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Star Magazine is trying to tempt us with gossip that Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are on the rocks. Star claims that the couple has been drifting apart since Jake went to London and Morocco to shoot “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” Supposedly the two still talk often but he is distant and clearly distracted, and now Reese is worried that’s how their relationship will always be whenever he’s out of town for work.
Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are discovering that absence does not make the heart grow fonder. The couple, who started dating in early 2007, are struggling to maintain their relationship now that Jake is working 19-hour days in Morocco and London on his next potential blockbuster, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
“This is his first epic, and his mind is on his work,” a pal of Reese’s tells Star. “They talk on the phone and e-mail, but he’s not ‘there.’ Reese is wondering if this is how it’s going to be between them every time he’s out of the country filming.” The relationship hit such a rough patch that Reese, 32, flew to London for a quick rendezvous with Jake, 27, at The Dorchester hotel in mid-September.
“They really needed to reconnect and remember why they were in a relationship in the first place,” says another source. “While there, they even went house hunting for a place because Jake will be using London as his home base until December. Reese doesn’t like the formality of a hotel for her and her two kids.”
Hopefully, celebrating the holidays together “will get them back on the same page,” adds the source.
[From Star Magazine]
It sounds less like Reese and Jake are struggling with long distance and more like there hasn’t been any gossip about them in a long time and Star had to fill up its pages. They’re notorious for printing speculation as fact. Obviously long distance is rough on a relationship. Some find it takes such a toll that it’s worth it for the other person to travel along; however that’s obviously not an option for Reese with two young children at home. It sounds to me like they’re making the best of a bad situation, but it’s probably something they both knew to expect and isn’t really a big deal.
Here’s Reese shoping for shoes at Barney’s in Beverly Hills on September 15th. Images thanks to Fame. Header of Reese and Jake in New York on March 3rd. Images thanks to Splash.
Written by JayBird
Posted in Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Relationship trouble, Rumors
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I hope so, I like him MUCH MUCH better than I like her.
If he’s sad, he can come over and I’ll console him.
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I never believed this relationship would last. It’s difficult to maintain a long-distance relationship.
Reese has two children and her own career to focus on and has to decided whether long periods of separation will sustain their relationship.
I believe she has joint-custody with Ryan, so I’m not sure if she can leave the country with the kids for long periods of time to be with Jake.
They do make a sweet couple. Perhaps they can work it out, but I doubt it.
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I wonder if Star Magazine is making this up because there really isn’t much in the way of celebrity gossip of late. I wonder if they have ulterior motives for a story like this. Actors know they are going to be apart for filming. It’s their profession. It’s like saying it’s surprising to work in a bank and be around cash all day long.
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I hope its true. I really can stand Reese and I’m not fond of Jake either.
Team Ryan!
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saolll
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im rooting for them to settle down and have kids so im really hoping this is not true at all!
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Jake’s been nicknamed Jake Gayashell for a reason.
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I wish it weren’t so, but I agree that Jake sets off the gaydar.
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Gayashell? V you can be so arrogant and stupid sometimes.
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Lane: V you can be so arrogant and stupid sometimes.
Still beats being a humorless troll with no life.
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I like Reese, don’t get him at all (Maggie much more interesting and talented imo) and can’t really believe these two are together in any meaningful way anyway.
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I think Jake is seriously looking for a wife… but maybe Reese has too much baggage, and he’s just starting to figure it out.
Or maybe this whole story is bs.
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I always thought that they were gonna last more than ryan & abbie…
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I like Reese. She’s a rare gem in a sea of Hollywood bimbos.
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If his being out of the country for work reasons, causes them to drift apart, then they shouldn’t be together…
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I love Reese and Jake togheter!!!
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it’s very hard for a guy to really commit to kids who aren’t his own. It may be a lark at first, but after a while reality sets in.
She ought to focus on her kids for the next 10 years. Let them grow up without her latest boyfriend drifting in and out of their lives.
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Tess–while I agree that having a parade of “uncles” in and out of your kids’ lives is likely damaging for them, I don’t think a young woman should have to be alone for a decade to raise her children. Lots of women find a wonderful marriage the second time around.
Besides, should Ryan break up with Abby Cornish (sp?) and give up women so HE can devote HIMSELF to his kids for the next ten years? Reese and Jake have been together for quite a while, now–it’s not as if she has a new man every week.
I think this whole thing is just a bunch of paps and tabloid editors sitting around saying “Hey, haven’t heard anything about Reese and Jake in a while…no pictures of them recently…things must be cooling off…”
They do the same thing with Brad and Angelina whenver there isn’t a recent photo of them to sell a magazine.
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May be Reese is staying in the states because the kids are in school?!
Love them as a couple.
Looks like everybody has moved on from the Reese, Ryan, Jake and Abbie situation – except the tabloids and people who actually believe those magazines.
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By the way –
get over the jake being gay thing….. it’s old and you sound homophobic or in love with him
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Tess ~
WHAT BOYFRIENDS HAS SHE HAD DRIFTING IN AND OUT OF HER LIFE.
I thought Jake is the only person that has been in her life since she started dating Ryan when she was 21?
She seems to focus on her kids alot and that is probably why she is in the states and not across the pond.
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I don’t really give two shits if they break up or not, but something about them is so BLAH. I look at them together and I just think “beige”. I used to be a Reese fan until recently and she used to be so cute. Now I just want to scream at her, slap on some lip gloss! Wear some blush, put on a pink shirt, I don’t care, just get some color already! The two of them together make THE most boring couple on the planet.
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