So Eva Mendes was pregnant after all . On Friday , the actress and partner Ryan Gosling welcomed a baby girl into the world , according to Us Weekly . The couple had kept the gestation under wraps , even though rumors of it had been percolating through magazines and the tabloid press since July . Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes : Oh baby . Mendes even told Ellen DeGeneres in February -- when she likely would have been several weeks along -- that the rumors were `` ridiculous . '' `` It all started because I did n't want to go through the scanners at the airport , '' she said then , adding that she always opts out of that form of security check . The two are far from the first celebrities to try to keep their private lives -- and baby bumps , as the supermarket press likes to call them -- private . Emily Blunt had a quiet wedding with John Krasinski . Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso ( who was called a `` normal '' by Crushable.com ) have kept their family away from the media . How Mendes and Gosling will do with a child in the media spotlight is anybody 's guess , but the two have experience at maintaining their privacy . After all , they 've been together for three years now , since meeting on 2011 's `` The Place Beyond the Pines . ''
Eva Mendes , Ryan Gosling reportedly had a baby girl on Friday . Comment: Other celebrities prefer to keep their private lives private .