Ryan Gosling makes Eva Mendes feel sexy in a simple but sweet way.
In an interview on Thursday, October 17, with the British newspaper The Times to discuss her role as the face of Stella McCartney’s winter 2024 campaign, actress, entrepreneur, and children’s book author Hitch spoke about how her longtime partner Gosling, 43, enhances her sensuality. .
“I feel very sexy sometimes,” Mendes, 50, said. “The way a man looks at me is just… sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’ People may not like it, but a lot of what I feel is a reflection of what he’s giving me.”
She added: “There are a lot of things that can make me feel attractive, and I would say I feel more attractive than not. I guess I never considered myself beautiful, but I always felt very sexy.”
Eva Mendes (left) and Ryan Gosling in 2012.
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Elsewhere in the interview, Mendes told the newspaper that she “never liked acting.”
“I don’t mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn’t a great actress. I had my moments when I worked with really great people,” she said.
She also noted that she was very proud of the film she worked on with Gosling – The Place Beyond the Pines. “It brings out something in me that wasn’t accessible before.”
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The couple met before filming The Place Beyond The Pines in 2011, and began dating after the film finished. They have two daughters, Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8.
Eva Mendes in 2022.
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In May, Mendes told PEOPLE how Gosling has supported her over the years. Although she did not go into details, she confirmed that he supports her.
“I’m not going to tell you this, but I need support in every way,” she said in May, before adding: “He’s got me in every way.”
The feeling is mutual. Also in May, Gosling told Extra that the mother of his children is his biggest champion when it comes to his acting career.
“She’s with the girls, and when she’s working, I stay home with the girls, too,” Gosling told the outlet. “I couldn’t be here without her.”
“She’s also like my acting coach,” the Barbie actor added. “She has truly become the best acting coach I have ever had, and how she helps me is immeasurable.”