The Real Reason Why Hollywood Stopped Casting Her

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Mendes has been busy raising the two daughters she has with partner Ryan Gosling: Esmeralda Amada and Amada Lee, born in 2014 and 2016, respectively. "I'm a very hands-on mom; I don't have a nanny. No matter how tired I am, I just do it," she told InStyle magazine (via the Daily Mail).

Becoming a mother has also made Mendes reevaluate the glitz and glam of Tinseltown. "If I'm even like, 'Oh, what should I wear? Or, should I do this project? All I have to think about is my daughter and her face, and I know the answer immediately," she said on the Today show (via Us Weekly). "[Esmeralda is] my moral compass in a way."

Mendes' maternal sacrifice was highlighted in January 2017, when Gosling accepted the Golden Globe for his performance in La La Land. "If she hadn't have taken all that on so that I could have this experience, there would surely be someone else up here other than me today," he told the crowd (via Fortune). "So, sweetheart, thank you."

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