Eva Mendes has revealed that she likes to stay away from the ‘size zero’ bug and eats whatever she wants, whenever she wants.
The 34-year-old actress, whose semi-clad appearance in an ad for Calvin Klein’s perfume was deemed too sexy to be shown on U.S. TV, said that she was not daunted by the amount of calories she takes.
“I’m like every other girl across the globe – I love chocolate and I hate working out. I like to eat. I cannot hold back. I cannot skip a meal,” the Daily Express quoted her as telling the Grazia magazine.
“There’s also that little rebel inside of me saying that nobody’s going to tell me how much I need to weigh or what I need to look like to fit in.
“I’m very defiant – I want it on my terms,” she added.
Hollywood actress EVA MENDES faced disapproval from her mother after posing for a provocative photoshoot for a fashion magazine.
The Hitch star stripped off for a series of raunchy pictures for Italian Vogue earlier this year (08).
But the shots - which showed Mendes topless and in a variety of sexy poses - were not popular with the star’s mother, who voiced her concerns to her daughter.
Mendes says, “I was lucky enough to do the cover of Italian Vogue, that’s a big deal for me. And they were very edgy photos. My mother did not like them and then she made me realise something.
“My mother, who is very Cuban and very old-school, said, ‘They are beautiful but you don’t have to do that.’
“And I said, ‘Mummy, I know I don’t have to do that. I want to because it’s the people I associate myself with (such as photographer) Steven Meisel and Italian Vogue.’ If it was any other publication I would never do (these pictures). So she really made me think, there’s people out there thinking you have to do things and I never feel I have to do things.”
Mendes previously stripped off for a Calvin Klein fragrance advert, which was deemed too raunchy for American TV.
Taking a break from her successful movie career, Eva Mendes stopped by a Calvin Klein store in London (October 14).
The “Hitch” actress is in London to celebrate the launch of Calvin Klein’s new underwear Seductive Comfort.
“I’m so proud to be the face and body of such an iconic American brand. I’ve grown up with Calvin Klein images and they definitely impacted my youth,” Mendes said.
