Eva Mendes Reveals Her Favorite Ryan Gosling Sketches on 'SNL'

Eva Mendes Reveals Her Favorite Saturday night live sketches performed when her husband Ryan Gosling hosted the sketch comedy show earlier this year.

The actress stopped The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday to promote her debut children's book, Desi, Mami and the never-ending worriesbut even host Jimmy Fallon had to ask her about it Barbie the star's “crazy” night on the NBC show during season 49 in April.

“I was so excited! I was backstage… it's amazing,” Mendes said before revealing that his two favorite sketches were “Can't Tonight,” in which Gosling played a man who developed a Cuban accent after marrying a Cuban woman, and “Beavis and Butt-Head.”

“With Cuban Papi, the funniest thing is that my dad doesn't actually speak English, and it's not that oh, he speaks a little. No, he doesn't speak English,” the 2 Fast 2 Furious the actress told Fallon. “And he's been in the country for 50-odd years. So when Ryan and him go out together, it's very much like… [Mendes imitates how they communicate].”

He added: “So after what, 12 years, it was finally worth it.”

After the SNL episode aired, Mendes, who is of Cuban descent and was born in Miami, also took to Instagram at the time to praise Gosling for his performance. “My Cuban Papi made this Cuban Mami so happy with this,” she wrote on Instagram.

He also shouted SNL cast members Marcello Hernandez and Kenan Thompson, who played Gosling's friends in the sketch. “I can't wait for the next reunion of this trio,” Mendes added in his post.

The couple, who met while working together on the 2012 film The place Beyond the PinesThey share two daughters, Esmeralda Amada, 9, and Amada Lee, 7. Over the years, they've continued to keep their relationship private, however, they still find subtle ways to show their support for each other, including Mendes' sweet Instagram post following Gosling's Oscars performance of “I'm Just Ken” earlier this year.

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