Ryan Gosling should keep a detailed eye on his longtime love, Eva Mendes, after his televised surprise for her 52nd birthday.
“A huuuuge gracias to @jimmyfallon and @nbhs_bruins marching band,” Mendes wrote via Instagram on Saturday, March 7. “What a fantastic memory, and a special thanks to all of the educators within the audience. We’d like you now greater than ever.”
She added a special note to Gosling, 45, “Lastly, my man … I’ll get you back for this. ♥️.”
Gosling appeared on the Thursday, March 5, episode of Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the complete studio audience was comprised of teachers. The published taping also coincided with Mendes’ big day.
“It’s Eva’s birthday today. She is here,” Gosling told the gang. “You have got no idea how much she loves teachers. Loves you a lot. She has her hall monitor sash still from when she was a child. She hangs it proudly in the home.”
He added, “If I get her, would you sing ‘Joyful birthday’ to her?”
The Project Hail Mary star subsequently had a production assistant escort Mendes from a dressing room to the stage. Once Mendes reunited with Gosling, he revealed that the North Bergen High School Marching Band was also present to perform “Joyful Birthday” in front of a banner that read, “Joyful Birthday Eva.”
Gosling even joined the gang to sing “Joyful Birthday” to his higher half.
The 2 actors have been together since 2011, after they met on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines. Gosling and Mendes later welcomed daughters Esmeralda and Amada in 2014 and 2016, respectively.
“She is with the ladies and when she works, I stay home with the ladies too,” Gosling told Extra in April 2024. “I couldn’t be here without her. “[She’s also] change into the very best acting coach I actually have ever had. It’s infinite how much she helps me.”
Gosling and Mendes have long kept their family life private, which they balance with their thriving careers.
“My priorities modified and I desired to be with my kids,” the Barbie actor told GQ in February 2024. “It’s going super fast. I hear the clock ticking. I don’t know the way much time I’m going to get, and I don’t wish to spend it within the unsuitable place. I do know I’m not spending it within the unsuitable place if I’m with my family.”
Mendes clearly feels the identical, often praising her man along the way in which.
“I feel really f***ing sexy at times. The best way my man looks at me is just … at times I’m like, ‘Oh, my God,’” she quipped to The Times of London in October 2024. “That may not sit well with people, but a lot of how I feel is a mirrored image of what he’s giving me. There’s so many things that could make me feel sexy and I’d say that I feel more sexy than not. I assume because I’ve never considered myself beautiful, but I’ve all the time felt very sexy.”