The romance between Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift is as sweet as a caramel mocha latte and seems made in PR heaven.

However, there’s some confusion about which famous blonde actress first introduced them, Gwyneth Paltrow or Reese Witherspoon.

Recent reports have Gwyneth confirming earlier reports that she “helped” set up Jaylor, and now she’s taking the credit for Jaylor, or GyllenSwift, or whatever nickname they’re going by. She hinted as much to USA Today.

When USA TODAY’s Claudia Puig asked Gwyneth Paltrow if it was true that she had introduced Jake Gyllenhaal to Taylor Swift at a dinner party at the London home she shares with her husband Chris Martin and their children, the Country Strong actress hemmed and hawed.

“Where is this coming from,” she asked, after being told of a web post claiming the new couple had met at Chez Paltrow.

“I’ve just known Jake for a long time and he’s a great guy,” she added, “and Chris has a friendship with Taylor.”

So, did they come to dinner and catch each other’s eye?

“Well, I’m scared to say,” she admitted. “It’s so weird. I wonder how people find out these things. It was a while ago, so I don’t know why it would come out today.”

[USA Today]

Us Weekly also claims Gwynnie is the magic matchmaker.

But National Enquirer printed a story way back in November that Reese Witherspoon took pity on her ex Jake and set him up with Taylor.

Reese Witherspoon still feels so bad about dumping Jake Gyllenhaal that she recently played matchmaker and hooked him up with country cutie Taylor Swift, sources say.

The Brokeback Mountain hunk has been unhappily single since splitting from Reese about a year ago, sources say, while the Oscar-winning actress is seriously dating agent Jim Toth.

…The Legally Blonde star stayed in touch with Jake after their two-year romance ended, and Jake, 29, recently confided that Taylor had caught his eye, said the source.

That’s when Reese, 34, went into matchmaking mode, said the source.

She called the young star — who’s dated Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner, heartthrob Joe Jonas and musician John Mayer — to sing her ex’s praises, said the insider.

“Reese told Taylor that Jake’s a good guy who’s romantic and a lot of fun, but would never take advantage of her,” said the source.

Taylor then invited Jake to accompany her to New York where her friend Emma Stone was hosting Saturday Night Live, said the source.

“Jake and Taylor went to the show, had breakfast the next morning and spend a wonderful weekend together,” said the source.

[National Enquirer, print edition, November 15, 2010]

Admittedly, the Gyllenhaal-Swift hookup strikes me as a little creepy. Why would Jake’s ex and/or his friend feel the need to set him up with someone who hadn’t even turned 21 yet? Eight years isn’t a huge age difference chronologically, but a man about to turn 30 is usually worlds away in maturity level than a young woman just barely able to legally drink.

I have doubts about both the Reese and Gwyneth stories, but there’s probably a grain of truth somewhere in both. I hope Reese didn’t order up a girlfriend for Jake like he was ordering off a menu, and I think Gwyneth is just trying to improve her image as a cold fish so people will go see Country Strong.

However the couple came to be, we should take odds on how long it will last, now that both Jake’s film and Taylor’s album have been released. I’m guessing we’ll get an Us Weekly cover in the next six months or so telling us GyllenSwift are kaput and Jake is heartbroken while Taylor has already written a song about him.