Eva Mendes, aka the effortlessly cool 50-year-old Hitch star and half of the Ryan Gosling Dream Team, took a break from being fabulous to chat with Drew Barrymore on The Drew Barrymore Show this past Thursday (Sept. 19). And spoiler alert: they got real about the chaotic magic of mom life.
First of all, Evaβs got two little humans β Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8 β with her equally famous and genetically blessed partner, Ryan βHey Girlβ Gosling. Drew, whoβs mom to daughters Olive (11) and Frankie (10), kicked off the convo by admitting that when she became a mom, she felt, well, kind of like a lost sock in the laundry. (You know, that one sock thatβs somewhere in the universe but definitely not in your drawer.)
“I felt a little lost when I had kids,β Drew said. βI was like, um, how do I raise these mini people and also be a functioning human myself? What about you, Eva? Was your brain also trying to reboot like a 90s computer?”
Eva, in true cool-mom fashion, responded like a zen master. “Honestly, I didnβt feel lost. I was like, βI got this.β Then, BAM! Plot twist! I did feel lost. Itβs like, who am I now that my kids are kinda independent mini adults? But you know, theyβre 8 and 10, so obviously theyβre not making dinner or filing taxes yet, but theyβre doing their own thing.”
Eva continued, βThey donβt need me for every little thing anymore, so now itβs like, what do I do with my hands? But I love talking to them about literally everything, so Iβm basically living the dream.β
Also, important fashion note for the day: Eva Mendes was slaying in Stella McCartney. As if there was any doubt.