The Internet's library of Ryan Gosling reaction shots welcomed a new entry, and his longtime partner Eva Mendes has already put it to good use.
Over the weekend, Gosling joined his “Barbie” crew in Santa Monica at the Barker Hangar for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards. “Barbie” won six awards, including a seemingly unexpected win for Gosling's song “I'm Just Ken.”
As hosts Bella Ramsey and Anthony Ramos announced the night's song category winner, the camera zoomed in on Gosling, who frowned and looked from side to side. He then turned his head and glanced at the camera. The clip circulated on social media on Sunday, as users make fun at the “Drive” star's home reaction.
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Mendes also had fun with Gosling's latest viral clip, posting a GIF version of the actor's look on his Instagram page on Monday.
“I LOVE HIM!!!!,” the “Training Day” actor captioned the rare post about his longtime partner. Gosling, 43, and Mendes, 49, met in 2011 and share two young daughters.
“I'm Just Ken” producer Mark Ronson accepted the Critics Choice Award alongside co-writer Andrew Wyatt. He said the award also belonged to Gosling, who shook his head and raised his eyebrows, apparently in shock from the surprise.
“Ryan Gosling, this is as much your award as it is ours,” Ronson said. “You made the world and the public fall in love with this song with your unmatched performance, so thank you.”
“I'm Just Ken,” a self-aware rock ballad that reflects on toxic masculinity and Ken's role in Barbie's world, beat Dua Lipa's “Dance the Night,” Jack Black's “Peaches” , Lenny Kravitz's “Road to Freedom” and Ariana DeBose's “This Wish” and “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas. Two of the other nominated songs were also from the movie “Barbie”: “Dance the Night” and “What Was I Made For?”
The song “Barbie” became so popular after the film's release in July that Gosling and Ronson teamed up for several remixes in December. The Oscar nominee and Ronson also reunited for a Christmas version of the song and its accompanying music video.
Ronson concluded his acceptance speech Sunday by thanking “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig for dedicating time in her film to Ken's “prog-rock, dream-ballet, shredding-fest” power ballad so kids could cry and hold hands a little too.
He continued: “We truly will always be in your debt for that.”
