{"id":249475,"date":"2026-01-17T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249475\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:39:08","slug":"this-is-me-hiding-my-belly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249475\/","title":{"rendered":"‘This Is Me Hiding My Belly’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eva Mendes is jumping on the 2016 social media trend. That\u2019s the viral trend on platforms like Instagram where people post throwback photos from 2016. Actress Eva Mendes<\/a> is taking part by revealing never-before-seen photos of herself while pregnant with her first daughter with partner Ryan Gosling<\/a>. Grab your skinny jeans, a slip dress, and a bomber jacket, crank up Justin Bieber<\/a>\u2019s “Love Yourself,” and join Mendes as she takes social media followers back to 2016.<\/p>\n

“2016 – I was hiding my second pregnancy from the public, made some pretty cool biz moves, and heartbreakingly, my brother John passed. Thank God my youngest was born and saved the family<\/a>. \u2665\ufe0f And also shoutout to my proud Papi holding my Latina magazine cover,” Mendes captions the stunning photo series, which includes an image of the actress hiding her pregnant belly,<\/a> a photo of herself with her brother Juan Carlos Mendez, who passed away that year, and her first photoshoot after giving birth to daughter Esmerelda Amada Gosling (10) for NY & Co.<\/p>\n

Fans React to Eva Mendes\u2019 2016 Throwback<\/p>\n

Mendes\u2019 followers appreciated the trip down memory lane and the nod to 2016 fashion.<\/p>\n

Bring back the fashion! I loved it! gushed one fan.<\/p>\n

Another added, Ryan is a lucky man, and you too are a lucky woman.<\/p>\n

One more commented, Beautiful resilient fashion queen! Handling life<\/a> with style and grace. Love you!<\/p>\n

Eva Mendes\u2019 Career and Hit Films<\/p>\n

Already a well-established box office sensation by 2016, Eva Mendes rose to fame in the late 1990s<\/a> and early 2000s. Known for both comedic and dramatic performances, she starred alongside Will Smith<\/a> in Hitch in 2005, played Denzel Washington<\/a>\u2019s love interest in the 2001 crime drama Training Day, and parlayed her talents into action films with 2003\u2019s 2 Fast 2 Furious.<\/p>\n

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling\u2019s Private Life<\/p>\n

While Mendes and Gosling are among Hollywood\u2019s most private power couples, the two met around 2011 while filming The Place Beyond the Pines<\/a>. The pair are parents to daughters Esmerelda Amada Gosling and Amada Lee Gosling (9).<\/p>\n

Life Beyond Hollywood<\/p>\n

While Mendes has sidestepped Hollywood stardom over the past decade to spend more time with her family<\/a>, she continues to stay active on social media, sharing glimpses of her entrepreneurial ventures and her life with her family in London.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Jan 16, 2026, where it first appeared in the Celebs<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eva Mendes is jumping on the 2016 social media trend. That\u2019s the viral trend on platforms like Instagram…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[125100,321,93,125099,125098,61,60,125101,22822,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-249475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amada-lee-gosling","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-esmerelda-amada-gosling","12":"tag-eva-mendes","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-mendes-and-gosling","16":"tag-ryan-gosling","17":"tag-social-media"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}