Not long ago, it was Eva Mendes, the Hollywood star for movies Hitch and The Place Beyond the Pines, who explained how it is tough to keep family life alive between her and partner Ryan Gosling. She confessed on camera with tears that media attention surrounding their love has affected children too profoundly.
In a frank interview, Mendes confessed, “It’s so unfair to the kids. They didn’t ask for this. They didn’t ask to be in the limelight.” She added that it would be really tough to keep children away from all sorts of attention as they are children whose parents are celebrities. She said that she’s always been very private about her personal and family life. “Ryan and I chose this life, but they didn’t. It’s something I struggle with every day,” she said, her voice breaking with emotion.
Mendes and Gosling, who met on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines in 2011, have been known to keep their relationship and family life from being increasingly scrutinized. Despite their aura as one of Hollywood’s most admired couples, they have always managed to avoid projecting too much about their personal life, especially about their daughters. Mendes agreed that while they have tried to have a regular upbringing for Esmeralda and Amada, it has been close to impossible with the media machine at their heels.
“We don’t let them see much of what’s written about us, but they’re getting older now, and they start asking questions,” Mendes said. “As much as we try to shield them from it, it’s hard when the world is this connected. They’re going to know more than we can keep under wraps.”
She added that this experience as a parent has transformed her as well as Gosling saying that she and the actor are constantly on the lookout for ways to find challenges. “Ryan and I are constantly talking about how we can make things easier for the girls. We’re trying to find that balance between giving them a normal childhood and protecting their privacy as much as we can,” she said.
Eva Mendes’s frank candor about the difficulties of celebrity parenting and parenting in general shines attention on all the emotional stress having children to them brings. “It’s unfair,” Mendes said, but “we’re in this together.” She emphasized her dedication to raising a “loving and nurturing” home for her daughters.
