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The year was 2020. The event was the NFC Championship Game. The man was Rob Lowe. The hat had a generic NFL logo on it. Four years later, Ryan Gosling recaptured that magic of that legendary meme moment while attending a couple of events this week at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The big news in celebrity circles on Sunday was the fact that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes made an extremely rare public appearance with their daughters, Esmeralda and Amada. It was the first time in seven years that the couple have actually been seen together at a public event.
Gosling, obviously a BIG Olympics fan, took in the women’s uneven bars final at the Bercy Arena wearing a hat adorned with the most generic Olympics logo possible on it. Rob Lowe must be so proud.
This Ken's job is “gymnastics fan.” 🤩
Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes are in the building for the uneven bars final! #ParisOlympics
📺 NBC & Peacock pic.twitter.com/Yssnr9ryDz
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) August 4, 2024
“ME: Hey, man. Who are you rooting for in Paris?” read another comment. “RYAN GOSLING: The Olympics.”
“NFL Rob Lowe walked so Olympics Ryan Gosling could run,” someone else joked.
“Rob Lowe and Ryan Gosling, kings of not choosing teams to support, just there for the vibes,” another fan tweeted.
“Go sports!” another person commented.
Also, why are they both of them wearing sunglasses inside the arena?
Interestingly, that generic Olympics hat was the second one that Ryan Gosling had on on Sunday. His other hat was almost as equally as plain when he and his family attended the dressage individual Grand Prix freestyle final at the Chateau de Versailles.
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Ryan Gosling is from Canada. Eva Mendes is Cuban. They have both become filthy rich thanks to America. Perhaps he just wanted to avoid the inevitable backlash that would have come if he chose to wear a hat supporting anything specific.