Eva Mendes has credited her beau Ryan Gosling for making her feel sexy.
In an interview with The Times of London, the “Hitch” actress has opened up about her relationship with the “Barbie” actor, 43.
“I feel really f–king sexy at times,” Mendes, 50, told the publication. “The way my man looks at me is just … at times I’m like, oh my God.”
“That might not sit well with people, but so much of how I feel is a reflection of what he’s giving me.”
Mendes met “The Notebook” actor while working on “The Place Beyond the Pines” in 2011. The pair have been romantically linked ever since and have since become parents to daughters Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8.
“There’s so many things that can make me feel sexy and I’d say that I feel more sexy than not,” she said. “I guess because I’ve never considered myself beautiful, but I’ve always felt very sexy.”
The mom of two — who previously took a step back from acting to focus on raising their children — discussed her parenting style elsewhere in the interview.
In addition to home-schooling her children, Mendes revealed that she doesn’t allow her kids to use smartphones or social media.
“Putting my kid on the internet and being like, ‘Oh, search something,’ that to me is equivalent to telling her, ‘Oh, just go down the street in the middle of the night. You’ll be fine,’” she said.
“I know that sounds extreme, but that’s what I feel.”
She also added that she tries to give her kids perspective on their privileged upbringing.
“I explain to them what I didn’t have, what Ryan didn’t have when he was little, how hard we had to fight, the dark days of being paycheck to paycheck, and this and that, but they’ll never really know unless they experience that,” Mendes said.
“I still have all this anxiety and I see myself passing it on to my children. Subconsciously I can’t imagine what they’re inheriting from me that I don’t want them to inherit from me,” she added.
Elsewhere in the interview, Mendes opened up about her acting career and admitted that she was “never in love” with appearing on the silver screen.
“I don’t mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn’t a great actress. I had my moments when I worked with really great people,” she explained.