Eva Mendes Has Just Solved All Your Marriage Problems

You know how every celebrity divorce is attributed to “irreconcilable differences” and you’re always like: What does that mean? Hollywood insider Eva Mendes is spilling the truth about the root cause of that phrase, and it is: sweatpants.

Actress Eva Mendes and New York & Company launch tAngela Weiss/Getty

“No!” you cry, clutching your ratty Sorority Fun Run and Pancake Breakfast ’05 pair to your chest! “You can take my freedom but you can’t take my sweats!” But Mendes is here to deliver the cold, hard truth about your warm, soft pants.

“You can’t do sweatpants,” she said on Extra while promoting her clothing line for New York & Company. “Ladies, number one cause of divorce in America, sweatpants, no!”

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This leaves the question of what she wears to lounge around the house when home with boyfriend Ryan Gosling. Caftans? Teddies? Nothing? What happens if he sees her after a workout? The only reason we ask is because we are looking to lock down a Gosling doppelgänger and will do whatever it takes. 

Thoughts on her no-sweats policy? Agree? Disagree? Sound off below.

–Alex Apatoff