A thankful Ryan Gosling gets unexpectedly lovey-dovey over Eva Mendes

Jan. 8, 2017 6:43 PM PT

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Jan. 8, 2017, 6:43 p.m.

A thankful Ryan Gosling gets unexpectedly lovey-dovey over Eva Mendes

See what happens when you win a Golden Globe? Ryan Gosling just came dangerously close to discussing his private life with a global audience.

“You don’t get to be up here without standing on the shoulders of a mountain of people, and there’s just no time to thank everyone,” the notoriously private “La La Land” star said in accepting the award for actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy.

“I’d like to try and thank one person properly,” he continued. “While I was singing and dancing and playing piano and having one of the best experiences I’ve ever had on a film, my lady was raising our daughter, pregnant with our second and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer.”

Juan Carlos Mendez -- Eva changed the spelling of her last name along the way -- lost that battle on April 17. He was 53.

“If she hadn’t taken all that on so I could have this experience, there would surely be someone else up here other than me, so sweetheart, thank you.”

Gosling, who was also nominated in 2008, 2011 and 2012, dedicated his first Golden Globe to the memory of Mendez.