Between October and December 2010, three months after facing the Swifties‘ wrath, Jake Gyllenhaal has just shared—for the first time—his thoughts on Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well,” in which the singer supposedly gives her side of the pair’s stormy dating history. Following the November 2021 release of Red (Taylor’s Version), the tumultuous romance was revisited with an expanded version and a short video depicting some of the scenes inspired by Swift’s actual relationship with Gyllenhaal.
Until now, Gyllenhaal has been silent on the matter, but in a recent interview, he finally chose to address the situation. “It doesn’t have anything to do with me. It’s about how she feels about her supporters. It’s her facial expression. Artists get inspiration from personal situations, which I don’t think is a bad thing “I told Esquire,” he remarked.
People used the internet to try to intimidate Gyllenhaal at the time of the song’s re-release, but despite blocking comments on his Instagram postings, he didn’t find the situation tough.
“I think it’s vital at some point when supporters get unruly, that we feel a responsibility to keep them civil and not enable cyberbullying in one’s name,” the actor remarked.
When asked if he had heard the album or the song, Gyllenhaal replied simply, “No.”
It never would have been possible to go back & remake my previous work, uncovering lost art & forgotten gems along the way if you hadn’t emboldened me. Red is about to be mine again, but it has always been ours. Now we begin again. Red (my version) is outhttps://t.co/ZUAWDuv4jL pic.twitter.com/Ji26KdOlWQ
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 12, 2021
NO PROBLEMS TODAY JUST CHAMPAGNE🥂 I wanted to share this video with you from when @aaron_dessner and I were doing our fittings for the video and there was a piano, so ofc this happened. SO stoked evermore has been honored like this. Congrats to all our fellow nominees #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/e50IShhoe6
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 23, 2021