--- description: Ryan Gosling gave a special shout out to his wife Eva Mendes after winning the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy title: Watch Ryan Gosling Credit Eva Mendes for Golden Globes Win image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfccba0895de4f930/6988b4bc8e06013568468bd3/ryan-gosling-award-fb.jpg?branch=production ---  * [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 Credits Eva Mendes for Golden Globes Win: 'Sweetheart, Thank You' 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 2:50 AM CUT  Ryan Gosling at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2017. Ryan Gosling at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2017.Paul Drinkwater—AP 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 2:50 AM CUT Ryan Gosling gave a special shout out to his wife Eva Mendes after winning the [Golden Globe](http://time.com/4622027/golden-globes-2017-winners/ "undefined") for best actor in a musical or comedy for his role in [_La La Land_](http://time.com/4597551/la-la-land-moonlight-critics-choice-awards/ "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 while accepting the award. “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.” He dedicated the award to the memory of Mendes’ late brother, Juan Carlos Mendes, who died last April. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4627989/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4627989/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes/"},"headline":"Ryan Gosling Credits Eva Mendes for Golden Globes Win: 'Sweetheart, Thank You'","datePublished":"2017-01-09T02:50:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:36:35.476Z","description":"\"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\"","url":"https://time.com/4627989/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes/","keywords":["awards","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfccba0895de4f930/6988b4bc8e06013568468bd3/ryan-gosling-award-fb.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/bltfccba0895de4f930/6988b4bc8e06013568468bd3/ryan-gosling-award-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show","caption":"Ryan Gosling at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2017.","creditText":"Paul Drinkwater—AP","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/4627989/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes/","name":"Ryan Gosling Credits Eva Mendes for Golden Globes Win: 'Sweetheart, Thank You'"}}]}] ```