Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal has blasted the cyberbullying against him that stemmed from his ex-flame Taylor Swift releasing a 10-minute version of her thinly-veiled 2012 song All Too Well on November 12.
‘I’m not unaware that there’s interest in my life,’ the 41-year-old actor told Esquire on Thursday.
‘At some point, I think it’s important when supporters get unruly that we feel a responsibility to have them be civil and not allow for cyberbullying in one’s name. That begs for a deeper philosophical question.
Finally speaks out! Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (L) has blasted the cyberbullying against him that stemmed from his ex-flame Taylor Swift (R) releasing a 10-minute version of her thinly-veiled 2012 song All Too Well on November 12
‘Not about any individual, per se, but a conversation that allows us to examine how we can – or should, even – take responsibility for what we put into the world, our contributions into the world. How do we provoke a conversation? We see that in politics. There’s anger and divisiveness, and it’s literally life-threatening in the extreme.’
And while his life was not threatened, Jake admitted he turned off his Instagram comments – mostly involving ‘stolen’ scarf emojis – from the 32-year-old pop star’s massive 423M social media following.
At one point, Gyllenhaal’s name was the fifth trending entertainment topic on Twitter with over 89K mentions.
Even five-time Grammy winner Dionne Warwick got in on the pile-up, offering to ‘pay the postage’ so The Guilty producer-star could finally return Taylor’s scarf.
The 41-year-old actor told Esquire on Thursday: ‘At some point, I think it’s important when supporters get unruly that we feel a responsibility to have them be civil and not allow for cyberbullying in one’s name’
Passionate fanbase: Jake admitted he turned off his Instagram comments – mostly involving ‘stolen’ scarf emojis – from the 32-year-old pop star’s (pictured November 13) massive 423M social media following
‘I’m not unaware that there’s interest in my life’: At one point, Gyllenhaal’s name was the fifth trending entertainment topic on Twitter with over 89K mentions
And while Swift never publicly confirmed the track was about her three-month romance with Jake in 2010, she directed a new music video starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien (who have a similar age difference).
‘It has nothing to do with me. It’s about her relationship with her fans,’ Gyllenhaal shrugged.
‘It is her expression. Artists tap into personal experiences for inspiration, and I don’t begrudge anyone that.’
The LA-born, NYC-based heartthrob is happier than ever with his girlfriend since March 2018, French model Jeanne Cadieu, who’s 15 years younger than him.
‘Box it up!’ Even five-time Grammy winner Dionne Warwick got in on the pile-up, offering to ‘pay the postage’ so The Guilty producer-star could return Taylor’s scarf
‘I’ll get older but your lovers stay my age’: And while Swift never publicly confirmed the track was about her three-month romance with Jake in 2010, she directed a new music video starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien (who have a similar age difference)
Gyllenhaal (pictured November 6) shrugged: ‘It has nothing to do with me. It’s about her relationship with her fans. It is her expression. Artists tap into personal experiences for inspiration, and I don’t begrudge anyone that’
‘In a lot of ways, we’re family. I’m in a relationship that is full of love and support. I feel so at ease,’ Jake (born Jacob) gushed.
‘My life is wonderful. I have a relationship that is truly wonderful, and I have a family I love so much. And this whole period of time has made me realize that.’
Aside from modeling the 26-year-old Elite Model is a student at Columbia University, which Gyllenhaal dropped out from in 2000 after only two years.
‘In a lot of ways, we’re family’: The LA-born, NYC-based heartthrob is happier than ever with his girlfriend since March 2018, French model Jeanne Cadieu (R, pictured September 29), who’s 15 years younger than him
Jake gushed: ‘I’m in a relationship that is full of love and support. I feel so at ease…My life is wonderful. I have a relationship that is truly wonderful, and I have a family I love so much’
The Brokeback Mountain alum is currently in Alicante, Spain filming his role as Sergeant John Kinley in Guy Ritchie’s Afghanistan-set action-thriller The Interpreter, which began principal photography this month.
But first audiences can catch Jake as car-jacking robber Danny Sharp in Michael Bay’s action thriller Ambulance, which hits UK theaters March 25 and US theaters April 8.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza González also star in the remake of Laurits Munch-Petersen’s 2005 movie Ambulancen.
Hard at work: Gyllenhaal is currently in Alicante, Spain filming his role as Sergeant John Kinley in Guy Ritchie’s (pictured in 2018) Afghanistan-set action-thriller The Interpreter, which began principal photography this month
Remake: But first audiences can catch the Brokeback Mountain alum as car-jacking robber Danny Sharp in Michael Bay’s (R) action thriller Ambulance, which hits UK theaters March 25 and US theaters April 8
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