Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger

Hey Anonymous - When you lose a close loved one, at least from my experience, you are immediately in shock, disbelief, don’t know what to do. You try to keep busy, and quite often you don’t want just anyone to know how much pain you are in and how hurt you are, you try to keep up a brave front. It’s later, after the shock wears off and the reality of it sinks in that you really start to grieve. And not everybody grieves in the same way.

One very good reason to think Jake and Heath were NOT close is that their life styles were complete opposites. Heath was a carouser at night and a druggie. Jake stays in at night and probably never took a drug in his life. Life styles completely different.

# 78 Jannie

Yeah you are right…completely different lifestyles. Heath was a ladies man and Jake is a closetted gay….

jacinta you are an stupid girl! sorry for you but it’s the truth lol
jannie you don’t know heath and jake personnally so you are very ridiculous with your comments !
JannIE thinks to know everything on JAKE AND HEATH, poor girl!

Grieving Jake Gyllenhaal mourns loss of friend Heath Ledger
By BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 11:35 PM

Heath Ledger’s on-screen forbidden lover Jake Gyllenhaal is so grief-stricken by the Aussie actor’s death he’s taken leave from filming a new movie to mourn.

The “Brokeback Mountain” co-stars were so close that Ledger made Gyllenhaal godfather to his only child, 2-year-old Matilda.

“Jake is taking this harder than most people,” a friend of the actor told People.com. The 27-year-old actor has been grieving in seclusion and has yet to issue a statement since Ledger’s body was found in his SoHo loft Jan. 22.

Gyllenhaal was in New Mexico filming his latest movie, “Brothers,” when he received word of Ledger’s death. The cause of Ledger’s death is undetermined, pending a toxicology report.

Gyllenhaal immediately left the set, returning a few days later to finish filming a scene. The actor has since been on personal leave from the film to mourn in private. He was last seen in public Saturday, walking with girlfriend Reese Witherspoon and her children.

“This has had a strong personal effect on [Jake],” a source on the “Brothers” movie set told People. “It was obviously a major trauma. These guys were very close. [Jake] was sitting in the director’s chair staring off into space.”

Gyllenhaal and Ledger, 28, were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances as gay cowboys in the 2005 film.

poor girl you are very pathetic and nasty, not intelligent
that’s the reality !
I have REALLY pity for you! But it’s true, i forget you are very closed with Heath….
you haven’t argument apart from an immensity hatred against JAKE !
Jake isn’t forced to do declarations in public if he doesn’t want, i understand him!
and he isn’t bad guy for all that!
SORRY MY FIRST LANGAGE IS FRENCH, i can write french if you want! IAM SURE you don’t understand it’s normal, you are so idiot!!!!

What most people know is what we hear from the media, period. Unless someone knows these people intimately, how could anyone possibly know what is going one, what relationships are, etc.

It seems to me that Jake G. has class and dignity. I respect him more for keeping his feelings private. I cannot stand when people shove a microphone in someone’s face and ask how they “feel” about his death. Daniel Day Lewis dedicated his award to him and he HAD NEVER MET HIM. To me, that is bizarre.

As for his hiking with his girlfriend and her children, does anyone think that might have been comforting to him? Getting away from everything? Being with children helps a lot of people who are grieving. People grieve in different ways.

I am sure that, in time, he will publicly speak about his feelings. They may be too fresh now.

What pray tell is “bizarre” about a first rate actor praising another first rate actor when the latter has tragically died? Most public figures find it OBLIGATORY to say something when someone “close” to them has died. It is common custom. Nothing bizarre at all. What is bizarre is NOT saying a word. Unless, of course, the person means nothing to you. You don’t say anything when “Mr. Unknown to you” dies, do you? But if your best friend had died you would be expected to say something. Get real, people. Jake’s behavior is oddballish.

The only drug you ever see Jake take is caffeine. LOL.

Jannie - You assume that because Jake isn’t making a statement to the media about Heath, that Heath means nothing to him. You don’t know what he’s feeling, whether or not he mourns for Heath. It really doesn’t matter what Jake’s sexual orientation is, it is still possible and probable that he mourns his friend’s (or for your benefit, acquaintance’s) death. Give the guy a break!

Valma; thanks for writing in French. That way I can understand what you say. Now let’s get things straight, ok? (I would write in French, but it would be no better than your English). I respect Heath as a actor; he was a very fine actor. He was however a drug addict and while that is sad I cannot respect it. It would be silly to expect me to “respect” his vices. Now Jakey is a fine guy: clean living, nice, quite normal, etc. However he is not as good an actor as was Heath. As far as “respecting” him, I admire his ability to stay clean amidst all the dirt of the movie business. But the idea that he and Heath were great friends is simply not credible. There is NO evidence for that outside your imagination. And the idea that Jake is so cut up by Heath’s death that he can’t even release a statement of condolence is NONSENSE. You must be daft in the way only French women can be daft. Like Brigette Bardot-daft.

To the board at large:

Heath=drug addict

Jake=NOT a drug addict

Addicts don’t hang out with non addicts since they don’t share the most important thing in the addict’s life—drugs. Sooner or later addicts split from even the closest non addicts they know. That is why Michelle and Heath split. Get it? Or are you too stupid to understand?

And my comment stands even if the drug rumors are true, which we don’t know for sure. Clearly Michelle Williams is upset even if she left Heath because of drugs. She clearly cared for Heath and I would say that Jake cared for him too even if he distanced himself because of Heath’s supposed drug problems.

Nemia you seem to be making lots of assumptions and doing a lot of speculating yourself. Pot calling the kettle black? Some people never get the picture since they have no ability to see beyond a few details. There are so many reports of Heath’s drug use, you need to be in deep denial (why?) to claim he wasn’t addicted. The statement that Heath was Jake’s best friend is simply WRONG. Jake has said several times that Chris, the chef, is his best friend. You are silly enough to want them to be best friends, so you make them best friends when there is not an OUNCE of proof of that. They were seldom in the same place for the last couple of years. Stop you caterwauling nonsense. Wise up, oh stupid ones. And Jake is an oddball not to have said “boo” about Ledger’s death. And your explanation is stupid. If I didn’t say anything about the death of someone I never knew would you argue that that was because I was so heartbroken I couldn’t speak? That is the kind of argument you make about Jake. Please quote the passage from People mag that says Jake is upset about Heath’s death. I never saw or heard of it.