In the wake of Taylor Swift releasing a short film for an extended version of her song All Too Well alleged to be about him, Jake Gyllenhaal spent time with another rumored target of the song.
Is this a moment of complete reversal?
Anextended video for one of Taylor Swift’s most popular songs, “Blank Space,” was released the day before, with the actor attending a star-studded gathering to commemorate his sister, who many believe is also mentioned in the song.
The Lost Daughter director Maggie Gyllenhaal was honored with the Breakthrough Director award at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 13, when the 40-year-old actor joined her. Her husband and co-star Peter Sarsgaard awarded her with a plaque for her outstanding contribution to the film industry.
Jake was also on hand to deliver the Sound Editing Award to Mandell Winter and David Esparza of The Guilty at the presentation. Javier Bardem, Kirsten Dunst, Awkwafina and Kelly Marie Tran were among the other celebrities who presented during the event.
Prior to the release of her new Red album, Taylor, 31, had been involved in a lengthy legal dispute over her music. With her debut album, All Too Well, she made an accompanying short film featuring Dylan O’Brien from Teen Wolf and Sadie Sink from Stranger Things, which she later performed on SNL.
Some fans have long speculated that “All Too Well” is about Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Jake, who was 29 at the time of their brief 2010 relationship. I left my scarf at your sister’s place / and you still have it in your drawer, even now,” are the original lyrics.
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen host Maggie had said in 2017: “I never understood why everyone kept asking me about this scarf. Whoa, what’s that?
“You said if we had been closer in age maybe everything would have been great / And that made me want to die,” are the additional lyrics in the extended version of “All Too Well.” When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that “I’ll get older, but your boyfriends will always be my age.””
When asked about his former relationship with Taylor, Jake, who is known for his secrecy, has remained silent. He described the singer as a “beautiful girl” to Howard Stern in 2015, but he didn’t go into detail about her.
It’s not uncommon for Taylor to write cryptic lyrics about her real-life relationships, both past and current. It’s easier or considerably worse for them, 10 years later, if they think they were the ones you were singing about, Seth Meyers asked her on NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers.
“I haven’t given it a second thought,” Taylor said, “to be fair.”