It feels like Christmas, doesn't it? I woke up to talk of a Drunken Woman asking Jake Gyllenhaal to light a fire and make her a martini before calling him Jake Gooberballs. I know a significant number of British women, I have even known some drunken British women, and I would like to say to Jake that we can behave iff given the right incentive.
Today so far we've had Regis and Kelly and The Today Show and - yet again - thanks must go to Stephanie at I Heart Jake for putting so many of us out of our misery. Hopefully tonight, if all goes well, we'll be able to reciprocate with Film 2007. I also have another treat for us all here. But first off..
Teresa's Jake encounter!
A reader of WDW was one lucky blighter yesterday - she got to meet Jake at the Letterman screening and wanted to share it here with us all. Teresa lined up to get standby for the recording of Letterman at 4.30pm - she got #25 ticket but they stopped at #18.
'I was waiting and saw him get OUT of the SUV and go in with a gorgeous suit on! Someone yelled for an autograph and he said "later." I went back to my car and got my copy of INTERVIEW magazine and went back to wait. He came BACK out in casual dress of blue jeans and a sweater. There were a TON of people there and most were there for 50 Cents. So Jake starts down this line and people are shoving things at him and he is signing things and moving pretty quickly. He stopped in front of me(sees the INTERVIEW magazine) and says "I know, you're hear to see 50 cents, aren't you ? ! Laughs. I laughed and said, "yeah!" He then signs my magazine and I thanked him and he said "your welcome."' Thanks for sharing with us, Teresa!
Jake's flirtatious Heart Breakfast interview for UK radio
When I finally reached work this morning, after having watched the Letterman show repeatedly on my MP4 player on a crowded tube and, I suspect, having made a complete buffoon of myself laughing out loud on the way to work - to laugh on the way to work in London is disapproved of - a colleague informed me that Jake was about to appear on Heart Breakfast.
Obviously prerecorded during Jake's flying visit, this interview took place between Jake and old UK favourite Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott. You can download the interview here tonight, but just in case things don't work out, I can tell you that much of the interview comprised some very amusing flirtation between the diminutive Harriet and the charmed Jake (Harriet is the lucky girl on the right). I understand that you can't access the interview outside of the UK so try this instead - if it doesn't work, forgive me, I'm new to this!
First off Jamie asked Jake what he thought about being named as the Hottest Bachelor - 'Does this kind of recognition make it easier to pull chicks?'
Jake: Yes... It's really true. It's been tough because since the list came out, you know, my life's really changed and I was just living a meagre life in Los Angeles and now I can't really go out without being...
Jamie: An international babe magnet?
Jake: Yeah
Jamie: I don't even make it on those gay icon lists anymore. That used to be a banker for me
Jake: Are you sure? You should check them... Check the gay lists again... I've never met you before but I have a feeling you're on the gay lists
Harriet: Jake, just say you were getting married to a popular radio DJ... What would your first dance be?
Jake: What do you mean? The song?
Harriet: You know, what's traditional for you, me, whoever?
Jamie: You said a popular radio DJ, I heard you
Harriet: It's all about you and me, Jake, c'mon
Jake: The theme song from Titanic
Harriet: Does it matter how tall a girl is?
Jamie: She's really small
Jake: I think smaller women really know how to pack a punch
Jamie: Can I interrupt? There's a film coming out on Friday called Rendition. What's that smell? The smell of Oscar Fever?
Jake: Oh my God!
Jamie: Or was it you!
Jake: Yes, that's what I'm wearing. I'm wearing Oscar Fever. I'm bottling it up. No, people always talk about that when you have a movie coming out in the Fall. People think you have some kind of intention but no, we have no intentions of that... that's why Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon and Alan Arkin... They've all won Academy Awards
Jamie: And you have as well - no, you haven't!
Jake: Thanks for rubbing it in
Jamie: I didn't want to mention it
Jake: That's OK - I like the way you look at me (to Harriet)
Harriet: Do you like that?
Jake: It makes me feel better, yeah
Harriet: I'm better than an Oscar...
Jake: I would love to win you
(Jamie: Trust me, she's shorter than an Oscar)
Harriet: Do you need a guide to show you around London? I have a 2 for 1 offer at Madame Tussauds. We could go now and just dump this one here
Jake: Yeah, sure
Harriet: And Garfunkels, I know a guy who works there
Jake: Garfunkels? I know Garfunkels
Harriet: I could get us a free steak or something
Jake: Free steak? How about we pay for it?
Harriet? Well, OK, have you got money? That's fantastic! I've never had a boyfriend with money before!
Jake: Oh wow! I could teach you something!
Harriet: This is going to be great - my mum's going to love you
Jake: Never had a boyfriend with money, this one
Jamie: She's never really had a boyfriend to be fair. Or money
Harriet: I'm not sure I want to talk about Reese Witherspoon
Jamie: Now you're getting jealous
Harriet: Oh come on, I don't know if they're together or not!
Jamie: She's taller than you
Harriet: Are you together?
Jake: What?
Harriet: You and Reese?
Jake: It's all about you and me right now... Rendition is out on Friday, can you smell that?
Jamie: What's that smell? Is that Jake or Oscar Frenzy?
Jake: It's Jake wearing his Oscar Fever Cologne
Jamie: Or maybe it's Harriet's pheronomes
Jake: You guys are great, I don't know why we haven't met before.
Harriet: He's classy this one, he's a keeper
Jamie: Jake Gyllenhaal [sniff] - the smell of Oscars
And finally... Regis
I'm just going to say one thing here about Regis and Kelly. Jake said on the show that he was shortly about to go to Rome. At this point my heart missed a beat. The reason being - Jake's not the only one!
Pictures from IHJ.
