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Mendes and her longtime partner, fellow actor Ryan Gosling, are parents to 3-year-old Amanda and 5-year-old Esmeralda.

Mendes recently opened up on \"The Kelly Clarkson Show\" about parenting and admitted that she and Gosling can be \"very controlling.\"

When describing their parenting style, she said she is guilty of being a bulldozing and helicopter parenting at times.

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