--- description: Ryan Gosling's Golden Globes acceptance speech melted hearts nationwide title: Ryan Gosling’s Golden Globes Speech Made the Internet Swoon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83fe220d646ca8fc/6988b4bafb4eac2797890547/ryan-gosling.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ryan Gosling’s Romantic Golden Globes Speech Made the Internet Swoon by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 9, 2017 3:26 AM CUT  Ryan Gosling attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, on Jan. 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Calif. 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Jan 9, 2017 3:26 AM CUT Ryan Gosling’s [Golden Globes acceptance speech](http://time.com/4627989/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes/ "undefined") melted hearts everywhere after he thanked his wife, Eva Mendes, for holding down the fort while he worked on [_La La Land_](http://time.com/4622027/golden-globes-2017-winners/ "undefined"). “I just would like to try and thank one person properly, and say that while I was singing and dancing and playing piano and having one 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,” Gosling said in his speech. “If she hadn’t taken all that on so that I could have this experience, would surely be someone else up here other than me to today. Sweetheart, thank you.” People online swooned over the real-life [Feminist Ryan Gosling](http://feministryangosling.tumblr.com/ "undefined"), with some drawing comparisons to his romantic role in _The Notebook_. > [](https://twitter.com/DaffodilFlores/status/818288459752181760) > [](https://twitter.com/mariashriver/status/818281807812530177) > [](https://twitter.com/SamGrittner/status/818281727873392640) > [](https://twitter.com/SteacyC/status/818289354913304577) > [](https://twitter.com/jadelizroper/status/818280673161203712) > [](https://twitter.com/LaurenElizabeth/status/818280471473766401) > [](https://twitter.com/GreenHellion/status/818281048052072449) > [](https://twitter.com/HeyBriannaShea/status/818293953942294528) > [](https://twitter.com/jamilou14/status/818287458320318465) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4627926/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4627926/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-speech/"},"headline":"Ryan Gosling’s Romantic Golden Globes Speech Made the Internet Swoon","datePublished":"2017-01-09T03:26:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:36:31.384Z","description":"Hearts melted","url":"https://time.com/4627926/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-speech/","keywords":["awards","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83fe220d646ca8fc/6988b4bafb4eac2797890547/ryan-gosling.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83fe220d646ca8fc/6988b4bafb4eac2797890547/ryan-gosling.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"74th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals","caption":"Ryan Gosling attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, on Jan. 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Calif.","creditText":"Venturelli/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4627926/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-speech/","name":"Ryan Gosling’s Romantic Golden Globes Speech Made the Internet Swoon"}}]}] ```