Ryan Gosling lures partner Eva Mendes onto 'The Tonight Show' for a public 52nd birthday surprise
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The birthday surprise was not subtle.Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling showed up together in public Thursday evening for the first time in more than a decade, with Gosling enlisting “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” host for help in surprising his longtime partner for her 52nd birthday.
Gosling was on the show to promote his upcoming film, “Project Hail Mary,” in which he plays a high school teacher tasked with saving the world.So he asked Fallon to arrange for an audience full of — you guessed it — high school teachers.
Because Mendes absolutely loves teachers, he said.And then there was the request that they surprise Mendes by singing “Happy Birthday” when she came out on stage.
It was unclear whether Gosling also ordered up the marching band that played backup, but Fallon wound up crediting him for the whole deal, which we assume included the, um, confetti cannon.So back to Gosling, who along with Mendes is very private about their relationship and hasn’t been seen at a public event with her (His partner? His wife? Who knows, who cares) since they promoted their 2013 movie “The Place Beyond the Pines.”He talked about the movie, of course, sharing some funny video from a promotional spot he recorded.
“This was crazy,” the “Crazy, Stupid, Love” actor told Fallon and the “Tonight Show” audience.“I swear, this is not a paid ad.
I swear this happened.This was not planned.
I had to do a little thing with Alexa, where I just was supposed to ask her facts about the movie....
And this is what happened.This is what she said, I swear.”In the video, Gosling quizzed Alexa about why people should see the movie in theaters instead of waiting for it to stream at home.
“Because the Imax visuals are absolutely stunning,” Alexa said.But it was what she said next that warmed Gosling’s heart.“Plus, Eva Mendes herself called it a masterpiece th...