Eva Mendes Hints That She and Ryan Gosling Have Been Secretly Married for Years

Eva Mendes isn’t one to talk much about her relationship status with Ryan Gosling, her partner of 11 years, but she did offer a pretty big hint that the two may have gotten secretly married years ago. Mendes was on Australia’s Kyle and Jackie O Show today, where she was asked about her “de Gosling” tattoo she flaunted on her Instagram this week. As Harper’s Bazaar pointed out, in Hispanic culture, many women often add their husband’s last name to their own, using “de” (“of” in English). Thus, “de Gosling” translates to “of Gosling.”

Mendes was asked directly bout her martial status with Gosling on the show by fill-in co-host Brittany Hockley. “There’s a rumor that you guys might have secretly tied the knot,” Hockley said. “Is that true?”

Mendes replied, “But who says we weren’t already? I like to keep it all mysterious. I’m a very mysterious woman.” She then addressed the tattoo, “I do have a tattoo. It’s just a press on…no, it’s not a press on. But I got it years ago. I posted a picture and I’ve gotten a lot of funny questions.” And that was all she said on the matter.

Mendes spoke to Daily Mail Australia more about how she and Gosling parent their two daughters, eight-year-old Esmeralda and six-year-old Amada, together. “I’m sure just because we have our own, like we’re our own person and then we come with our own strengths and stuff, but we’re pretty much on the same terms, on like how we parent,” Mendes said. “So it’s pretty cool. I know someone earlier said, ‘Who’s good cop? Who’s bad cop?’ I’m like, there is none. I have never thought of it that way. But like, we’re talkers. We like to talk it all out with the kids. We like to make them feel like they have a voice and that they’re heard, you know?”