Actress Eva Mendez gave a candid interview to Latina Latina

This year stood out for the Hollywood star Eva Mendes special: she became a mother for the second time and lost her closest relative - her own brother. The actress decided to talk frankly about her experiences with the journalists of the Latina edition. The next issue of the magazine will be available in a couple of days, but the Internet version is already available.

Eva was ripe to share her experiences related to the loss of her older brother:

"In mid-April, my brother, Carlos, died of cancer. I was very worried. My elder brother left, and this became a test for our family. It's good that I have a strong "rear", we seem to have even closer to each other, rallied. "

Just a couple of days after the funeral, Eva Mendez gave birth to her daughter Amadou.

Amazing name

One can only imagine what emotional stress Eva Mendes was experiencing! She says that her heart was literally torn to pieces, but the birth of a little girl became a real outlet:

"After my brother was gone, I was constantly coming to nervous tension, it is not surprising that the birth became real relief for me. I switched to my little one, but, of course, I did not forget about the loss of Carlos. "

Recall that Eve and her civil husband Ryan Gosling have two children. The eldest daughter Esmeralda will soon be 2 years old. Eva told me how she copes with her beloved babes:

"I do not have time for sadness! The girls are still very young, communication with Esmeralda and Amada gives me a lot of positive emotions. I feel myself a very happy woman, motherhood is a special time. "
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By her musical name, the youngest daughter of Eve owes her grandmother, Amadeath:

"You can be surprised, but our older girl's name is Esmeralda Amada, the youngest one I called Amada. When they started to come up with a name for our baby, they went through a lot of options, including Vivian. But when the daughter was born and I looked her in the face, I realized that she would be called exclusively "Amada." In Spain and Latin America this is a fairly popular name. And do not be surprised that my girls repeat their names, it happens. For example, I had one familiar family, she had five sisters and everyone called Maria. That is, their names were double, but "Maria" met each. "

The movie star "Training Day" and "The Place under the Pines" told that her children grow up in a bilingual family: they teach both English and Spanish. Parents do it very carefully, using music and speaking.

The role of mother like the actress more than all the others in her career - she enjoys the company of her beloved and her children. It seems that Eva Mendes we wait on the screens not soon, as long as she does not plan to interrupt her maternity leave.