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EXCLUSIVE: 'Mad About Conan!' Reclusive Ryan Gosling Strikes Up Bizarre Bromance With O'Brien as Late-Night Host Hopes to Pursue Acting Career

Ryan Gosling has developed a bizarre bromance with Conan O'Brien as the late-night host pursues acting.
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Ryan Gosling has developed a bizarre bromance with Conan O'Brien as the late-night host pursues acting.

Oct. 3 2025, Published 6:30 a.m. ET

Reclusive Ryan Gosling – the Barbie flick's hunky Ken – has quietly struck up a surprise friendship with funnyman Conan O'Brien, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The 44-year-old Notebook heartthrob has a reputation as one of Tinseltown's most solitary celebrities – he rarely hangs with his acting peers, preferring to hole up with longtime galpal-actress Eva Mendes, 51, and their daughters Esmeralda, 11, and Amada, 9.

But that's changing thanks to his burgeoning bromance with the quirky 62-year-old late-night host, who's got Mendes' stamp of approval.

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Close Bromance Brewing

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Conan O'Brien mentors Ryan Gosling's comedy after 'Barbie.'
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Conan O'Brien mentors Ryan Gosling's comedy after 'Barbie.'

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Revealed a pal: "The whole Mendes-Gosling household is mad about Conan. They've socialized with him regularly over the 15 or so years that Conan has lived in L.A., especially as Ryan became one of Conan's favorite guests on his old TBS show [Conan], where they would do some pretty elaborate bits that almost always went viral."

Gosling nabbed an Oscar nomination for his Ken role in the 2023 blockbuster movie Barbie, costarring Margot Robbie.

Now, sources said he's looking to Saturday Night Live alum O'Brien for inspiration to polish his comedy skills.

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Ryan Turns To Comedy Roles

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Eva Mendes approves Gosling and O'Brien's friendship as the families socialize in L.A.
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Eva Mendes approves Gosling and O'Brien's friendship as the families socialize in L.A.

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"Ryan has been a student of comedy since he was a kid, and Conan has become his Obi-Wan Kenobi mentor," noted the pal.

"He's helped Ryan sharpen his skills and get huge laughs doing it. Ryan's Barbie role was a culmination of that, but far from the end. Ryan's next blockbuster, Project Hail Mary, is one of his most comedic to date."

But the bromance is a two-way street.

"Conan has leaned on Ryan and some of his other 'serious actor' pals as he starts to dip into film acting opportunities of his own, starting with the critically acclaimed Sundance hit coming out later this year with Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You. Sources said O'Brien's performance is excellent.

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Conan's Plans For More Movie Roles

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Rose Byrne appears with O'Brien in the upcoming 'If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You.'
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Rose Byrne appears with O'Brien in the upcoming 'If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You.'

"Conan has turned down a lot of movies over the years, but he's showing real skill when it comes to film acting and he wants to make more movies, which is why you could see him turn up in a big project with one of his acting friends like Ryan, Timothy Olyphant, or Will Ferrell."

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