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Sunday, June 9, 2019

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, 



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:


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



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.
pic sources:  Just Jared, reddit, gfycat, IHJ, giphy
our playlist:  Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley w/Royal 
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                     Girls Like You - Maroon 5 (featuring Cardi B)  


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Monday, May 6, 2019

Far From "Home" In More Ways Than One: Jake Gyllenhaal's Met Gala Truancy



As Narnia has previously demonstrated on many occasions, right after Jake Gyllenhaal signed with WME in late 2011,  a seven-year relentless marketing campaign was unleashed. The goal a simple one. Make sure that the lifelong California Boy was publicly perceived as a NY transplant in all ways.  Ignore that he still was seen in California for years after his high profile relocation. Or that he still was photographed leaving his favorite medical building in Los Angeles in November 2012. Or that he was photographed with his well known pooch, Atticus, in West Hollywood in August 2013, while his lovable canine companion was never seen in NY. And don't point out that his public Hollywood Hills house didn't even go up for sale until September 2014. Or, that Jake then proceeded to film three movies in the Los Angeles/Malibu area within a short five years of one another:  Nightcrawler (2013); Nocturnal Animals (2015); and Velvet Buzzsaw (2018)

Remember all those farcical Jake on subway pics? Funny how we don't see them any more, isn't it? (Although I'm sure we can look forward to something soon now that this oversight has been pointed out.)




And all those Jake Gyllenhaal headlines about how he was "eyeing" NY apartments again? Along with the publication of actual addresses, (privacy be damn!) just in case the public might not be convinced that Jakers now lived in the City That Never Sleeps, instead of The Golden State he had once called home for 31 years.
  
New York Post, October 10, 2013


 CITY HAAL
Jake Gyllenhaal is the latest celebrity who’s house-hunting this fall. He recently looked at a 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, 4½-bathroom loft duplex at 137 Franklin St. The TriBeCa co-op, asking $6.2 million, comes with a fireplace, private elevator and radiant heat white oak floors. Sadly for Jake, an out-of-town family has swooped in to buy the place. Town’s Andrew Azoulay represented the seller while Town’s Claudia and Mark Fromm represented the buyer.

Jake Gyllenhaal eyes $3.75M townhouse


                                              37 Harrison Street in TriBeca, May 2014

NEW YORK CITY

Jake Gyllenhaal Reportedly Buys a Pad in 443 Greenwich for $8.63M




443 Greenwich, a super luxury condominium in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, June 2017

Although Jake has actually spent more time in NY over the last few years, the point still stands that Endeavor continues to obsess over convincing everyone that he is a true New Yorker. The repetitious nature of the message, the only real constant of Jake's post-CAA existence.

In the beginning, the unexpected cross country "move" was explained away as Jake simply wanting to be closer to his "family," although the question of why Hollywood movie star Jake Gyllenhaal would abruptly need to be near his sister and mommie, never really rang true. Especially, since Maggie's Big Apple affiliation, (she was actually born in New York City and had pretty much relocated there back in 1995, while attending Columbia University) never seemed to inspire Jake to follow suit. That is until his Endeavor hetero reinvention began in 2012.  

In reality, the lingering rumors regarding Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols being together since 2002, and raising their own private family in surrogate-friendly California, seems to have been a more compelling reason for Jake's very public relocation to NY. More reason, in fact, than any manufactured, out-of-the-blue sibling-maternal ties. Remember that the separation of OTPs is always a go-to tactic of management teams concerned with their closeted clients' image. All Endeavor had left to do was saddle Austin Nichols, who interestingly enough stayed in Los Angeles, with serial beards (remember that the marginalized half of the couple can never be single), and the reinvention process was complete. Move along. Nothing to see here, people. 

Which brings us to the main point of this post, the notable absence of Jake from the Met Gala fundraiser today.  The no show status was particularly egregious since Jake had been associated for years with this Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit. His involvement dating back as early as 2003 when he first appeared with his then "girlfriend," Kirsten Dunst.


And then again in 2005, this time officially flying solo.




          Jake Gyllenhaal Arrives at the Costume Institute Chanel Exhibit 
    Opening Night Gala Benefit - Met Gala May 2, 2005


Here he is with his best bud at the time in 2013.


Jake's "date" Marcus Mumford, Met Gala May 2013


Immediately followed by the inseparable siblings in 2014.


                                                         Jake's "date" with his Big Sis Maggie, Met Gala, May 2014

Then a ménage à trois bromatic affair in 2017.


                            Jake's "double date" with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, Met Gala, May 2017


Yet, instead, of the obvious quintessential New York pairing of Jake Gyllenhaal with the 'Notes on Camp' theme set for this year, we get this unexpected announcement, that Jake will be in Burbank on May 6 (since Ellen's Tuesday shows are videotaped on Mondays). A ready made excuse provided for Jake to be AWOL from the high profile fashion event.





Given the Camp theme and Endeavor's love of placing Jake with every man he works with (Anyone but Austin!), it truly is odd that PR would miss a  grand opportunity for an coming out, ahem, I mean appearance, don't you think? Based on that truly laughable "lobster" tweet (wink wink) from one of those pop culture openly gay reporters with the NY Times, maybe Jake could have dressed as a flamboyant pink crustacean with brocade black satin and gold lace footwear, sporting Rococo Baroque heels. Now that would have been a look to remember!







 
Moreover, given that Jake is supposedly "dating" a French 23-year old model, the Met Gala seemed like a no-brainer for someone comfortably cemented into a closeted image, but still trying to remain relevant, while also associating himself with NY and it's international fashion industry.

With all this in mind, how very odd of Jake to begin promo season for Spider-man: Far From Home, nearly 2-months before the film even opens "at a theater near you," and just a few short days before The Met Gala. After all, he could have credibly walked that pink carpet with an actual girlfriend model. The free media coverage would have been extensive as well since the E! network was LIVE broadcasting four consecutive hours from the Pink Carpet this year. Great exposure for someone working hard to worm associate himself with his "home" in NY, and it's world renown fashion industry. 

The timing of the trailer for Spider-man: Far From Home that dropped today doesn't pass the smell test either compared to similarly situated productions. Research shows that the average time between first trailer and theatrical release is 126 days (i.e. around four months). Genre appears to influence release time as well, but action adventure films have even more lead time. In fact, the gap is closer to 145 days between trailer and theatrical release. Hmm, with two months out, it almost seems like Sony Pictures held back so Jake would have something to promote just around the time of the "see and be seen" Met Gala pageantry. Think of the valuable free publicity Jake and Spider-man would have garnered if he had participated adorned in flashy heroic attire.


 Source: Stephen Follows Film Data and Education July, 2017


Furthermore, delving a bit deeper...hey...wait one darn pregnant-paused minute. *slaps forehead*  But, of course. That's the very reason why Jake wanted to be as far away from NY as possible on May 6. Even though he was there as recently as April 29 being photographed at the Lincoln Center celebrating 50 years of the Film Society. 



Apparently, all Jake needed to skedaddle out of town was a semi-legitimate "reason" that would be related to him "working".  And, true to form, Endeavor was more than willing to provide that excuse. Who cares that promo campaigns for movies are typically scheduled no more than three-four weeks before release to build momentum for the premiere. Paul Rudd, for example, was on Jimmy Fallon on April 25, 2019, just a day before Avengers: Endgame opened. He also talked about how the last three weeks had been a whirlwind of promotion. Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, London, New York, Shanghai.

 Jake also could have easily promoted Spider-man within the New York-based media market like on Jimmy Fallon or Seth Meyers, instead of scheduling Los Angeles area talk shows like Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy Kimmel (which he will also be on this Thursday with other cast members). No doubt that is why Jake and Junior appeared from out of nowhere at this Mexican Conque this past weekend, pretty much unannounced. Why? Well because Mexico City is far closer to LA than NY after all. *shakes head*

Oh, and look. Just Jared, Jr. publicity. That's pretty impressive guys. Looks like you've really hit the big time now.


All things considered, it's pretty obvious that Jake literally escaped to the west coast at the very last minute when all the stars were in perfect alignment for him to be at the Met Gala. Zendaya, who lives in California, made time to attend. Choosing not to start her Spider-man promo until the Jimmy Kimmel show on Thursday. Let's review why this was a perfect NY venue for Jake to attend as well.



1) He's been seen in NY most of this year and has been embedded into the Fashion, Fragrance, and Fine Jewelry industries since 2017



2) His fake girlfriend is an Endeavor IMG model


























3) In October 2017, Jake became the face of the Calvin Klein fragrance launch for "Eternity"






4) Since 2017, Jake's been "seen" at NY Fashion shows and with fashion designers like Raf Simons and Calvin Klein






5) From September 2017+ Jake has been "photographed" at NYFW
  



6) The Cartier launch in April 2018

                                               Jake Gyllenhaal is the bold new face of Santos de Cartier.


Coupled with everyone being aware that the Met Gala is always on the first Monday in May, Jake and his beard could have easily scheduled around this iconic event as early as last Fall. The added absurdity of he and Tom Holland already beginning to promote Spider-man in Mexico this past weekend when the movie is not even opening until July 2 is just another pre-textual indication that Jake, in no way, wanted to walk that red carpet with "Caribou" Cadieu. The whole thing is rather embarrassing actually. But, this is our Jake in 2019. All fake NY chutzpah, but, not a whole lot of red carpet follow-through.




Late Breaking News:  9:00 p.m. EST   

Met Gala Pink Carpet arrival and the youngest Co-Chair to date, Harry Styles, stunned tonight with elegance and daring, humor and fierceness. And what is Harry's definition of camp? Basically, just having fun with fashion, with no judgment...especially given the way people are today.

We here at Narnia couldn't have said it better, Harry. Thank you for being brave. And for being proud. For just being you. And for caring about others no matter what.












pic sources:  WWD; giphy; Met Gala, Variety, Google Images, Getty Images, NY Times, People Magazine, Just Jared, Jr., Daily Mail


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