Actress Wants to Keep Her Daughters Safe — Even at the Olympics
By Movieguide® Contributor
Eva Mendes is “grateful” the media didn’t share images of her daughters’ faces while at the Paris Olympics.
“The minute I see photographers when I’m out, my guard and my wall goes up,” the actress wrote on Instagram under a selfie featuring the Paris skyline.
She and husband Ryan Gosling attended the dressage individual Grand Prix freestyle as a couple and brought their daughters — Esmeralda Amada, 9, and Amada Lee, 7 — along for the women’s uneven bars gymnastics final.
Followers commented on Mendes’ post, sympathizing with her efforts to have private family time.
“[The media was] great about not posing the kids so I’m a grateful mama bear,” she responded to one fan.
Mendes wrote to another, “I love @nbcolympics didn’t cut away to the kids! And most sites blurred their faces so mama bear is happy about that.”
Mendes and Gosling are very protective of their daughters’ privacy and have both spoken about their commitment to putting family first.
“I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,” Gosling said in a recent interview with WSJ Magazine. “This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with Eva and we make them with our family in mind first.”
In another interview with Men’s Health, the actor said, “It always comes back to family first. I don’t think I’ll regret anything professionally, but I do think when it comes to Eva and the girls, they come first.”
Movieguide® previously reported on Mendes’ rule about keeping her daughters away from the internet:
Actress Eva Mendes is one of many moms keeping her kids off social media and away from the internet.
“When my kids ask me if they’re old enough to go on the internet, social media or anything requiring wifi,” the actress captioned a video of herself shaking her head and finger.
Mendes and partner Ryan Gosling share two daughters, Esmeralda, 8, and Amada, 7.
In the comments of her post, the actress elaborated on her views on social media for children, writing, “I’m just sharing what I feel now, but I know it’s gonna get harder as they get older.”
One of her followers commented, “We are in the internet century so eventually everyone will need or want to access the internet sorry.”
“Yes true, but in my house, children do not have access to the internet,” Mendes replied. “It’s too dangerous. Just like drinking or voting or getting a driver’s license (etc..) isn’t allowed for children, the internet falls under that category for me. Especially social media.”
Another person asked if Mendes had a specific age for when her daughters could go online.
“Honestly I don’t know, I’ll have to see where it goes. For now, I’m observing them and keeping up with research about how social media can impact a child’s brain. I’m taking it stage by stage,” she explained.
