Eva Mendes on motherhood: ‘I thought my wild nights were over but these are some of the wildest nights I've ever had’

The Hitch actress said she is exhausted from looking after new born daughter Esmeralda
Parenthood: Eva and Ryand welcomed their first child earlier this year (Picture: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)
Emma Powell2 December 2014
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Eva Mendes has opened up about motherhood in her first interview since giving birth to her daughter Esmeralda with partner Ryan Gosling.

Speaking to digital magazine Violet Grey the Hitch actress said: "I'm completely exhausted. I thought my wild nights were over but these are some of the wildest nights I've ever had."

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Eva and Ryan – who met while filming A Place Beyond the Pines – are notoriously private and decided to eject themselves from the “media’s ‘bump watch’ obsession” when Eva fell pregnant, until talk show host Ellen DeGeneres announced the news via a congratulatory tweet.

Eva said: "Whether we like it or not, privacy is going to be very difficult for Esmeralda. I think it’s unfair but that’s our reality.

"So Ryan and I decided early on to give her as much privacy as we could. And my pregnancy was the first opportunity to give her that. It’s such an intimate time for the mother, too.”

She continued: "I know that it seems all very innocuous when you’re flipping through a tabloid at the doctor’s office or see a photo of a pregnant lady online, but I find the media’s 'bump watch' obsession to be both intrusive and stressful.

"So I made a decision to eject myself from it completely. I was like, 'Annnnd I’m out.'"

On choosing the name, the new mum said it was a mutual decision.

She said: “Ryan and I both love the Esmeralda character from the Victor Hugo novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and we just think it’s a beautiful name."

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