Internet jokes as Eva Mendes tells Ryan Gosling to 'put the kids to bed' after his Oscars performance

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After Ryan Gosling's sensational performance of 'I'm Just Ken' at the 2024 Oscars on Sunday, March 10, his partner Eva Mendes took to Instagram to jokingly remind him about his responsibilities at home.

The actress posted a picture of herself in a pink blazer and a black cowboy hat and wrote, "You took Ken all the way to the Oscars, RG. Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed."

Ryan Gosling missed out on 'Best Supporting Actor' award

Gosling, who shares two daughters, Esmeralda, nine, and Amanda, seven, with Mendes, received a nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category for playing Ken in 'Barbie.'

However, he narrowly missed out on the award which went to Robert Downey Jr for his role in 'Oppenheimer' which took home Best Picture.

'Barbie', which received eight Oscar nominations, clinched one award for the Best Original Song for 'What Was I Made For?.'

The entire cast of 'Barbie' was moved to tears after Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell performed the song during the ceremony.

"I didn't think this would happen, I wasn't expecting this. I feel so incredibly lucky and honored," Eilish said while accepting the award for the movie's soundtrack, according to People.

On Sunday, March 10, Mendes posted an Instagram reel from outside of Gosling's dressing room before his 'I'm Just Ken' performance. 

"Always by my man,” she captioned the clip.

Ryan Gosling's electrifying 'I'm Just Ken' performance

Gosling commenced his performance from the audience as he began singing 'I'm Just Ken' while sitting behind his ‘Barbie’ co-star Margot Robbie.

He performed the song onstage along with his fellow 'Barbie' Kens Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Simu Liu.

During his performance, he came back to the audience where the ‘Barbie’ team including his co-star America Ferrera and director Greta Gerwig, sang along with Gosling.

The 43-year-old actor also took the microphone to his ‘La La Land’ co-star Emma Stone who also sang along with him. 

Wearing a sparkly pink suit and sunglasses, Gosling concluded the energetic performance with Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen at the 96th annual Academy Awards.

Internet says Eva Mendes reminds Ryan Gosling of his 'husband duties'

Following Mendes' sweet post on Instagram asking her husband to come home after his performance at the 'Oscars', netizens took to social media to react to her funny reminder.

"She saw us swooning and had to remind us real quick," a fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter) and another user wrote, "Ken back to husband duties."

"Sis said, “Ok. That’s KENenough," a user joked while another user wrote, "What a performance! And major props to Eva for reminding Ryan about his real-life role."

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