Jake Gyllenhaal is tormented by photos of his long lost love, Reese Witherspoon

I’ve been thinking about Jake Gyllenhaal for most of this week. Ever since Reese Witherspoon announced her pregnancy, in fact. Remember Jake and Reese? They were so cute. Almost too cute to believe. I can’t believe they managed to stick it out for… something like two years, right? Jake was the first dude Reese dated after her divorce from Ryan Phillippe (Jim Toth was the second!), and it’s widely believed that Reese dumped Jake when the time came. Allegedly, Jake was devastated. He had grown close to Ava and Deacon, and people said Jake really thought Reese was “the one”. Their split happened more than two years ago…and what has happened since?

Reese rebounded immediately with Jim Toth, and they got serious very quickly. Engaged within a year, married and now expecting their first child together. Jake dated Taylor Swift for a few months (cuddlefesting!) and maybe Olivia Wilde for a hot minute. Oh, he tried to get with Minka Kelly, Rashida Jones and Anna Kendrick too, I think. I haven’t heard of Jake associated with a lady in a while, though. So… is Jake still hung up on Reese? Can he simply not will himself to love like that again? OK, now I’m just making myself laugh.

She broke his heart and dumped him two years ago, but Reese Witherspoon still makes the cut with Jake Gyllenhaal – before he reads any magazine or newspaper, an assistant rips or snips out every last photo of Reese because he’s still torching… and simply can’t bear to see her face!

Said a family friend: “You’d think he’s be over it by now, especially since he’s dated many beauties like Taylor Swift, and Reese is now married. But Jake can’t bring himself to look at her photo – and absolutely refuses to see her movies. So before any publications are given to him, Reese stories or pictures are RIPPED! Even if it’s just a photo with a small caption, his assistant clips it out with scissors!”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

OMG! It’s such a vicious cycle. Jake is tormented by images of his long-lost lover, Reese, so he tries to blot out any memory of her. Meanwhile, his cuddlefesting love, Taylor Swift, is haunted by their time together – time that Jake only spent thinking of long-lost Reese. EPIC.

PS… Who else read Lainey’s blind item and thought “Dimples” was Jake? Right?

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  1. sarah says:

    he’s so gay

  2. marie says:

    aww, hopefully it’s not true.. and my first thought of the blind was definitely Jake (dimples) and then I thought of Efron but I read a good theroy of it being JGL.. I suck at those things!!

    • Maguita says:

      Lainey Notted Jakey-poo and Franco, those were my first guesses for Dimples and Drama.

      Dimples might be Joseph Levitt-Gordon. Drama, any douche bag. But how about Michael Pitt. Both are “Acclaimed Actors”.

      However, Jakey G. is not really yearning after Reese, rather after some Vodka guy (Grey Goose).

      You know what I would buy? Jake Gyllenhaal with Zackary Quinto. It’s 2012, give us some real hot couples to look at already!

      No matter what Kirk Cameron might think.

      • marie says:

        that would be good, very good.. but Michael Pitt’s a good guess though for the dark..

      • Marianne says:

        Zachary Quinto is with Jon Groff and has been for some time.

        Reading Dimples and Drama…I did think of Franco of being Drama.

      • normades says:

        Zach is out. Drama is closeted.

      • Maguita says:

        Like I said first, Lainey had already notted Jake G. I was giving an example of a hot couple I would be interested in reading about. And Zack has been on and off with his boyfriend for a few years. So why not Jake?

        Lainey has also nixed James Franco, Matthew Morrisson, and Ed Redmayne during her last Live Blog.

        Dimples could be JGL, although hints today to Ryan Gosling.

        Drama could be Sean Penn. He is very disgusting to Lainey… And most women with a hint of self-esteem.

      • kit says:

        where does she hint to Ryan Gosling? i don’t see it anywhere on her site? Not being sarcastic or anything, just asking
        I thought straight away that drama was Michael Pitt because she said he loses work because of his attitude. No idea for dimples but I hope its not JGL (although it does make sense now i think about it)

      • Maguita says:

        @Kit, check out her post on Diane Keaton. I took it as a bit of a hint, but nothing yet confirmed.

        Michael Pitt is a great guess for Drama! I picked Sean Penn because he finished filming a movie with Ryan G just a few months ago.

      • marie says:

        so Gosling (dimples) and Michael Pitt (drama).. ehh RG and Penn sounds more interesting..

      • Maguita says:

        @marie, Gosling and Penn did film a movie together not long ago, co-starring Emma Stone, who wore pretty old-fashioned dresses, the movie is called “The Gangster Squad”.

        Now CDAN had a blind a few months ago, where most thought it was Gosling and Penn: apparently Penn was being a bully and really loud on set, while Ryan kept his cool and did not flinch when Penn was yelling at him.

        Lovers’ spat?

        Just keeping an open mind, and hoping that Ryan Gosling has better taste than to be with a Sean Penn. ewwww.

      • marie says:

        @maguita..
        well,well, interesting.. I’m with you on Penn being gross though.. too bad Gosling isn’t drama and JGL dimples..

      • Maguita says:

        Simple speculation up to now 😉
        Waiting for Lainey to give bigger hints; She usually does…

        But Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ryan Gosling are my top contenders for Dimples.

        As for Drama, we have Michael Pitt, Sean Penn, Mickey Roorke (ewwwwwwwwww wwww ww), and Joaquim Phoenix. Oh, there is Emile Hirsch too.

    • Kerfuffles says:

      Yeah, I’m pretty sure Dimples from Lainey’s blind is JGL, but I’m stumped on who the other guy is.

      Ted has made it totally obvious that Toothy Tile is Jakey G, but I’m not sure I believe the Toothy Tile blinds are true. Lainey has consistently said that the Jake G gay rumors aren’t true, and I generally put more stock in the accuracy of her gossip than Ted’s.

      If Jake IS gay, I hope he can accept that fact and fall in love with a guy. I hate to think of people in this day and age having to deny their sexuality.

    • Bubulle says:

      Pitt and Gosling both were in Murder by Numbers it was released in 2002, maybe Ryan hooked up with Pitt while shooting the movie and after their breakup went sour he decided to date Sandra Bullock. Did Lainey say when it did happen ? She could have been told an old story for what we know.

      • normades says:

        ^^that’s kinda hot. After the Keaton story, convinced Dimples is Gosling.

      • kit says:

        i was hoping someone would have worked out the blind by now.
        i do think you’re reading way too much into the Diane Keaton article, i don’t see any hints whatsoever in that, somebody needs to tell me what i’m missing. The only thing i got from that is that she doesn’t get why so many of RG’s fans dislike EM. Lainey loves Eva apparently. As far as i can tell she’s talking about how fans should not dictate how a show is made or who an actor is supposed to be with, that’s all.. Enlighten me with the hints people, i don’t see it!

  3. Nicole says:

    I dont want to think hes gay, but I did think ‘dimples’ was him.
    Speaking of blinds, I dont think he is Toothy Tile.

    • Moi says:

      I used to think he was Toothy Tile too, but I mostly think that TC’s blinds are pretty much all BS. E! kisses butt about as much as People magazine.

  4. Alita says:

    Jake sits with his coffee, damaged by those jagged magazine holes that by their absence gently scream ‘Reese’ through his mind. It hastens memories of sunnier days – blonde days of joy and hope, nights of strangely insincere passion. A single tear down his cheek.

    In his angst, Jake gets a paper cut.

    Love is cruel.

    *silence*

  5. heyhey says:

    lainey said the blind had nothing to do with jake.

    she is always saying he isnt gay, even hyping the relationship with swift

    i dont believe her that jake isnt isnt even atleast bi

    • Iggles says:

      Honestly, I think Lainey was paid off by Jake’s management. No way was that ‘relationship’ with Swifty real!

      They had to put the kibosh on it after a month because no one was buying it!

      • Maguita says:

        Oh no! You mean picking apples and going out for ice cream was not translating into forbidden passion for Shifty Swifty?

        Snort. Whomever believed that relationship… needs to stop watching Taylor Swift music videos stet!

  6. moopsie says:

    I feel bad for bi men who fall in love with woman who can’t handle their sexuality. But honestly, I don’t know if I’d be able to handle it either. I’d feel insecure about not beng able to offer the same kind of sex that a man can lol.

  7. Aiobhan says:

    I personally thought it was reversed (Franco being dimples)but I am becoming more convinced that it really is Jake. Anyway if that blind is true then why would Jake being pining after Reese- who is essentially a beard. He could be bi-sexual though. I don’t know. Anyways,I always thought of them as a rebound couple and nothing more than that. He may have gotten attached to the kids but she was definitely not looking for anything serious after the divorce was final. They just seemed like really good friends.

  8. lola8 says:

    That dress she is wearing is hideous!

  9. Tiffany27 says:

    Other than being in Brokeback Mountain, why do people think Jake is gay?

    • Nina says:

      I don’t get it, either. Reese could get any guy she wants, so why would she be someone’s beard for 2+ years?

      • Waldemar says:

        ^^ THIS. You can say about Reese what you want, but she is above bearding.

      • Nessa says:

        I don’t think he is gay at all. I don’t understand why everyone in HW is either gay or lesbian. It seems there ha been some kind of rumor like that about every actor/actress out there. Seems juvenile and unnecessary. JMO

      • orangepants says:

        Reese is a master at PR. After her divorce, she hooked up with Jake for her career, to not be pinned as a victim Jennifer Aniston. After meeting Toth and awhile of dating him, she “split” with Jake, who was then left beardless for promotion of Prince of Persia.

      • Iggles says:

        ^^ This 100%!!

        In HW it’s all about image. She bearded for Jake to stay relevant and hot. She didnt want to be pitied as the “betrayed wife” and her career did pretty damn well at that point.

        When she was ready for a real relationship and tired of the games, she cashed out –of leaving Jake in the lurch (not cool, but rumors are she’s kind of a cold bitch in real life. Her “warmth” is all acting..)

    • Poppet says:

      Because the whole world has to be gay these days. I have no issues with homosexuality. Whatever make a person happy. But I do not understand why the media has to make everyone gay.

    • Kate #2 says:

      Yeah, that’s what puzzles me. Why would a determinedly closeted actor accept a role in a gay love story? Surely he’d not accept that with a ten foot pole? That factor alone makes me suspicious of claims JG is gay.

  10. normades says:

    I think Jake and Reese were a PR invention, not because either of them are gay, but because Reese needed a younger hot lover after her divorce so she wouldn’t look like the old dumped woman. She was so quickly serious with that Tof dude that I bet their relationship started before Jake/Reese “officially” ended.

    I don’t think any of these people are tortured. Not Jake and DEFINATELY not Swifty.

    • mln76 says:

      I kind of think they were PR also. It seemed so suspicious the way she was so serious with Toth so quickly. I kind of thought they’d been dating behind the scenes for a while and when they decided they were ready for marriage she let Jake go. Which would explain the confusion about the break-up announcement.

  11. Missfit says:

    That’s why rebounding right after a bad marriage or long relationship isn’t a good idea…cause then the rebound ends up getting hurt or if they are just a fling…then you are not happy or satisfied, cause the divorced person is still hung up on THEIR own ex. So bad move on her part…Unless there is more to the story no one knows…unless she dumped him for a reason and no one knows.

  12. gloaming says:

    I think the only thing Jake’s tormented by, is where his career went……..

  13. JM says:

    “OMG! It’s such a vicious cycle. Jake is tormented by images of his long-lost lover, Reese, so he tries to blot out any memory of her. Meanwhile, his cuddlefesting love, Taylor Swift, is haunted by their time together – time that Jake only spent thinking of long-lost Reese. EPIC.”

    And now I have “Love Stinks” by J. Geils Band playing in my head. LOL!

  14. The Original Mia says:

    I always thought he was more into her than she was into him. Maybe he didn’t understand that the 1st guy after a divorce is usually the transition guy, but that’s what he was. I don’t think he’s pining for her, though. I just think he hasn’t found anyone yet.

    Less said about that dark time with Swifty, the better.

  15. Moi says:

    My guess is that this is a “planted” story by his PR team. I think he’s bi, but mostly prefers men. If he really loved Reese, to quote Beyonce, “If you like it, you should have put a ring on it”. Tim Toth did.

  16. Dee Cee says:

    Gaygyllenhaal no break Franco’s heart that easy..

  17. SmartGirlsAlwaysWinInTheEnd says:

    Yeah,okay Toothy Tile aka Dimples aka puleeez!

  18. nina says:

    lainey is adamant about saying he’s not gay(never ruled out bi though I think).

    But the “gross” part of the blind item is michael pitt I bet, that’s exactly how she describes him, pseudo dark and gross and everything’s beneath him, which is why he got cut from boardwalk empire.

  19. T.C. says:

    Lainey pushes the Jake is straight story too much for me to believe her. She is invested in Jake being straight.

  20. FrowninPabloDread says:

    Jake to Reese… “I wish I could quit you”

    haha. Someone had to make a broke-back mountain response. and that pirate was me. Seems to me closest cases avoid anything even slightly homoerotic. Don’t really believe he would do a film with a gay love affair in it if he was worried about being associated with homosexuality.

  21. Bubulle says:

    Lainey is full of shit when it comes to Jake, he has been outed countless times back in his BB days and not just by Ted and Perez.

  22. skuddles says:

    Never mind that, how about rumors that Jakey and James Franco had a torrid affair recently? Whereby Jake dumped James and sent him into a big tailspin… gawd, reading too many blinds these days 😉

  23. Rux says:

    Totally believe Jake is still hung up.

  24. Rux says:

    Seriously, on a side note; Instagram!? Do we not have enough photo sharing out there? How much is enough. I am having a hard time keeping up with Twitter, Facebook, Google One, etc. I understand having options but if this is the case, let’s add more hours on to the day.

  25. Khalesi says:

    I doubt Reese W. would beard for 2 years and let someone she was supposedly fake dating get close to her kids. JG was in the same high school class as my cousin and while he was a bit of a douce, he wasn’t even remotely gay back then.

  26. Lota says:

    Dimples is imo JGL, ‘loves dresses’ refers to his bff Zooey Deschanel obviously, she’s all retro and cute and he is ‘popular and adorable’, have no idea who Drama might be, but on the subject I don’t believe Jake is gay, I see him more as a chill guy who’s into hanging out and less into womanizing..and some pics with Reese back in the day seemed believable, but I too think she just used him and then moved on, and he was like: ‘eh? too bad but whatevs. milkshake anyone?’