{"id":318771,"date":"2026-03-08T06:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/318771\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T06:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:18:08","slug":"eva-mendes-gushes-over-my-man-ryan-gosling-after-he-surprises-her-with-sweet-birthday-serenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/318771\/","title":{"rendered":"Eva Mendes gushes over &#8216;my man&#8217; Ryan Gosling after he surprises her with sweet birthday serenade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eva Mendes couldn\u2019t help but rave about \u201cmy man\u201d Ryan Gosling after he surprised her with a<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/06\/entertainment\/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-make-first-official-appearance-together-in-more-than-a-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> sweet birthday serenade<\/a> on Thursday night. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA huuuuge gracias to @jimmyfallon and @nbhs_bruins marching band,\u201d Mendes wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVl2h4kEbH7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">via Instagram<\/a> on Saturday, March 7 alongside a behind-the-scenes photo of the actress and Gosling at \u201cTheTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a beautiful memory, and a special thank you to all the educators in the audience. We need you now more than ever.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Eva Mendes (pictured above alongside Ryan Gosling on Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d) gushed about \u201cmy man\u201d Ryan Gosling after he surprised her with a sweet birthday serenade on Thursday.  Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a beautiful memory, and a special thank you to all the educators in the audience,\u201d Mendes (pictured above alongside Ryan Gosling on Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d) wrote on instagram.  Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLastly, my man \u2026.i\u2019ll get you back for this,\u201d she wrote, addressing her longtime partner. <\/p>\n<p>Mendes and Gosling made headlines on Friday after the \u201cHail Mary\u201d star, 45, surprised the actress by bringing her onstage with him during his interview. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOther Guys\u201d star had been watching his interview from backstage before she was brought out  by a staff member, giving the couple their first joint appearance on TV in more than a decade. <\/p>\n<p>Gosling  (pictured above alongside Eva Mendes on Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d) surprised his longterm partner with a marching band performance of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d on Thursday.  Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The surprise was complete with confetti and the audience sang along as Mendes (pictured above alongside Ryan Gosling on Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d) clapped.  Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTraining Day\u201d actress walked out wearing the striped cardigan Gosling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/27\/media\/watch-ryan-gosling-throws-a-hail-mary-on-this-jeopardy-parody\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wore on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d<\/a>\u00a0last month, wide-legged jeans and John Lennon and Yoko Ono shirt. <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/06\/entertainment\/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-make-first-official-appearance-together-in-more-than-a-decade\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>In the official surprise, Mendes was serenaded by a marching band with an upbeat performance of \u201cHappy Birthday,\u201d complete with confetti as the audience sang along. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to the birthday surprise, Gosling joked with the crowd: \u201cHere\u2019s the thing, you might find me in the Hudson River tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mendes and Gosling (pictured above at \u201cThe Place Beyond The Pines\u201d premiere during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival) started dating afterthey met on the set of \u201cThe Place Beyond The Pines\u201d in 2011. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The couple (pictured above walking together in February 2014) has since welcomed two children together.  CYYZ \/ AKM-GSI<\/p>\n<p>Mendes and Gosling <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/eva-mendes-and-ryan-gosling-went-public-at-disneyland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">started dating<\/a> after they met on the set of \u201cThe Place Beyond the Pines,\u201d in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The co-stars have since welcomed two children: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2014\/09\/16\/eva-mendes-and-ryan-gosling-welcome-baby-girl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">daughter Esmeralda<\/a>, 11, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/05\/09\/eva-mendes-and-ryan-gosling-welcome-a-baby-girl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">daughter Amada<\/a>, 9.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes\u00a0later <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/10\/07\/eva-mendes-addresses-reports-she-quit-acting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stepped away from acting<\/a>\u00a0to raise the little ones.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eva Mendes couldn\u2019t help but rave about \u201cmy man\u201d Ryan Gosling after he surprised her with a sweet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,39031,3625,5123,30212,156,170304,111,139,69,27962,437],"class_list":["post-318771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-birthdays","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-entertainment","tag-eva-mendes","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-ryan-gosling","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}