Rumors about the engagement/impending marriage of Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are a dime a dozen. Every couple of months, a new round begins, sometimes even with a new twist on the old story. Personally, I really like Reese and Jake, and I think they love each other and know what they’re doing. If they get married, great. If not, I understand. My reading of the situation has always been that Reese is gun-shy after her devastating divorce to Ryan Phillippe.
So, onto the latest rumor! This comes from In Touch Weekly, and I just found it very cute. Reese and Jake haven’t even formally gotten engaged, but Reese already has her dress picked out! What made it really funny for me is that Reese picked out a dress, making sure that her daughter Ava could wear an identical, miniature version. Considering Ava is already the Mini-Me version of Reese, the matching dresses could be overkill:
She may not be officially engaged yet, but Reese Witherspoon has already decided on the dress.
“Reese has picked out the gown she’s going to wear when she and Jake [Gyllenhaal] finally get married,” says a pal of the actress’. “It’s an unconventional color just like Gwen Stefani’s, and her daughter, Ava, will wear an identical dress.”
Ava, 9, loves matching her mom and already has about 50 identical outfits, says the friend, so she’s very excited to walk down the aisle as the flower girl, wearing a miniature version of Reese’s gown.
Jake and Reese have been together since 2007, and as previously reported by In Touch, he is so smitten by Reese that he has proposed numerous times, as recently as their last trip to Italy, but Reese was hesitant to say yes after her failed marriage to Ryan Phillippe.
But it seems that she is finally ready to make things official. In addition to the gown, Reese is already planning an intimate ceremony at her Ojai, California home.
She’s also content that Ava and son Deacon, 5, adore Jake.
“He not only wants to be her husband, he wants to take responsibility for her children,” says his pal. “they’re in a good place.”
[From In Touch Weekly, print edition, June 22 2009]
I always end up rooting for Reese. If Jake makes her happy, so be it. I think Jake is probably really close to both Ava and Deacon, and the four of them seem to spend a lot of time together. So, will Jake and Reese ever really tie the knot? Reese strikes me a traditional girl, and yet there are those nagging worries about fidelity, right? Go for it, Reese! Jake will make you happy!
Reese and Jake are shown out in NY on 6/6/09. Thanks to ANT GRIFFITH/bauergriffinonline.com. Reese and Ava are shown out on 12/10/08. Credit: Fame Pictures
I agree they should get married, Jake is a really nice guy. They make a perfect couple.
I like Reese too. Sometimes I read random comments from either bloggers or blog-readers claiming Reese is a diva, but there are never any actual stories or details to back up that assertion. I think she seems very grounded.
sometimes i do wonder why reese keeps saying no whenever jake asks her to get married. if those gossip mills are true that he’s asked her many times, she better get some help to move forward from whatever issues she has from her marriage to ryan. how many years has it been now? i think no matter how smitten jake is with reese, one day he is going to give up and stop asking her to get married and then it will be over.
Ava dressing like Reese? Don’t think so. Maybe as a tiny toddler, but not now. She’s at an age where she’d think it was “uncool.” The stuff about her marching down the aisle dressed like Reese, as a flower girl, is just B.S. She is too old for that. She is junior bridesmaid material.
I think Jake and Reese have decided to marry. I even think she has her dress picked out and they sketch out together the kind of wedding they want…and where they will do it. I think Reese is over her shyness. The real issue may have more to do with having more kids. I think Jake wants kids. I don’t know about Reese. I also think that if they have kids, they would have to work out a lot of stuff with her kids. Blending families is not easy.
I hope Jake realizes there is no need for him to take responsibility for children who already have a father.
He needs to have his own kids or at least acknowledge the parent that is already very much in the picture. Just because Reese is bitter and angry doesn’t mean the kids are out shopping for a new parent.
MAN they are so freakin cute together.
@ Ally
Word! Ryan is a very involved parent.
Aside from that, I don’t think Reese and Jake are engaged. There’s a reason why she keeps saying no. How many men bawk at the idea of marriage with their longtime girlfriend, yet end up marrying the next woman they date? I think this is going to happen in reverse. For whatever reason, she doesn’t think Ryan is the right fit.
Reese is really cool and likable, but that lucky bitch sure gets the hottest dudes around.
I am cheering for Reese and Jake. They both seem to be very balanced & nice people. I hope they do tie the knot. Ryan is a good actor but he always seemed to be pouting about something. Maybe Reese and Ryan were incompatible
Are Jake and Reese going to wear matching beards? It would be quite appropriate, don’t you think?
Complementry outfits are one thing but identical dresses, wedding or not is just sad however you slice it.
I love Reese Witherspoon. 🙂
Reese Witherspoon is using her gay friend Jake Gyllenhaal for publicity. Jake is using Reese for heterosexual public image.
Fauxmance tabloid stories, like this one, are as boring as Reese.
“Reese is really cool and likable, but that lucky bitch sure gets the hottest dudes around.”
Reese is smug and fake and “hottest dudes around” know that.
Ryan – seven years of bad marriage, cheated on her and dumped her for a younger woman.
Jake – gay, fauxmance “bf”.
I like the movies she played!
And also like her very much!