Fans of Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling, who have become over the last decade well-accustomed to their penchant for privacy, were left shocked when on Thursday, March 5, both of them appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
The surprise appearance was only about their fifth public appearance together ever; they were first photographed together at the premiere of their film The Place Beyond the Pines in 2012, and later only at another related event, exiting a Saturday Night Live after party in 2017, and at the 2024 Paris Olympics with their daughters, Esmeralda and Amada.
However, much as they have both emphasized their rebuff of public appearances together, they have over the years not shied away from making public yet subtle displays of their support for each other, particularly via clothing. See some of the moments below.
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© Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty ImageSharing clothes
For the surprising The Tonight Show appearance, during which Ryan was promoting his new sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary, Eva stepped out in a blue striped Louis Vuitton cardigan, which Ryan also wore while appearing on Jeopardy! earlier in the week, and for an appearance at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in February.
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© Hits Radio YouTubeShouting out their projects
In April 2024, when Ryan was promoting The Fall Guy with co-star Emily Blunt, he wore a t-shirt that read "Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries by Eva Mendes," the title of Eva's children's book that came out later that year.
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© InstagramBarbie mania
Eva was, of course, quick to jump into the Barbie phenomenon of spring and summer 2023, and on several occasions shared photos on her Instagram wearing Barbie merch.
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© InstagramLost River
It isn't just Barbie merch that Eva has sported in support of Ryan. In July 2025, she shared a photo in Instagram wearing a Lost River shirt, Ryan's 2014 directorial debut which she starred in, and is one of her last film credits before largely retiring from the industry.
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© InstagramDe Gosling
Eva and Ryan have famously never addressed whether they have married or not, though Eva has on multiple occasions addressed him as her husband, and moreover, she has a tattoo on her wrist that reads "de Gosling," the common way Latin American women add their husband's last name to their own.
