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Eva Mendes Champions Ryan Gosling’s ‘Barbie’ Oscar Nom After Ken Casting Backlash: ‘So Much Hate’ and Shame ‘When He Took on This Role’


Eva Mendes says Ryan Gosling got so much hate and shame when he accepted the role of Ken in "Barbie." Now the performance is Oscar nominated.

Eva Mendes celebrated partner Ryan Gosling ‘s latest Oscar nomination by putting his haters on blast. So much hate when he took on this role,” Mendes posted on Instagram accompanied by a photo from a Rolling Stone article that said Gosling was “giving cringe” as Ken. 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.

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Eva Mendes defends partner Ryan Gosling over Academy Award nom for Barbie - as she praises him for taking his 'now iconic character Ken all the way to the Oscars'