Getting Sunday Sentimental: Jake and the Tony's Hottie, circa June 9 2013

lol.  Well, it is officially "Coleman" season, after all! Looks like that couple has found something more enjoyable than their pic-a-nic basket, doesn't it?  The doe is a crack up.

One of our faves, Jake Gyllenhaal is going to be presenting tonight at the 23rd Annual Tony Awards, 

Kristin Chenoweth, Jake Gyllenhaal, and More to Present at the Tony Awards https://t.co/RZNQOR4FVT pic.twitter.com/ShZ8JRYSo3

— NYBroadway Tours (@NYBroadwayTour) June 6, 2019

The Tony Awards is an event which gets we here at Narnia Dispatches a bit misty-eyed as we remember six years ago to this very day, when Jake performed some of his best theater work.  So for this stroll down memory land, let's play Sunday Sentimental Snuffling and take a little look back with our time machine.  And just like Narnia likes to do, we'll throw in a new revelation for everyone to ponder. 


It was a night to remember and still today, brings on an amazement party.

Just like tonight, Jake was scheduled to be a presenter back on June 9, 2013.  And boy, did Jake and his team present, i.e. Display.  Declare. Do the Honors. Imply. Infer. Stage. Suggest. I think that's enough synonyms.  ;D

The uniqueness about June 9, 2013 was that while Jake's fans and observers were tweeting and Facebook'ing in real time, there were three of us from Oh My Godot blogspot who were talking about it - via email and phone only and not on social media.  Let's look at the reason why.

Jake arrived late at Radio City Hall that night; the tardiness a habit he developed in later years, missing interviewers' questions and getting hustled along by his publicists because he was running late.  A convenient excuse to possibly miss questions about his personal life?  Anyway, here he was, leaving LAX on the 8th, one day prior to the awards show.

                                                                   Jake allegedly departing LAX 06 08 19

                                                                               Jake with his assistant and garment bag, off he goes!

We had pictures and video of Jake arriving on the red carpet for the Tony Awards. 

Aaah yes, he sure can wear a tux, can't he?  Anxious for any "backstage moments", we were given pictures of Jake with Matthew Broderick.  There were also reports he was in the vicinity of Cyndi Lauper, but there are no pictures of those moments.  We knew he had arrived because well, let's just say this was no surprise:

 

lol.  Always tethered to his publicists, isn't he?  ;-)  Sorry, Ralphie!

He's late, he's late! We can't even get a clear picture of the guy. Geesh!

And then, the show began.  Oh no, not the Tony's show.  This one.

• "Um, Jake Gyllenhaal has a male date for the Tony Awards?" - Facebook  Michael Leclerc at 19:39

• "Who is the bearded guy that jake gyllenhal is with at the Tony's tonight (inquiring minds...)" - Twitter @rolandscahill  at 19:39

• " Is that Jake Gyllenhaal"s boyfriend sitting next to him in the audience?" - Facebook Brian Griffin at 20:05
• Mr. Griffin also went on to share "But really, there's this guy he share's his clothes with because they end up wearing the same items in different photos, and I think that's him sitting next to Jake."

• "Who's the Bear sitting with Jake Gyllenhaal?" - Facebook Nick Vannello at 20:39

• "Who's the hottie beside Jake Gyllenhaal?" - Facebook  Curt Allison at 20:52

New York Post journalist:

These were but a few tweets and Facebook posts about Jake sitting with someone who undoubtedly was his date for the evening, not another actress. Not a model. Not Big Sis Maggie.  Not his mother.  Not a childhood friend or neighbor or member of a rock band. But a "hottie" male.  Narnia asked ourselves - did we miss a People or Time magazine cover somewhere along the way?  

There were so many social media observations, there were enough to fill an Excel spreadsheet (yes, that means there was one documented) and this was an interesting part of a FB thread by someone based in NYC.  She was a member of a graduate class from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, NY.  Imagine that - there's that fashion industry presence again!

Oh yes.  Amazing, wasn't it?  Jake had never been more out in his life!  ;-)

The volcanic explosion entitled "Jake Gyllenhaal and his hot boyfriend are on a date for the world to see" took off with a few strikes of the match on Twitter, Facebook and a DataLounge thread.  And it only grew.

Then there was a tweet to insinuate that Jake couldn't wait to get the heck out of Dodge once his presenting duty was over:

And then we were privy to a video via this tweet (video now deleted, of course).  It was of Jake sitting in the back seat of a limousine and with him, highly visible through the open window?  Oh wait, you mean we haven't shown you his picture yet?  Well, hold up. 

and,

                                                                                   *smirk* Jake and mystery Tony's Hottie 06 09 13

Limo window rolled down,

 

I saw that video and yes, the window rolled down far enough and long enough, so we could catch his date sitting nearby in the limo seat.  But wait - let's rewind a moment!  We had the Tony's hottie on video as Jake arrived at the Tony's.  Here is that moment at the very beginning of the video:

and in case you miss him, here's a screenshot of the date night moment!

Are you still with us?

I know, I know, lol.  Imagine watching the entire pileofbullshit, I mean proceedings in real time!  That's why Narnia took one for the team.  This is the condensed version.  ;-)

Narnia mother ship blog, Oh My Godot members PG, Methodical Muser and Grand Poobah Special K chose to refrain from bringing the entire escapade to light on the blog.  Not entirely positive of the whole purpose of such shady antics, we decided to wait.  And we did not have to wait long.  Two days later, the following comment appeared on OMG:

Curious said...

Does anyone know who Jake's new boy is? The one he took with him to the Tony's?

June 11, 2013 at 11:14 PM

They tried to bait OMG'ers again on the 12th:

you go Jake! said...

It's so fantastic and such a step forward that Jake took his male date with him the other night to the Tony Awards. We should all be proud of that. No small feat.  June 12, 2013 at 7:20 PM

The intern was tiring of waiting for our reactions to the rampant online speculations about Jake bringing a date to the Tony's. He/she just had to ask again, even going so far as to criticize community members for discussing other topics and not the one about Jake and his "hot date" at the Tony's.  Over 48 hours had seemed long enough to wait and so we unleashed on the intern in this thread:

Oh My Godot thread explaining the Tony's Hottie Dumpster Fire June 06 2013

This was a elaborate pr stunt that had actually been seeded with the following "droppings":

• this photo had been tweeted and Instagram'd in May 2013, just a month prior to the awards "date night".  This is Tony's hottie in a park with Jake.  Tweeted and Instagram'd by the same person, another individual from the fashion industry.   Imagine that!

and the Instagram pic?

That's him.

Still kinda wondering how a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America was privy to such a perchance photo opportunity and cared enough to post it with a "Brokeback" reference, but who is Narnia to question?  ;-)

• And then there was the pinky ring.  Jake had not been seen wearing rings for about three (3) years prior to 2013 and suddenly, he was wearing one at the Chateau Marmont on June 6,

"What?  Can't....See.....Blinding....Even my Anti-Ring-Glare Bat Shield Goggles aren't helping, Robin! I'm...rendered...helpless!"

Then when he was leaving LAX on June 8,

and at the Guy's Choice Awards in Los Angeles, on June 8.  Couldn't miss it!

Lamey from Lainey's Gossip even wrote an article pointing out Jake's pinky ring in The Dude With a Pinky Ring - Lamey Gossip

Someone visited Oh My Godot, trying to speculate about the significance of the pinky ring and perhaps being tied to Austin:

Pinky Ring? said...

I don't get the significance of the pinky ring. Is it supposed to have something to do with Austin? If so, what does it mean when he doesn't wear it?

June 11, 2013 at 9:08 PM

 

And while all of this was going on, what was Austin doing?  Where was he?  While Jake was allegedly Brokeback Park'ing with his "boyfriend on the down low" Tony's Hottie, Austin had been busy himself in Las Vegas, promoting his appearance on Ray Donovan, at the TCA's and there was a very rare plane sighting:

In other words, you know how it is.  While the cat's away, the mouse will play.   ;-)

New pictures were also being released from Austin's work on the film San Patricios.  While the OMG blog was trying to have a discussion about San Patricios, that was when the intern paid a visit, unable to stand it any longer, and asked everyone about Jake's new boy toy. 

And we have never seen this Tony's hottie fellow again.  Nor has Jake ever come out as gay and in a relationship with his 2013 Tony Awards date.  In fact, the Tony's hottie.....

Yup.  Disappeared and we haven't seen him since.  

In essence, this was a pr stunt, well-coordinated and seeded.  Unable to achieve success with bearding and shake off the remaining small part of Jake's fandom who knew he was still in a relationship with fellow actor Austin Nichols and raising a family together, the publicity team desperately attempted to place Jake in a situation where it looked like he was in a relationship with another man.   Their hope, of course, that we would wail and gnash teeth, go to our rooms, never to re-emerge.  In other words, lose all hope for Jake and Austin being together and disband what remained of the Jaustin fandom (not that there was a huge army of us anyway???).

They used social media, contacts in the fashion industry (because WME/Endeavor has always had ties, although it was in 2014 when they purchased IMG Models), and their own interns to help carry out this evening of theatrics.

As we had also noticed, the notorious intern-run blog Waiting for Toothy 2 had become extraordinarily silent on the evening of The Tony Awards, a quiet atmosphere (no commenting) which had happened before when Jake was active at a public appearance or all hands were needed on deck for some reason or other.  In addition to helping to roll out the social media speculations, perhaps the interns were also beginning preparation for Austin's next merkin/bearding assignment - that with Chlo "Chloe" Bennet.


Unbelievably, this tactic has recently reared its head again and again in the form of:

• Austin Nichols and Roberto "Robert" Buckley as covered in our post, "De-Bunkin' Buckin"

• Austin Nichols and former co-star Liev Schreiber "In Sickness and in Desperate Times: Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols are Far From Done-zo" 

• And currently ongoing, the alleged hot affair going on between Jake and none other than his Broadway theater co-star, Family Homewrecker "Tom" Sturridge, also discussed in "De-Bunkin' Buckin".   ;-)

Quite the story, isn't it?  It's been six (6) years since Jake and Austin have stepped out together for the cameras and yet between Michigan Taco Runs, Upstate New York coffee stops, SXSW SUV rides, and endless beards and meards, it's as clear as ever that these two men continue to remain the real blind item.

Here's Jake tonight at the Tony's, looking quite serious:

#JakeGyllenhaal is a presenter tonight at the #TonyAwards! Catch him on Broadway this summer in @SeaWallALife and on screen in @SpiderManMovie this July! pic.twitter.com/7LJdMFCOXH

— ID (@TeamID) June 9, 2019

 
Walking the red carpet with Ruthie "Ruth" Wilson and his new public "boyfriend" Tom Sturridge, minus Jeannie Cadieu and/or Leo,

Red carpet magic 💖 #JakeGyllenhaal #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/MC6juCFnb7

— JakeGyllenhaal FF (@GyllenhaalicsFF) June 10, 2019

And the "find yourself someone who looks at Jake like _____ does" picture, thank you, Porridge!

 
lol.  They just keep tryin'.

Anyway, looking good on stage there, Jakers!  Good night, good morning and let's go get 'em this week.


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De-Bunking Buckin

Watching Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols carry out Endeavor's master plan of minimalizing the former John From Cincinnati star Nichols through their publicist team, has been like staring at the bus below:

and hearing "Thy Name is Austin."

It has been that kind of year.  In mid-March, we looked at a wild attempt by an intern to spread the word that Austin was married to Liev Schrieber in real life and that Liev's two boys belonged to both he and Austin.   Phew!  Remember that one? 

Well, did you know that Austin must be a heckuva Don Juan when it comes to his former co-stars because now he's supposed to have also been involved in a serious fling with none other than...Roberto! Roberto "Rob" Buckley.  Remember him?  Clay from One Tree Hill.  See if this picture from February, 2011 jogs your memory.

Ha! It's not what's in your wallet, but what's in yer pants!      

                                                                                      

Well, if we at Narnia had long ago tossed "Buckin" away into the compost bin, then it would seem a good bet that ten years later, the rest of the human population would have, as well.  Except for this account that "sprang" up out of nowhere into Austin's twitter search about a week and a half ago.

And then the tweeting party dropped this "bombshell":

They weren't done yet. They had some extra "inside info" on our Jakers:

Uh huh.  As usual, Management never knows when to stop and so here came the Stalker Intern butting in, a surefire deal sealer on this twitter conversation falling under the category of "social media Masterpiece Theater":

And then one more log thrown on that "Jake is not worthy" fire:

Let's see.  So Jake is "pretty ordinary".  A "problem child".  "Average".  "A burden".  Had a "traumatic childhood".  Has "psychological problems".  Looks like the Gyllynichols PR Team thought there was enough tread on the bus tires to run over Jake a few more times too. You know, just for the heck of it and because they can.

And then on the evening of April 22, another online account thought they would pay me a visit and try to sell the "childhood trauma" story as well:

Fortunately, my apartment complex has a 24/7 dumpster and that load of you-know-what has already been dropped off into it.  *wink*

But, back to the Austin and Roberto "romance".  Thanks to HelenClarke58, he/she stirred this author's memory, back to that time when there was indeed that fleeting ship known as "Buckin".  And fueling that ship was a glorious video aired on E! Online during one of their "Top 10" television episodes, enhanced with hugging, flirting, and Roberto telling Austin that he had made him a PB and J sandwich just the way he liked it, with the crusts removed.  Alas, the video is no longer available online, but these photos are from that interview:

and a bit of ha-ha-ha:

Austin and Roberto in a hot tub? Hmm. You don't say??? Pretty risque stuff!! And so, this whole "twitter convo" with some kinda shady characters caused M&M to sidle up with a rocking chair so we could "reminisce" about this "Buckin" golden memory!  And, in doing so, this misstep by Management, incredibly adept at overplaying their hand, set the stage for a combing over and through to snap out a few "tangles", otherwise known as logistical mess-ups.  And what we discovered during this collaborative throwback, was that had some of us really been paying attention at the time, we would have seen that the whole "Buckin" narrative didn't quite add up.

First, let's look at this time frame and a few events that were happening just prior to the unveiling of the "Buckin" video, which aired on September 9, 2009.  I think Jaustin old-timers will find this pretty interesting.

• Jake and Reese Witherspoon were deep in the throes of their beard/merkin contract since debuting the coupling in Rome, Italy on October 23, 2007.  Jake had been to Martha's Vineyard in August 2009 but, by September, both he and Reese were back in southern Cali.

                                                                            Jake on Martha's Vineyard Aug 7, 2009

                                                                                     Jake and Reese in Venice CA Aug 30 2009

• September 1, Austin and One Tree Hill co-star Sophia Bush sent tongues to wagging on Oh My Godot (OMG) over whether or not they were getting serious about bearding with this "date night" photo op at Madeo in Beverly Hills.  Austin is also wearing his ring (dubbed Big Blue), which was believed to come from the Dominican Republic due to the unique Larimar stone. Tortuga Bay resort is in the DR where we believe he and Jake shared a romantic getaway in 2005.  

Just looking at their ridiculously matching outfits was a huge clue that a fauxmance was taking shape before our eyes.

• September 2, the famous toddler footprint was spotted on Jake's shorts in pictures from a visit to the Beverly Hills Medical Building.  OMG administrator Special K noticed the footprint right away.  Zooming and enlarging ensued, in addition to lots of speculative conversation on the blog.

                                                                                         Enlarge and look at Jake's right thigh

• Friday, September 4,  in what would soon look like a botched photo op, Jake and Reese were photo'd by the pap site Flynet at Twist in LA, buying frozen yogurt with her children, Ava and Deacon. The pictures were actually from Sept. 3, but didn't appear on Flynet.com until September 4.    [It's important to know that this was the beginning of Labor Day weekend]

By Monday the 7th, new promo pictures for the upcoming season of One Tree Hill are released, of which Austin is a part of, as well as Robert Buckley.

• Tuesday, Sept 8   Ted Casablanca has an interesting Awful Truth question/ask, which we will come back to later:

In this post from Oh My Godot on Sept 8, called PoPing Under Pressure?,  at 04:38 am on Sept 9, someone posts what is supposed to be a tweet placing Sophia Bush at LAX.  But another person corrects the record and indicates that the pictures are old and actually from July 2008. 

The poster of the "Sophia at LAX" alleged tweet is called out for posting old photos and the thread deteriorates into deleted comments containing explicit profanity, a big clue that someone is none too happy about being correctly called out. The thread is quite interesting in watching how spoon feeding, misdirection and confusion can be purposely inserting into any blog discussion while trying to geographically place an OTP far apart from each other.

• Wed, Sept 10  Several observations about the photos caused posters to believe Jake arrived separately at Twist and met Reese there because someone(s) else was with him, thus Jake carrying extra cups of yogurt while Witherspoon and children were carrying their own.  We now realize that the whole set of photos are not on IHJ and several others were deleted from the internet.

Again, there was much discussion when one commenter suddenly observed that the car Jake was walking towards looked like his black Camry.  Since other pictures showed Reese with her car keys in hand and her car shown as well, the realization that Jake had driven separately fueled the idea that combined with the number of yogurts Jake had, Austin and family were most likely in the Camry.   Also important to note the pictures were from Thursday the 3rd, but not posted on Flynet.com until Friday the 4th, thus intended to carryover for discussion and "absorption" the entire Labor Day weekend.  By the time the pictures are posted on go-to site IHeartJake, the multitude of pictures were mysteriously reduced to only six.

Now let's step back to the Ted Casablanca Awful Truth Ask about Robert and Austin as "Buckin".  It is interesting to note that tweeter HelenClarke58 had said "There were lots of rumors and speculation at the time".  I had replied from my other twitter account @blastobutter when I saw that proclamation, and disagreed. While we had some fun on OMG with the whole idea of Buckin, note Ted's response to the AT Ask under the name "Dear Buckin Stops Here".  In other words, he hosed down that fire before it even started.  So where were all the "lots of rumors and speculation"?

Welllllll....dating back to September 1, Ted Casablanca had several "Ask's" from posters about Robert Buckley and Austin.  Take this one for example, posted 9/01 on Waiting for Toothy2, followed by an observation by an anon:

Ted said...

Dear Awful Truth:
I have a suggestion to properly name the Austin Nichols/Robert Buckley bromance. Robstin gets too confused with Robsten, so how about renaming them Robin? If we are going to hear a lot about this hot pair, then we'll have to have them properly identified. Is Sophia Bush Shafterella Shoshstein?
—Celine
Dear Done With One:
To be honest, I don't anticipate us ever talking about Austin/Rob again beyond a Bitch-Back or two—fellas just don't have much of a gossip-worthy shelf life, methinks. And no, Soph isn't nearly on the same level of stardom as S2, but she is just as sweet looking.

September 01, 2009  9:41 am

Anonymous said...

^Again, ted is implying there is something going on between Austin/Robert. There are too many mentions to say they are just hints. He's been mentioning them daily for weeks.

September 01, 2009  9:48 am

Anonymous said...

I'm still not convinced, so far I'm only sure about Austin and Robert are gay hints.

September 01, 2009  9:54 am 

Anonymous said...

^I think Ted is not just hinting they are gay. He always put them together as a pair with a joint name and disguise it as a "bromance".He is hinting they are are involved.

September 01, 2009  10:00 am  


And the next day on 9/02, someone brings up Robert and Austin again:

Anonymous said...

Austin/Sophia matching outfits:
Could this be a big F*CK YOU from Austin to the neglecting Jake???...

oh,my...and when I was starting to think the Toothy saga had nothing else to give us!! ;)

September 02, 2009  5:56 pm

Anonymous said...

^Robert is Austin's big f*ck you to Jake ;)

September 02, 2009  6:08 pm 

And again on Sept. 4th.

Then on September 5, a question is posted by Ted Casablanca about "Toothy Tile," and the very first comment brings up Robert Buckley.

Anonymous said...

Dear Ted:
Why is Jake Gyllenhaal looking so bad and angry lately? He looks as if he is sad about something or feeling jealous.
—Robbie

Dear Duh:
Yeah, it's this thing called a career.

 

I think this might be another hint to Austin/Robert. The question talks about Jake feeling sad and jealous. It's too much of a coincidence it's signed by a "Robbie" (Robert) and Ted replies with a "Dear Duh". Robert's official twitter is named @robbuckleyduh. It's been deleted, but you can still see it listed on the CW site and linked on the official one tree hill twitter.

A conversation ensues on whether or not Jake is threatened by Robert, and if Jake finally pushed Austin too far with his bearding. Were Austin and Jake finally done-zo, etc. etc.? 

Then on September 8, came the ask to Ted about "Buckin", where he indicated that there was nothing going on between Austin and Robert. 

One day later, on September 9, here came the infamous "Buckin" video, with Austin and Roberto openly "flirting" and carrying on for the world to see, particularly Jaustin fans. Because Jake and Austin fans, no doubt, were the primary audience that video was most likely intended for.   Once the deed was done, however, and the seeds of doubt planted, the video was scrubbed away, never to be visible again.  Ironically, much too gay apparently.  After, revisiting this timeline ten years later, clearly there has never a better time for our man, Frank Drebin:

So many orchestrated visuals, planted rumors and Ted Asks. So many "comments" and "observations" simply to try and plant the seeds known as "Buckin". And yes, "lots of rumors and speculation" where?  Originating and mostly planted into minds on one site - Waiting for Toothy2! Most likely by its intern in residence.  And the whole concept of "Buckin" just another example of anyone, but Jake.

Let's return to the yogurt pictures of Jake, Reese and the children which were not actually released until Friday the 4th in order to carry over for Labor Day weekend.  At the same time, Austin and Sophia were attempted to be placed at the U.S. Open over the weekend in N.Y.C.  In other words, heavy-handed though it was, "Buckin" was simultaneously seeded and planted to try and convince Jaustin fans that Austin was cheating on Jake.  

This tactic of trying to pair either Jake or Austin with another co-star, peer, or director in order to indicate their relationship was done-zo was and still is one that would be repeated over and over to this very day.  Yet somehow, without much effort, the folks of Oh My Godot and Narnia Dispatches blogspots continue to find constant re-enforcing evidence that this is far from the truth.  

 Let's leave everyone with this shiny gold nugget (more like a boulder) that was discovered in a Crazy Days and Nights Blind, but was linked in a Data Lounge discussion thread.  Because no matter how many years pass, no matter how many "meards of the month"  either of these men are given, no matter how many Instagram stories or tweets continue to attempt to place them apart in more ways than just geographically, no matter if the Ted Casablanca's, Trent Vanegas' (Pink is the New Blog) and Michael K's are run out of town, no matter if blog administrators like Waiting for Toothy 2's Jackie are mysteriously gone from their sites, or "new ring bands" or "bracelets" appear on Jake or Austin's persons, comments like the following bombshells have still appeared and blown up all of those best laid plans and board room strategies, and causing us long-time believers to shout out an enthusiastic Harry Styles "BOOM!".  

Here was the blind that was supposed to be about an A- Lister, posted after pictures of Jake and Tom Porridge "Sturridge" appeared online of them shopping together in NYC, with many commenters claiming the blind to be about Jake, with Jeanne Cadieu as the beard and Sturridge as his new male lover:

And now hand this commenter a megaphone because both M&M and I believe this one is legit. 

Couldn't have said it better, Harry.   

Everybody?  Have yourselves a great week!


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