The rest of the world knows him as an Oscar-nominated actor. To his kids, though, Ryan Gosling is dad. Actually, he’s “Papi,” which is “Daddy” in Spanish. That's what the “Fall Guy” star is called by his two daughters, Esmeralda Amada, 9, and Amada Lee, 8, which he revealed in a May 2 interview with the Wall Street Journal. He added that his children, whom he shares with his longtime partner, Cuban American actor Eva Mendes, say “Papi” with a slight accent while they learn Spanish.
'” What Ryan Gosling has said about his daughters Gosling remembered the moment he knew he wanted to have children with Mendes during a May 2023 interview with GQ. The realization came when he was starring as Mendes’ husband in their 2012 crime thriller, “The Place Beyond the Pines,” where they first met.