He’s just
Dad
. Moments after his
jaw-dropping performance of „I’m Just Ken“
at the
96th Annual Academy Awards
on Sunday,
Ryan Gosling
was getting called back to bedtime duty with
Eva Mendes
and the couple’s children.
Mendes took to Instagram to offer a celebratory post in honor of her man, urging him to hurry on home after the 2024 Oscars.
„You took Ken all the way to the Oscar’s, RG. Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed. 💋,“ she captioned a fun shot, posing backstage with Gosling’s pink blazer from the show.
Gosling
delivered an unforgettable rendition
of Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt’s
Barbie
hit, which was
nominated for Best Original Song
this year, with the help of more than a dozen backup singers and dancers, guest appearances by Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen, as well as several of the other Kens from
Barbie —
including Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans and Simu Liu.
The moment appeared to pay tribute to Marilyn Monroe’s iconic performance of „Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend“ in the 1953 film
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
down to the all-pink outfit.
For his role in the film, Gosling was also nominated for Best Support Actor, but
the award ultimately went to
Robert Downey Jr.
for
Oppenheimer
. Meanwhile, the Best Original Song
trophy went to
another
Barbie
honoree —
Billie Eilish
and
Finneas O’Connell
’s „What Was I Made For.“
Gosling and Mendes have been linked since 2011 and share two daughters: Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 7.
The private couple has long avoided posing together at public events — save for promoting their co-starring 2012 film,
The Place Beyond the Pines
— and Sunday was no different. The 43-year-old
Barbie
star was photographed on Sunday’s red carpet alongside his sister, Mandi Gosling, and their parents, Thomas Gosling and Donna Gosling.
In April 2023, Mendes
explained in an Instagram comment
to a fan why she and Gosling tend not to attend Hollywood events together.
„We don’t do those things together. Like these photos I’ve been posting, Im only comfortable posting because it’s already out there. ♥️,“ she wrote. „Oh wait -for those who may catch me in a ‚lie‘ — we only were on the red carpet together once when promoting this film 🖤.“
Still, the 50-year-old
Hitch
actress was sure to lets fans know that she was supporting her man behind the scenes for his big night at the Oscars.
In an Instagram Story, Mendes showed off a dressed-down look ahead of the all-out glamorous event, wearing high-waisted jeans, a casual button-down top and a jean jacket while posing in front of a dressing room adorned with Gosling’s name on it.
„Siempre con mi hombre,“ the actress wrote over the photo. She later shared a live photo of the moment, which was posted
to her Instagram grid
, translating the message into English for her 6 million followers, writing, „always with my man.“
Mendes has been Gosling’s no. 1 supporter throughout awards season and after the release of
Barbie.
After he was announced as a nominee in the Best Supporting Actor category, she used her social media to
shut down criticism
over the nod.
„So proud of my man,“ Mendes wrote in January. „So much hate when he took on this role. So many people trying to shame him for doing it. Despite all the #Notmyken ridicule and articles written about him, he created this completely original, hilarious, heartbreaking, now iconic character and took it all the way to Oscars.“
She added: „So beyond proud to be this Ken’s Barbie.“
The
2024 Academy Awards
, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, aired live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 10, at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET on ABC. Follow along at
ETonline.com
for full Oscars coverage, including red carpet arrivals, the
complete winners list
and more.
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