“Stop looking at my mom.

I’m right here.”

Its complicated, because I thought he took a shine to me.

Ryan Gosling and mom Donna, Burt Reynolds

Ryan Gosling and mom Donna; Burt Reynolds.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage; Alexandra Wyman/WireImage

I thought he thought there was something special about me, Gosling told hostJimmy Kimmel.

And then I realized that I have a really beautiful mom.

“He was just kind of interested.

It was like I was getting, like, a secondary shine.

The real shine was for my mom.”

A laughing Gosling then held up his thumb and forefinger before replying, This close!

We shouldve listened to him.

He also gave Gosling an “odd piece of advice” that has stuck with him to this day.

“I was like, ‘I’m 13.

I don’t know what any of those things are.

I don’t know what any of that is.

Stop looking at my mom.

I’m right here.'”

Watch Gosling fondly remember Reynolds’ crush on his mom in the clip above.

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