These days, her main focus is on her family—she shares two daughters with Gosling—and on writing. In fact, her first children's book, Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries, just came out in both English and Spanish. Mendes's latest appearance on GMA marks a stop on her press tour for the book.

"It was such a high" to work with partner Ryan Gosling, Mendes said, "that I was like, 'This is a good time to, like, "Seinfeld" it and just walk out'

Eva Mendes revealed that as her and Ryan Gosling’s daughters Esmeralda Amada, 10, and Amada Lee, 8, have gotten older, she’s had to deal with the fact that they don’t need her all the time anymore.