Eva Mendes revealed she and Ryan Gosling had a mutual understanding that she would give up her acting career to stay home with their children.
“It was almost just like a non-verbal agreement that it was like, ‘Ok, he’s going to work and I’m going to work, I’m just going to work here,’” Mendes said on the “Today” show of being a stay-at-home mother to their two daughters: Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 7.
The actress, 50, said it was a “no-brainer” to put her Hollywood ambitions on hold so she could spend more time with their children.
I’m so lucky,” she said of being able to “have this time with [her] children.”
Mendes also clarified that she still has a career but is just no longer acting since becoming a mom.
According to her IMDB page, Mendes hasn’t acted in a show since 2014’s “Lost River,” which was written and directed by Gosling. However, she did some voiceover work for Bluey, a kid’s television series, in 2021.