00:08Ryan Gosling and Ava Mendes put their crazy stupid love on display for the first time in
00:13more than a decade. The couple made a surprise joint appearance on The Tonight Show starring
00:18Jimmy Fallon. The actress wasn't expecting to join her partner as she watched his interview
00:22from backstage, but Gosling organized a surprise for her birthday.
00:30Happy birthday to Ava Mendes. Please welcome the North Bergen High School Marching Band.
00:35One, two, one, two, three, four!
00:44The Hail Mary star asked the audience members to sing to Mendes. As she was brought on stage to
00:49her sweetheart by a staff member, Gosling quipped,
00:52Here's the thing, you might find me in the Hudson River tomorrow. Fallon noted that the surprise,
00:57a marching band performance of Happy Birthday, complete with confetti, was all Gosling.
01:03Mendes planted multiple kisses on the actor's cheek, and they sweetly held hands as Fallon closed the
01:07show. The actress stunned in the same striped cardigan Gosling wore on Jeopardy last month
01:13and wide-legged jeans. The notoriously private pair last stepped out together at South by Southwest in
01:192015. Prior to that, they walked the red carpet for the movie that set their love story in motion,
01:25The Place Beyond the Pines, in 2013. The co-stars, who met on the set of the drama,
01:30have been an item ever since. The duo shared two children, daughter Esmeralda, 11, and daughter
01:37Amada, 9, and Mendes stepped back from acting to raise the little ones. While she and Gosling have
01:42repeatedly sparked marriage rumors over the years, with Mendes even referring to the Barbie star as
01:47her husband in a 2022 interview, they have yet to publicly confirm their relationship status.
01:53That same year, Mendes fueled the speculation by debuting a
01:56de-gosling tattoo on her inner wrist. Mendes has been wearing what appears to be a wedding band on
02:02that finger since as far back as 2016.
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