Reese Witherspoon still talks to Jake

By Alexandra Heilbron on February 16, 2010 | 11 Comments


reese_witherspoonReese Witherspoon still “calls and emails” her ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal regularly. The blonde star ended her two-year-romance with the Hollywood hunk last year, after realizing she wasn’t ready to settle down with him. She was also said to be concerned she wasn’t spending enough time with her two children with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe. Although Reese was the one to make the decision, it has been claimed she is finding it hard to let go. “She definitely still loves Jake, so this has been hard for her. She still calls and emails Jake and it makes him think she regrets breaking up with him and wants to get back together,” a source told Us Weekly magazine. The constant attention from Reese has apparently left Jake confused, as he is unsure whether she is still in love him. He is believed to have made several attempts to rekindle their romance, and it has been claimed he has spent much of the last few months “pining” for his former lover. “Part of him wants to make it work,” a friend of Jake’s explained. “But the other part knows it won’t.”



Comments & Discussion

  1. JR White • February 16, 2010 @ 1:57 PM

    Bummer… She’s a total babe!

  2. gypsy • February 16, 2010 @ 4:29 PM

    Reese shouldn’t be holding on to him in any way,unless she wants him back for good.Reese knows Jake still wants to be with her ,so why hurt him and give him hope that she may come back.That’s a horrible way to treat another human being!!Perhaps she should be reminded,what goes around comes around!Playing games with his head is just not cool,only grade school children act that way!!I feel bad for him!!!!Can’t say what I REALLY WANT TO CALL HER!!!!

  3. tributegirl • February 16, 2010 @ 5:19 PM

    Agreed, gypsy, she should decide what she wants, and if she doesn’t want him, she should let him go. But it sounds to me like maybe she is unsure of what she wants and doesn’t quite want to cut all ties until she knows for sure. Still awful hard for him though.

  4. jane • February 16, 2010 @ 10:42 PM

    A breakup is always hard, for both people, no matter the reasons, and life rarely puts us in situations where we react in black and white. It’s only human to waver, and it’s a difference between playing whith somebody’s feelings when you are not emotionally involved, and fighthing with your emotions. I seems to me that her brain and her heart are pulling her in opposite directions, and she is trying to figure it out, fumbling at times, just like the rest of us. Let’s give her a break.

  5. mandee • February 17, 2010 @ 1:59 AM

    gypsy, tg and jane i agree with all 3 of you. although, you all forgot something. what about her children? what do you suppose its like for THEM to have jake in their lives then all of a sudden hes not there anymore? i can understand what youre saying jane, but i think reese needs to spend some time alone and figure out if she really loves jake or not. if she does, then marrying him shouldnt be such a big deal if its what will make him happy. i can understand being a bit scared after the last marriage didnt work out, but why choose for someone else that they arent allowed to marry the woman (or man) they love just because youve been through heartache? i think she needs to back off.

  6. Carol • February 17, 2010 @ 7:38 AM

    It’s hard because maybe he didn’t necessarily click with her kids, and many people have been torn in this situation, they love their kids, they love the other party, but the kids and the other person together are hard. She made the right choice to be with her kids, but it doesn’t make it any easier if she does love him. She is probably confused, and I’m sure that many of us, for different reasons, have been in this situation before. The heart and mind say two different things sometimes.

  7. silver • February 17, 2010 @ 9:22 AM

    Jane, a very intelligent comment. Confusion about love is a difficult thing to deal with. Every one of your statements is bang on.

  8. gypsy • February 17, 2010 @ 2:40 PM

    Did I read the article wrong?Has it not been a year since she broke up with him?If it has been a year I believe its been long enough to make up her mind and stop hurting him by hanging on!!

  9. Nancy • February 17, 2010 @ 7:17 PM

    Nah, it hasn’t been a year, Gypsy. It was “last year” though, at the end of 2009. She needs to figure this out and quick, before she loses him for good. Jake won’t “wait” forever and it’s not right to string him along like this. Her kids will be just fine. It will take some adjusting but they will come to love him, if that’s who she chooses to be with.

  10. tributegirl • February 17, 2010 @ 9:09 PM

    Nah, mandee, I didn’t forget about the kids, I just didn’t know what I wanted to say about that situation.

  11. mandee • February 18, 2010 @ 10:18 AM

    i was kind of torn about what i wanted to say about the kids too. lol. im not exactly satisfied with what i DID say, but im not sure what else i WANT to say either.


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