Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes put their crazy, stupid love on display for the first time in more than a decade.
The couple made a surprise joint appearance on âThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonâ Thursday night.
The actress, 52, wasnât expecting to join her partner as she watched his interview from backstage â but Gosling, 45, organized a surprise for her birthday.
The âHail Maryâ star asked the audience members to sing to Mendes.
As the businesswoman was brought onstage to her âsweetheartâ by a staff member, Gosling quipped, âHereâs the thing, you might find me in the Hudson River tomorrow.â
Mendes, who stunned in the striped cardigan Gosling wore on âJeopardy!â last month, wide-legged jeans and John Lennon and Yoko Ono shirt, asked whether her segment would be âcut, right?â
âNo!â Fallon, 51, insisted. âItâs your birthday.â
He noted that the surprise â a marching band performance of âHappy Birthday,â complete with confetti â was âall [Gosling].â
Mendes planted multiple kisses on the actorâs cheek, and they sweetly held hands as Fallon closed the show.
The notoriously private pair last stepped out together at SXSW in 2015.
Prior to that, they walked the red carpet for the movie that set their love story in motion, âThe Place Beyond the Pines,â in 2013.
The co-stars, who met on the set of the drama, have been an item ever since.
The duo share two children â daughter Esmeralda, 11, and daughter Amada, 9 â and Mendes stepped back from acting to raise the little ones.
While she and Gosling have repeatedly sparked marriage rumors over the years, with Mendes even referring to the âBarbieâ star as her âhusbandâ in a 2022 interview, they have yet to publicly confirm their relationship status.
That same year, Mendes fueled the speculation by debuting a âde Goslingâ tattoo on her inner wrist.
Notably, women in Hispanic cultures often add their husbandâs last name to their own, using âdeâ â or âofâ â to separate the monikers after tying the knot.
Mendes has been wearing what appears to be a wedding band on that finger since as far back as 2016.
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