Eva Mendes, who is of Cuban descent, praised Ryan Gosling’s „Saturday Night Live“ sketch about having a Cuban wife on Instagram Tuesday.
Eva Mendes might not have accompanied Ryan Gosling to his recent “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig but the actress still had nothing but great things to say about the “La La Land” star’s performance.
Gosling hosted the sketch show for the third time on Saturday and seemingly gave a nod to his leading lady, who is of Cuban descent, by doing a skit revolving around a man who developed a Latino accent after marrying a Cuban woman.
The sketch opened with Gosling sitting around a table alongside cast members Marcello Hernández and Kenan Thompson, who played characters from Cuba and the Dominican Republic, respectively.
When a waiter asked where they were from, Thompson pointed at Gosling and said he was “from Tennessee, but ever since he married a Cuban woman, he different.”
“A Cuban wife can change you,” Gosling joked, calling himself a “Cuban papi.”
As Hernández and Gosling tried to convince Thompson to go out to a club with them, the former even name-dropped Mendes, causing the Oscar nominee to crack a smile.
