Yahoo Lifestyle Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling Embark on New Journey After Secretly Making Major Life Change
Eva Mendes shared a rare update about the family she shares with her husband, Ryan Gosling.
Mendes, 50, recently chatted with U.K.-based publication The Sunday Times and during their lively conversation, the actress revealed that she and the family have been living abroad since the early summer.
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More specifically, for the past four months, Mendes, Gosling and their daughters—Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8—have been living in west London.
“We’re in Notting Hill, so we have access to those communal gardens. Seriously, it’s magical,” she shared with the outlet.
As for why they've left the sun-filled state of California behind, it appears it's only temporary as Gosling, 43, has been busy filming Project Hail Mary, a sci-fi movie about an astronaut, at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, per The Times.
While the actor embraces his next role, Mendes is doing the same, working with designer Stella McCartney as the face of a new campaign.
“It’s really Stella’s focus on Mother Earth and a call to action from her,” she said of the project. “Supporting another woman who I adore felt great.”
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Mendes also seems to enjoy the idea of showing her kids that "working is cool" and so is the journey to figuring out a career. She explained that while she was "never in love with acting," she is deeply grateful for having "worked with really great people" and the path it led her to follow, resulting in a career in modeling, designing clothes and entrepreneurship.
"I still have the same level of ambition as I had before. It just has shifted," she said.
Along with trying to instill the same work ethic and lessons about financial responsibility she was taught by her mom in the couple's daughters, Mendes said that they also don't allow their kids to have their own smartphones or social media accounts.
“Putting my kid on the internet and being like, ‘Oh, search something,’ that to me is equivalent to telling her, ‘Oh, just go down the street in the middle of the night. You’ll be fine,’” she said. “I know that sounds extreme, but that’s what I feel.”
