Taylor and Jake: Why They Split

Celebrity Body January 4, 2011 AT 6:16PM By UsWeekly Staff

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So what rhymes with Gyllenhaal?

Taylor Swift, 21, may be hard at work penning her next break-up ballad -- sources confirm to UsMagazine.com that she and Jake Gyllenhaal, 30, have ended their brief romance.

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"Jake reached out to her and started all of this, but now he’s not acting as interested," a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly (on stands Wednesday).

The previously inseparable pair called it quits just before New Year's Eve, then rang in 2011 separately.

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"He said he wasn't feeling it anymore and was uncomfortable with all the attention they got," says the insider of the just over two-month romance. "He also said he could feel the age difference. Taylor is really upset. We told her not to move so fast with this but she didn't listen."

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Explains a Gyllenhaal insider, “Jake cares about her, but [the publicity] was a lot for him. He wants to keep his private life private, and that’s hard to do dating Taylor.”

For more on the big split, pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on stands Wednesday!

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January 16, 2011 - 3:50am Victoria Trower
Taylor is a great role model, not a great singer, but she plays the guitar nice and she is a good song writer. I mean I'm not a fan of hers, but I've downloaded some of her stuff for free.99 off my cousins computer. Anyway, my point in all of this is that Jake, you are an a s s w i p e. In what planet did you live on when you started dating the girl, that you didn't know she was huge world wide and that her fans are rabid dogs who will hunt you down and kill you after they torture you for hruting T. Swift? I mean I'm just glad she copped up to being the reason why T2 didn't work out, because Taylor Lautner was about to get it. And of course there would be a gap in the age difference in a noticeable way. This girl is singing about fairy tales and shizznot and Romeo and Juliet and you take movies roles where you have to hump other dudes who are way hotter than you. What exactly did you think you were gonna talk about, the situation in Chechnya? Jeez. You didn't have to play her like that is all I'm saying.
January 15, 2011 - 1:25am Reneida Rodriguez
He is a dumbass motherfu%#$ he is stupid and i hate him n i hate everyone that had make her sad.Why would he go out for 2 months if the age bothers him??? if he already knew she had 21 what a dumbass old men i frikin hate him im really mad right f u JAKE
January 10, 2011 - 9:48am Annette K Cardenas
BOO HOO!! POOR BABY. I'D BE LEARY IF I WAS A GUY DATING YOU CUZ U WILL WRITE A SONG WHEN IT IS OVER!YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A REAL RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE YOU ARE FAMOUS. THAT IS THE DOWNSIDE OF FAME!
January 06, 2011 - 8:36pm Derek Bignell
It happens. couples break-up all the time. Maybe he was bothered by the age gap even though at 21 she is no kid. Maybe he was bothered by the attention she generated, she has a huge following.
January 05, 2011 - 6:22pm Kelsey Dennings
Woww people Hate to much on here. taylor swift one of the few good role models who doesnt get herslef in trouble to me personally shes a great singer and song writter. people rllly need to get a life and stop dissin(SP)
January 05, 2011 - 6:16pm Debbie Toomey Herbert
Taylor if you are reading this - you are a wholesome down-to-earth non-hollywood type from PA - around the corner from Buffalo, NY. I've got just the guy for you! He's 24 yrs. old with blue eyes and dark brown hair. A down-to-earth and easy-going working man. And, he's tall and just right for you. He's six feet six so you can wear your highest heels! If things don't work out - write a song about it. I'll even lend you a hand at it! And most important - he has NO KIDS YET and NEVER BEEN MARRIED!! If inerested darlin, get in touch!!
January 05, 2011 - 5:16pm Tricia Minahan Marchlik
maybe he left her when he heard her sing... she's absolutely awful!!
January 05, 2011 - 4:27pm Elizabeth Penner Ostinett
He was just another song to her, she doesn't care about relationships.
January 05, 2011 - 1:42pm Cigar Cat
Well, this PR STUNT blew up in everyone's face didn't it... Perhaps next time you want Jake to not seem gay you shouldn't choose a rat face like Taylor Swift to play the role of girlfriend....
January 05, 2011 - 12:21pm Jacqueline Barbour
"Jake reached out to her and started all of this, but now heâ??s not acting as interested," a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly (on stands Wednesday). If Jake lost interest in her, then it's time for them to split. Jake's a simple person why stay around if he knows that his interest has waned.
January 05, 2011 - 11:47am Ruma Campos
Best breakup song ever Filomena LMAO I can see it now. - " Oh why'd you leave me all alone, sitting here near the phone, the half-eaten apple pie that we baked, the love that was at stake and ohhhh the eggs grits and ham, but I left my man, and here I am, sitting all alone near a pie as I cry and lie awake looking at the sky and wondering, Would things be different if I let him touch my hoo hoo, and I now I sit here all alone crying BOO HOO!!!!
January 05, 2011 - 11:46am Kira K. Rudnick
I agree Debra - It's a real shame she gets so much praise for being a "singer" when she sounds so horrible live (weak voice always off-key)...she's a great songwriter for sure though and wardrobe-wise a wholesome role model for youngsters!
January 05, 2011 - 10:51am Brewster Antin
He was way too old for her. Why didn't Jake realize when they first started dating that she was way too young -- she was only 20 years old then. I like Taylor, but boy - she sure seems to pick the wrong guys. This was never going to work - it was obvious from the start.
January 05, 2011 - 9:52am Kiba L. Bethea
He says there was too much media attention but what he really means is "So uh yeah, I've got all I wanted from you and now I'm bored...time to move on to the next chic." If he really cared for her so much, i don't think media attention would stop him from being with her..just saying.
January 05, 2011 - 8:51am Alar Truve
Jake got his Golden Globe nom out of this. Girl got power.
January 05, 2011 - 8:24am Filomena Araujo
Why, Thank You Lizzy!!! I try!!! :)
January 05, 2011 - 7:46am Bernice Newell-Pelava
he is gay and she was his beard for publicity for her new album,
January 05, 2011 - 7:39am Donna Kelly
its not like you're supposed to marry every guy you date! Thats what dating is FOR! Didn't work out, move on! She's too young to be serious anyway.
January 05, 2011 - 4:56am Erica Schachne
More like Jake's publicist realized that the public wasn't eating it up and just 'was not that into' the PR anymore
January 04, 2011 - 11:10pm Letha Alexander
I agree with Kasey Lasse..this wasn't some big "relationship". They dated a few times and moved on. The media makes such a big deal out of every couple that has a few dates like they should be announcing their engagement by the fifth date. Jeez, shes 21. I'm sure she will date plenty more guys before she finds Mr Right. That's what normal people do.