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Jake Gyllenhaal may have inspired one of Taylor Swift’s most iconic breakup songs, but it wasn’t all bad blood between the two when they started dating in 2010.
Although not quite a love story, their short-lived romance was full of grand gestures. According to News Corp Australia, the Oscar-nominated actor once shelled out a reported $165,000 to fly the cat fashion aficionado to London, where he was promoting his movie Love and Other Drugs, just so they could spend 24 hours together. (If that isn’t a romantic date, we don’t know what is.)
What about the Hollywood Life exclusive report that he rented out a whole movie theater so they could watch Tangled together in privacy? Nevertheless, by the end of 2010, a mere two months after they were first spotted together, the pair’s relationship had run its course.
Swift and Gyllenhaal’s romantic history dates back to when they were set up by actress and mutual friend Gwyneth Paltrow. In December 2010, Paltrow reluctantly told USA Today that she played matchmaker after a report surfaced indicating that Swift, just 20 years old at the time, and a 29-year-old Gyllenhaal, met at a dinner party at the London home Paltrow shared with then-husband Chris Martin.
“I’ve just known Jake for a long time, and he’s a great guy,” she said, “and Chris has a friendship with Taylor.” She added, “It’s so weird. I wonder how people find out these things. It was a while ago, so I don’t know why it would come out today.”
Admitting she was “scared to say,” the only timeline Paltrow gave for the dinner party was “a while ago.” However, it was clear by October of that year that something was brewing between Swift and Gyllenhaal.