Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal have worked their way to becoming international stars. The bff’s have been friends since they started working together in telenovelas in the 90’s and since then they’ve acted and produced together, never losing touch. The pair has outlived many bromances in Hollywood and they were seen carpooling to the Golden Globes on Sunday.
En camino!!! Here we go!!! #goldenglobes #VamosPorElBicampeonatoGael
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Gael was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Mozart in the Jungle and Diego was there to present an award. Unfortunately, Gael didn’t win, but we’re sure they still had an amazing time at the Golden Globes because who wouldn’t love to hang out with their bff at the Golden Globes!
It’s every woman’s dream for their partner to have a bromance like Gael and Diego’s because not only do bromances give women some time away from their partners, they are also really good for them. A recent study published in the Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology found that the social support one friend receives from another could help them moderate stress and enhance resilience.
For the study, researchers used male rats and housed them in the same cage, and they demonstrated that mild stress can actually make male rats more social and cooperative than they are in an unstressed environment, much like humans come together after non-life-threatening events such as a national tragedy. After the rats experienced mild stress, the rats showed increased brain levels of oxytocin and they huddled and touched more.
“A bromance can be a good thing,” said lead author Elizabeth Kirby, who started work on the study while a doctoral student at UC Berkeley and continued it after assuming a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford. “Males are getting a bad rap when you look at animal models of social interactions, because they are assumed to be instinctively aggressive. But even rats can have a good cuddle – essentially a male-male bromance – to help recover from a bad day.”
“Having friends is not un-masculine,” she added. “These rats are using their rat friendships to recover from what would otherwise be a negative experience. If rats can do it, men can do it too.”
So there you have it. There’s are definitely health benefits to having a best friend, and probably the same thing goes for women. Friendships are very important to your well-being, so make a call and catch up with your bff.