You won’t hear Eva Mendes having anyone else speak for her.
The actress from Love River went to Instagram on Monday, February 1 to clarify her remarks, which had been misconstrued.
Starting off her Instagram post with “My friend sent me this,” Eva displayed an article that stated she “denies plastic surgery accusations left on her Instagram post.” According to the narrative, she “clapped back” at the troll.
“The Hitch star went on, “…Ummm… Regarding this ‘headline,'” she said. Kinda. Sorta. On the other hand, this is not the case. There was never a time when I “denied plastic surgery.” What I did was simply respond to a specific comment made on [a social media platform]. I never deny things like that. In a word, yes! It has everyone’s enthusiastic support.”
Adding that she didn’t like the term “clap back,” either, the 46-year-old actress said that it “sounds aggressive to me.”
“A lot of you know that I try to respond to as many comments as I can,” she continued. Instead of responding with a retaliatory clap, I focus on making a connection with the other person. All there is to it. I felt the need to clarify that.”
Backstory: Over the weekend, a fan claimed that the mother of two was spending “less” time on social media now that “she’s had work done.” In any case, Eva explained the real reason she’s taking a break from Instagram.
On Saturday, January 30th, she responded, “I’m not sure why I’m answering you but here I go.” “To better be there for my loved ones, I’ve decided to reduce the frequency of my online updates. My kids need me, and I can’t afford to waste time online right now.”
“She continued, “I can do my work whenever I want. But that is not the case. As much as I’d like to, I simply can’t maintain a healthy balance between my personal life and my online presence. And, shocker of shockers, I’ve decided to prioritize my family. Sending you all the love in the world.”
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While Eva has always been open about her love for longtime partner Ryan Gosling, this is the first time she has spoken publicly about her desire to be more present with her two daughters, Esmeralda, 6, and Amada, 4. (And let’s be honest, if that was our family, we’d probably hang up, too.)
“My little one told me I was on the phone too much,” she wrote on Instagram on January 23. “Evidently, she was taking it to heart. And as a child, she would naturally take it to heart. Unless we go out of our way to reassure them it’s not meant personally, they’ll take it that way.”
“She continued, “We had a good talk; I apologized, and I promised her that I would be mindful. Just because I’m at home with them 24/7 doesn’t mean I’m there for them every second of the day.”
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Having fallen in love with the La La Land actor and becoming a mother, Eva Mendes described in October how much her life had improved.
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At the time, she said, “I never wanted babies until I fell in love with Ryan, and then it just kind of worked out to where I was 40 and having my first baby, and then I think I was 42 with my second one, so it worked out in that way that I had a career and then I changed my focus to my family.”