Oscars 2024: Eva Mendes supports Ryan Gosling as she shares clip from his dressing room – but skips the red carpet: ‘Always by my man’

Eva Mendes showed support for her partner Ryan Gosling ahead of his performance at the star-studded 2024 Oscars on Sunday.

The actress, 50, shared a clip on Instagram showing her as she posed outside of Gosling’s, 43, dressing room, though she chose to skip the red carpet, which Ryan attended with his sister. 

‘Always by my man,’ the mom-of-two — who has been in a relationship with Gosling since they met on the set of their 2012 movie The Place Beyond the Pines — captioned the clip. 

In the video Eva sported a denim look, including a distressed jacket and jean button-up skirt. She completed the outfit with a black baseball cap and gold hoops.

Gosling is set to hit the stage and perform Oscar-nominated Barbie song ‘I’m Just Ken’ at the 96th Academy Awards. He is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and Barbie is up for a Best Picture Oscar.

While Eva skipped the red carpet, Gosling looked handsome as ever in a black Gucci suit as he posed for the cameras

Eva also shared a snap of herself to her Instagram Stories, writing in Spanish, ‘Siempre con mi hombre’ which means ‘Always by my man.’ 

Meanwhile Ryan looked handsome as ever in a black Gucci suit with silver details. 

The actor walked the red carpet with his sister Mandi Gosling. Mandi wowed in a houndstooth pattern black and gold gown. 

In January, Eva defended Ryan over his Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, after fan backlash.

Ryan received an Academy Award nomination for his role as Ken in Barbie.

Mendes posted a gushing message to her Instagram, describing her pride and the ‘Not My Ken’ jeering he endured in the lead-up to Barbie’s release.

‘So proud of my man,’ Eva posted to Instagram.

‘So much hate when he took on this role. So many people trying to shame him for doing it. Despite all the #Notmyken ridicule and articles written about him, he created this completely original, hilarious,heartbreaking, now iconic character and took it all the way to Oscars. So beyond proud to be this Ken’s Barbie.’

Gosling was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role – but controversially, lead star Margot and director Greta failed to receive individual nods.

Ryan expressed his fury that the Academy had overlooked his female colleagues in a statement, but fell short of giving up his nomination in protest.

The actress shared a clip on Instagram showing her as she posed outside of Gosling’s dressing room

In the video Eva sported a denim look, including a distressed jacket and jean button-up skirt. She completed the outfit with a black baseball cap and gold hoops

‘Always by my man,’ the mom-of-two captioned the clip

Eva also shared a snap of herself to her Instagram Stories, writing in Spanish, ‘siempre con mi hombre’ which means ‘Always by my man’

Ryan walked the red carpet with his sister Mandi Gosling 

Mandi wowed in a houndstooth pattern black and gold gown 

The actor opted for a less formal look for the night, forgoing a tie 

After Gosling lost Best Supporting Actor Oscar to Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) Eva took to instagram again as she praised him and told him to come home so they could ‘put the kids to bed’

He began his statement by expressing gratitude for his nomination, stating: ‘I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films.’

‘And I never thought I’d being saying this, but I’m also incredibly honored and proud that it’s for portraying a plastic doll named Ken.’

The actor then went on to share his disappointment at Margot and Greta not being nominated, before praising them for their work on the film.

‘Against all odds with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily clad, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture and they made history,’ he added.

Lastly, he congratulated co-star America Ferrera, who received the Best Supporting Actress nod.

‘Having said that, I am so happy for America Ferrera and the other incredible artists who contributed their talents to making this such a groundbreaking film,’ Ryan said.

Barbie was released in July and raked in a record-breaking $1.45 billion at the global box office, and $636 million domestically.

The box-office smash hit received a total of eight Oscar nominations, though Greta failed to secure a nomination for best director this year, and Margot, who played the title character, was also passed over for best lead actress.

In January Mendes defended Gosling as she gushed she was ‘so proud of my man’ and recalled the ‘Not My Ken’ mockery he endured in the lead-up to the release of Barbie

Gosling is set to hit the stage and perform Oscar-nominated Barbie song ‘I’m Just Ken’ at the 96th Academy Awards. He is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor

Controversially, Margot Robbie, who played the title character Barbie, and director Greta Gerwig failed to receive individual nods 

Gosling released a statement expressing his disappointment after Margot and Greta were snubbed

The 96th Academy Awards honors the best films of 2023 – with the glittering ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The most hotly anticipated movies of the past year – Barbie and Oppenheimer – lead the nominations.

Oppenheimer has bagged 13 nods, including best picture and best actor for Cillian Murphy – who is favorite to win the major category after scooping a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and SAG award for his role as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

The impressive total – which also includes best supporting actor and actress for Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt, as well as best director for Christopher Nolan – is just one nomination short of the all-time record set by Titanic in 1998.

Last year’s other smash hit movie – Barbie – was nominated for eight awards. 

The 96th Academy Awards will be held on March 10 at 7 pm ET/4pm PT live on ABC, hosted for a fourth time by Jimmy Kimmel.