Eva Mendes' First Interview About New Baby; Sweatpants Causing Divorce Sparks Controversy, Actress Claims 'I Was Just Kidding'

Eva Mendes is catching hell from some wives and divorced women after she claimed that sweatpants were the No. 1 cause of divorce.

During a chat with Extra, Mendes talked about her baby girl, Esmeralda Amada Gosling, and what keeps her man, Ryan Gosling happy as they take the journey through parenthood together.

"Now I understand so much, my mother's never gotten more 'I love you so much mommy' texts, I mean, randomly ... yeah, I get it now," the new mom said, adding, "You can't do sweatpants ... ladies, No. 1 cause of divorce in America, sweatpants, no."

Now it seems as if those words are backfiring on the actress causing some women to become outraged.

#Sociologists study 50 years of sweatpant sales, divorce rates and find no correlation. Phew! #EvaMendes @BayAreaDivorce @familyunequal

— Vicki Larson (@OMGchronicles) March 23, 2015

Before #EvaMendes dispenses marriage advice, maybe she should get there herself in real life. Just a thought.... https://t.co/I6wF3ZPxwV — lorrieirbyj (@lorrieirbyj) March 21, 2015

Yo #EvaMendes, if I didn’t wear #sweatpants my hubby would divorce me for being a grouchy a-hole. — Baby Sideburns (@BabySideburns) March 20, 2015

If a man doesn't love me when I'm in couture AND when I'm in sweatpants, he's not worth marrying in the first place. #EvaMendes — Mandy Carrell (@southern_grrl) March 20, 2015

While #EvaMendes believes #sweatpants cause divorce, I believe that I'm a sweatpanty female who's been married longer. #NotMyProblem

— Kara Bosworth (@karakeough) March 20, 2015

As soon as Twitter went wild on a rampage against Mendes, the mother of one took to Instagram and claimed that she was joking during the interview. "Dear favorite sweatpants, I was just kidding when I said you're the #1 cause of divorce. Everyone knows that orange crocs are the #1 cause of divorce. Either way it was a bad joke and feel terrible if you or anyone thought I was serious. Thanks for understanding sweatpants. Sorry orange crocs," Mendes wrote on her Instagram.

A photo posted by Eva Mendes (@evamendes) on Mar 20, 2015 at 12:36am PDT

Mendes' partner, Ryan also came to the defense to stick up for his woman. He tweeted:

Obviously sweatpants thing was a joke. Wearing them now. That's right, tweeting in sweatpants. Rats! Said too much! You win again Twitter.

— Ryan Gosling (@RyanGosling) March 20, 2015

Word to the wise. Don't joke about sweatpants or North Korea. Real hot button issues. Trust me. — Ryan Gosling (@RyanGosling) March 20, 2015

Even country music superstar Dolly Parton had something to say about her own marriage, and pants.

“I don’t think I’ll be getting a divorce anytime soon," the singer said, "because I either wear tight pants or no pants.”