Mendes and Gosling met on the set of their 2012 movie The Place Past the Pines. The couple welcomed their first youngster, a daughter named Esmerelda, in 2014. The 2 had one other youngster, Amada, lower than two years later. In an Instagram publish in April 2020, Mendes defined why she doesn’t publish pictures of her husband or her youngsters on her social media. “I’ve all the time had a transparent boundary with regards to my man and my youngsters. I’ll speak about them, after all, with limits, however I gained’t publish photos of our every day life,” she mentioned. “And since my kids are so little and don’t perceive what posting their picture actually means, I don’t have their consent. And I gained’t publish their picture till they’re sufficiently old to offer consent.”

In an interview with Individuals in 2017, Mendes, who’s Cuban-American, opened up about what it’s like elevating their kids in a bilingual family. “Esmeralda largely speaks Spanglish proper now. It’s actually cute,” Mendes mentioned. “She’s undoubtedly bilingual, and it’s actually vital for us to make it possible for she’s not solely simply conversant in the language, but in addition with the tradition.”

She continued, “My mother, who lives quarter-hour away, makes it’s straightforward as a result of she speaks to the women in Spanish and cooks them Cuban meals. And we’re all the time listening to Cuban music. It truly is a giant a part of our lifestyle. I wouldn’t have it another method.