WARNING: THERE ARE TWO INSTANCES OF THE F-WORD IN TWO OF THE PICTURES USED IN TODAY'S POST.
In a move which really is not surprising, it turns out that yesterday's Women's March on Washington was the perfect opportunity to ship a couple of PR narratives. 1) Jake Gyllenhaal is an advocate for women's rights, and 2) Jake Gyllenhaal can't be gay because he loves women (and even invited his "longtime female pal" Greta Caruso to accompany him at the women march.) Because remember, Jake can't get enough of women.
This is the twit pic which appeared first of Mr. JBG (not necessarily the original source):
— Marzia (@hypodermicmars) January 21, 2017
And was followed promptly on I Heart Jake with 21 pictures so far (as of 21:19 hrs on 1/21), all listed as "fan photos". Let's take a look (a few of these are in their original tweet form):
How about a thumbs up?
— Maggie Gyllenhaal (@mgyllenhaal) January 21, 2017
http://gyllenhaaldaily.tumblr.com/post/156188946699/jake-gyllenhaal-smiles-with-his-sister-maggie-at
Katherine went to find water and ran into Jake Gyllenhaal and I'm still mad pic.twitter.com/iYQpk4qaw4— Alexis (@MobiusOrange) January 21, 2017
— Alex Greenbaum (@the_BAUMdotcom) January 22, 2017
— JakeGyllenhaal FF (@GyllenhaalicsFF) January 21, 2017
Now it's very possible, a few may have been missed - there were so many. LOL! As stated, these were as of
Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie's husband, was supposed to be there.
My husband @petersarsgaard was feeling only half invited 2 the @womensmarch so we renamed it the #PeopleWhoLoveWomen'sMarch now he's coming— Maggie Gyllenhaal (@mgyllenhaal) January 15, 2017
But there was no sign of Peter. People were tweeting pictures at him about the gathering and Peter himself was retweeting a few "informative" tweets, but there were not pictures of him in attendance at all, just Big Sis and Lil' Bro, cheek to cheek.
Another side eye was the "presence" or pretend presence of Austin's beard, Chloe Bennet, at the Women's March in DC. Did Bennet offer any undeniable proof she was there? Nope.
Pictures like this and videos without the author don't cut it:
Also, Hey Donny, everyone here knows you have a small penis. #womensmarchonwashington
A photo posted by Chloe Bennet (@chloebennet) on
Just to reiterate a point made before in the past - anyone at an event or venue can film a video/take a picture, email or text it to a publicist, who in turn can upload it on the celebrity's social media account. This is no longer proof that a celebrity is present.
Even a selfie isn't necessarily proof.
This is an Instagram story from Bennet. We hear her voice, but she's not in the video. We have no proof who took the video.
The picture below of Jake and Maggie contains several questionables, like why is the bag under Jake's arm flat? In other pictures, the bag obviously has contents in it. I look at the two brown shoes directly behind the brunette girl standing behind him. Is that person on top of the girl's back? Because that's what it looks like. And yes, Maggie is listed at 5'9", but in this picture, they are both on level ground. Is Jake really that much taller than she is? These are just a couple of things that I had to question.
I have 95% doubt Maggie was there at the march. To repost one of the other pictures again, there was this one in particular:
Just wondering where Maggie was when this moment happened?
And speaking of "where was", one has to wonder about Austin in all of this. On Friday night, Austin uploaded this on his Facebook (or somebody did):
Austin wanted to make it clear he was in Los Angeles watching movies on Friday night. Since he tweeted about the Women's March in Austin TX later in the day yesterday,
— AUSTIN NICHOLS (@AustinNichols) January 21, 2017
in addition to this heartfelt tribute:
it is to be assumed he had substantial interest. (Look at the picture above that Austin re-posted from Bennet onto his own Instagram - only a couple of people visible in the background. Where is everyone?) One has to wonder why he didn't accompany his bird Chlo to Washington DC, even though they had just been to that very same city (quite noisily, too - I seem to recall that great "White House" photo) this past fall.
21 pictures and numerous tweets and retweets/Instagrams/Instagram Stories/Facebooks later, I guess maybe I just need to remember this:
— EB (@adartproducer) January 21, 2017
Funny how he didn't want to talk to anyone and answer questions, but he sure didn't mind 16 GB's of photos being uploaded to the Internet within a few hours time. So much for incognito.
I'm not sure about everyone else, but the only person I am 100% certain was in attendance in Washington DC yesterday was Jake. Honorary mention tip to Greta Caruso, who is - make no mistake about it - the current beard for Jake. Everyone else? I don't think they were there.
Largest stunt I think we've witnessed up to this point in following Jake and Austin. And no doubt, the stunt was to separate these two. With Austin loudly planted in "Los Angeles" and Jake blowhorned in DC? The separation is clear and was supported by a cast of thousands.
Update: January 23, 2017, 48 hours later
Of course, at this point two days later one has to wonder why IHJ was driven to add a whole additional page of pictures, most which were focused on exhibiting Jake and Maggie amidst civilians at the parade. Huh. I wonder what could have prompted that? Let's have a look-see:
— JakeGyllenhaal FF (@GyllenhaalicsFF) January 23, 2017
The southeast view:
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