homeschooling was not new to Gosling since he spent a year of it with his mom in his younger years because he didn't like the traditional school setting. The actor said that he had a great teacher in his mother, so when the lockdown was set in place, she was there to help out with his daughters.
He also reflected on the downtime with his two girls because they are "growing up so fast."
"I need to keep an eye on the clock in a way I never used to," Gosling said. "Time, in general, is something I think about a lot now."
They Finally Figured Dad's a Star
The actor also shared that his girls have likely figured out what he and their mother do for a living. However, none of his kids are old enough to watch their movies, except perhaps for "La La Land," his Oscar-winning flick.
However, while his daughters may have realized that he is a superstar on the big screen, he is not the superstar in their household. That distinction, Gosling said, is for Mendes, who did a movie with a boy who became a pig in 1999. The actor said the Mendes' film, "My Brother the Pig," is a favorite at home during the lockdown.
The family is planning to move out of Los Angeles to settle in Ontario, Gosling's hometown, while the girls are still young and growing up. According to Dirt, Gosling and Mendes quietly sold their Los Angeles century-old house and have been living in their Santa Barbara farmhouse.
Gosling and Mendes have always maintained certain privacy about their family life despite their status as celebrities. Mendes said that it works for their family and careers to not share every detail about their life in public. Mendes has a social media account, but she hasn't posted anything on it.
She believes that her kids' photos don't have to be online because they are still too young to be scrutinized. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Mendes said that the fame component of their lives as movie stars could be "super scary" when raising children.
Gosling, Mendes, and Marriage
Gosling and Mendes have been together for ten years, but they have not detailed any marriage plans. The couple was rumored to have secretly tied the knot in 2016, but their reps had to debunk the story.
However, Gosling and Mendes are both family-centered and very close to their moms and siblings despite their marital status. The extended family has been helping raise their girls because the stars didn't want them to grow up with nannies.
Mendes has also focused on being with her daughters while Gosling did one movie after another because they want their girls to have a normal upbringing. Fortunately, Gosling was able to pause from work and be with his daughters more during the crucial phase of their life because of the pandemic.
