Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger
Jake Gyllenhaal stops to grab a cup of coffee in Brentwood, Calif. on Sunday morning.
Earlier this weekend, Jake, 27, was spotted hiking at a Los Angeles park with girlfriend Reese Witherspoon and her two kids, Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4. It was the first sighting of the star since his Brokeback costar Heath Ledger’s passing.
It was reported last week that Jake was in New Mexico shooting his new film, Brothers. Presumably, he flew back home recently to attend the private memorial service for Heath, which was attended by his close family and friends.
Jake is the godfather of Heath and Michelle Williams 2-year-old daughter Matilda.








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Um, Jannie you clearly didn’t read what I wrote. I clarified that I don’t know anything for sure. I was making comparisons to friendships in my own life and comparing it to what might have possibly gone on with Heath and Jake. Btw, you can have more than one best friend. I have no clue what Heath’s drug intake was or wasn’t. You are the one making claims that I am sure you don’t have a clue about. And no I don’t Jake is an oddball because he didn’t make a statement. Frankly you seem like the total oddball. And you can find the article on Jake upset over Heath at the People.com website.
Above should be I don’t think Jake is an oddball…
You’re getting veeeerrrry boring Jannie. You seem just as hell bent on proving that Heath and Jake weren’t friends as you do proving that Heath was a drug addict.
I never knew Heath Ledger the person, but have been mesmerised by his poignant, brave, daring, amazing on screen performances. And yet I was deeply saddened by his loss and was surprisingly affected by it. So if I can feel like this, isn’t it obvious that anyone who did know him and had some level of friendship or relationship with him would clearly be quite affected by his death.
Why is it so difficult for you to accept that while they might not have been “best friends” at the time of Heath’s death (we all know that friendships wax and wane) , it doesn’t change the fact that they were friends and anyone who looses a friend feels the loss.
You seem fixated on the differences between Heath and Jake….so I’ll give you another one….Heath was out there, a ladies man and unabashedly so. Jake is a closetted gay…he’s the one who’s not being true to himself. Since you want ot out Heath as a drug addict….why doesn’t your sweet, little Jake just come out of his closet already.
Yeah I guess a ladies man and a closeted gay don’t have that much in common.
cheyenne you are making assumptions as well, you do NOT know ANYTHING, so will you SHUT UP as well.
Jannie et Cheyenne parlent de la vie de Heath son addiction à la drogue, de la soi disant homosexualité de Jake( ben oui ragôts tant qu’il ne l’a pas avoué lui même) , ce n’est pas le sujet!Vous vous demandez la nature de la relation de Heath et Jake, s’ils étaient les meilleurs amis du monde, ça nous en savons rien mais mais amis proches ils l’étaient surement!Sinon pourquoi avoir mis Jake parrain de Matilda( avec toutes les responsabilités que ça comporte)? Heath n’avait - il que lui comme ami?
Pour Jannie , vu que tu comprends le français et moi l’anglais je vais te dire une chose: tu affirmes que Jake n’est pas aussi bon acteur que Heath, très bien c’est ton ressenti..Heureusement que tout le monde ne pense pas comme toi, d’ailleurs je pense que de vouloir affirmer des choses comme une vérité générale est à mon avis un bon moyen d’avoir en retour des gens comme moi qui sont obligés de remmettre en place des gens comme toi qui se prennent pour des “madames je sais tout, j’ai tout vu ,tout connu”alors qu’on sait très bien que tu lis un peu trop la presse à scandale, tu n’arrives plus à réfléchir par toi même et au lieu de laisser le bénéfice du doute à Jake, non tu l’attaques , tu le compares à Heath, mais je ne vois pas pourquoi on devrait le comparerà lui, les 2 sont totalement différents et ce n’est pas parcequ’ils ont joués des rôles similaires qu’ils sont pareils!J’aimais beaucoup Heath, et j’aime aussi beaucoup Jake!Pour moi ce sont 2 acteurs qui ont donné d’incroyables performances dans brokeback mountain( je n’ai toujours pas compris d’ailleurs pour quoi JAKE a été nominé aux oscars en tant que second rôle, il méritait d’être dans la même catégorie que Heath)Enfin bref, perso je pense que chacun est différent dans son registre et ça ne veut pas dire qu’il yen a un meilleur que l’autre, ils ont juste fait des choix cinématographiques différents!
De plus,je rajouterai qu’il ya vraiment que les “Haters” pour vouloir à ce point faire une comparaison entre les 2 et je vois que ça vous donne une légitimité de casser du sucre sur Jake puisque Heath est mort !Pitoyable! Vous n’êtes à priori personne pour le juger, vous ne le connaissez pas ..
Bref,pour finir la notion e respect pas mal de monde l’a oublié comme Jannie et CHEYENNE par exemple…
#105 Valma
I don’t read French… so if you can, please write your post in English. I know it’s a very long one, so just the main points, if you have time.
I realise that writing in your native language is easy but not as easy in a second language. I think your English is excellent, from your posts so far.
BTW, my issue with Jannie is that she seems so intent on focusing on Heath’s “drug addiction”. I am just trying to defend (and honour) someone who is no longer here to defend himself.
So that is why I raised the issue of Jake’s sexual orientation. If Jannie wants to talk about a dead man’s drug addiction, then why can’t I talk about a living man’s sexual orientation. At least Jake is alive and can defend himself , if he so chooses or if he thinks is necessary. Both drug addiction and sexual orientation are controversial topics. Jannie opened a can of worms first. She pointed the finger first.
My other issue with Jannie is that she questions their friendship. What she doesn’t realise is that she is insulting both Heath and Jake with this.
Finally, the reason I am writing all this to you….even though it is mainly about Jannie, is because your post is obviously directed at both Jannie and myself….so my comments, in turn, are for both of you.
If you don’t want to re-do your post in English…I totally understand.
Jake has defended himself, but people like you DO NOT BELIEVE him. You would rather believe a gossip columnist who has been proven wrong agaain and again and again.
Cheyenne, ok sorry ,i write in english like it’s not easylol! i don’t want re do my post english because you know, i understand english but my vocabulary is very limited!HOWEVER,i will try to explain my point of view!
You want to defend Heath’s honour ok, i am agree with you but not with your method!! You defend him while attacking Jake with his supposedly homosexuality and for me it(s not correct!
I just think Jake and HEATH are different !So why do you want comparate them?Because they played similar roles in brokeback?I liked very much Heath and i like Jake too! They are for me incredible actors and i dont like really this competion you would want install between them!
Jannie thinks to know everything , to possess the truth but it’s false ! Nobody knows the truth and WE ARE nobody to judge Jake’s actions or Heath !
humm i am sorry for my mistakeslol
Jake has distanced himself from Heath by his lack of reaction toward his passing. Drug user or not, Heath was still his co-star in a groundbreaking movie– the most acclaimed film they both starred in to date and maybe for years to come for Jake– and the father of his god-daughter. The status of his relationship with Heath is irrelevant, the right thing to do, the human thing was to honor his colleague in whatever way he wanted. Stop making excuses for him, the fact is he gave no sign he cares about Heath’s death, those fabrications in the rags like People and Life Style are you PR junk.
No, Jake doesn’t owe us any statement, but he owes it to the man he once claimed to be bff to, his behavior is disgraceful. He’s simply acting like he doesn’t care, like he didn’t even know Heath. And yes his attitude is very strange to say in the least.
edit *are just PR junk.
saddened, i am not agree with you! It’s your opinion i respect !For me Jake dont’ have reaction, but i am sure he has a great respect for HEATH and i don’t see Jake insensitive sorry like you see him ! I dont know him but it’s impossible to be inflexible when an close person is dead! Iam very sure , he is sad !
Saddened, give me a break. Jake’s feelings are his own and he doesn’t owe anyone a statement. You have no clue what Jake has said to Heath’s family and friends. They are the ones he should talk to not you who make snap judgements about Jake distancing himself from Heath. How dare you do that. Really you are disgraceful for demanding something from someone you have no clue about. How come you aren’t demanding a statement from Michelle Williams or Christian Bale or Heath’s other friends. Sadly Jake becomes the punching bag for a lot of judgemental idiots who care more about obsessing about Jake’s sexuality. Those people don’t understand that Jake is probably grieving right now. Just leave Jake alone. He owes you a good performance in movies (which he does), he doesn’t owe you his private life.
I think it is truly sad that some people expect Jake to give a statement re Heath, as you say nemia they are the obsessives because nobody else is.
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I guess Jake’s big sister must be pretty desperate for attention. I suppose being married she can risk this. Poor Jake wouldn’t dare doing the male equivalent.
Let’s stick to some facts:
Heath was a drug user and probably an addict. The evidence is massive and overwhelming. To deny it is to be simply stupid.
Heath was a superb actor, at least in Brokeback, no doubt about that.
Jake is a very competent “jobbing actor”–one who acts to have a job.
Jake and Heath are different as Valma says: indeed, Heath is the better actor; that makes them “different.”
Finding all sorts of explanations for Jake’s failure to say anything about Heath is pathetic. There are no reasonable explanations, other than that he is too busy or indifferent to do so.
Assuming all sorts of things about their relationship is also silly; there is NO evidence they had much to do with each other outside their professional obligations. The fact that Jake was asked to be the godfather doesn’t mean much. When asked you accept. He has done nothing since for the girl. And what about the godmother? Nobody even mentions her because these relationships don’t necessarily mean much.
Get real, people.
I might add that Jake spends lots of time with La Witherspoon’s kids. None with Mathilda. That should clue you in. He is into Witherspoon; he isn’t close to Williams. When you begin to see pictures of him with Mathilda riding on his shoulders then you can say he is doing his godfatherly duties. And you might recall he found it disgusting to change his niece’s diapers. Do you think he would want to change Mathilda’s?? He is not into diaper changing. And I support him in that.
Jannie you are really pathetic. You can’t speak for other people’s relationships or how they feel about anything. Let alone Jake or Heath. You need to get real because you really only sound like a sc*mbag.
i don’t think Heath WAS the better actor !I think they have an equivalence performance in BROKEBACK and no take like exemple academy awards..
Je vais continuer à écrire en Français si tu veux bien , ça commence à être compliquer de m’exprimer dans la langue de SHAKESPEARE!
Je ne vois pas quels sont tes critères pour affirmer concrètement que Heath est meilleur que Jake!Chacun , je le répète est différent, ils n’ont pas du tout fait les mêmes choix cinématographiques!
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Tu crosi détenir la vérité sur tout !Je vais te dire ce que je pense
Je pense que tu lis trop les journaux people ( très bien ej ne te juge pas)mais quand on arrive plus à faire une distinction entre ce qui est vrai et pas vrai(et ça a vraiment l’air d’être ton cas)là ça devient problématique!
Tu commencerais par dire “i think” au lieu d’affirmer ça comme une vérité générale , je pourrais te prendre au sérieux!Hors ce n’est pas le cas!
Tu n’as pas l’air d”avoir vu beaucoup de films de Heath Ledger( on ne peut pas te considerer comme fan) et tu as déjà une opinion tout arrêter sur son talent( et oui il en a) mais pas que dans BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, dans the patriot, les frères GRIMM, i am not there aussi il est vraiment excellent.et surement dans DARK KNIGHT.!De même que Jake est épatant dans DONNIE darko, ZODIAC, JARHEAD…
voilà fatu pas s’arrêter à Brokeback!
Pour une non fan de Jake et pour quelqu’un que tu n’aimes pas , tu t’interresses beaucoup à lui quand même à ce que je vois,
étrange!
How come you aren’t demanding a statement from Michelle Williams
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/02/01/michelle-williams-privacy-heath-ledger/#comments
Any more weak excuses?
biensur Heath est décédé j’arrive pas vraiment à m’y faire d’où le fait que j’utilise le présent pour l’évoquer désolée
Saddened, Michelle made that statement today on her own accord. You certainly weren’t demanding her to say something. Yet you have been demanding Jake make a statement way before that. There are no weak excuses just weak people like you. Jake has every right to mourn in his own time. If he makes a statement that would be good but he doesn’t have to because it is his business how he grieves. Sadly vultures like you will probably give him a hard time when/if he does comment. Just leave the guy alone already.
#108 Valma
Thankyou for your post in English Valma. You have done an excellent job in expressing yourself ….better than many whose English is their first language!
To all those who are questioning/doubting Heath’s and Jake’s friendship because Jake hasn’t issued a statement….hasn’t Jake taken time off the movie he is currently making?
If he didn’t give a sh*t, he would carry on as if nothing has happened.
As for constantly being seen with Witherspoon and her kids….well they are dating aren’t they? There is a difference between a God-child and the children of the woman you are dating. Obviously Jake is going to spend way, way more time with Reese’s kids because they are part of the “package” so to speak.
You are grasping at straws Jannie.
All this discussion about Jake´s feelings is nosense!
The guy doesn´t have to do any statement about Heath´s death.
Neither about Matilda.
Although I think he is a great guy and he´ll do everything to Matilda and Michelle.
Some people have forgotten that own Heath invite him to be a godfather of his first child. So there´s no right to think Jake is bad guy. I am sure he worries now.
You “think”; you are “sure”? You don’t have any idea at all, so why do you assume that you know what he will do? All you know is that he has said NOTHING publicly. You have NO idea if he “worries”—that is all just idle speculation on your part.
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