Jake Gyllenhaal on #AllTooWell - "It is her expression"
Jake Gyllenhaal finally shares his reaction to Taylor Swift's #AllTooWell and the blowback he faced from fans: “It has nothing to do with me...It is her expression. Artists tap into personal experiences for inspiration, and I don’t begrudge anyone that.” https://t.co/x41GT2qOqf
- Variety (@Variety) February 17, 2022
- Jake Gyllenhaal said in a new interview with Esquire magazine that he does not resent Taylor Swift’s over the extended version of “All Too Well” that was released last fall as part of her re-released album, “Red (Taylor’s Version)."
- Fans have long speculated that “Red” covers events from Swift and Gyllenhaal’s three-month-or-so relationship.
- When asked about All Too Well - “It has nothing to do with me...It’s about her relationship with her fans. It is her expression. Artists tap into personal experiences for inspiration, and I don’t begrudge anyone that.”
- Gyllenhaal turned off his Instagram comments amid the media firestorm that greeted the “All Too Well” extended release, leading many to assume he was being directly affected by online harassment.
- “At some point, I think it’s important when supporters get unruly that we feel a responsibility to have them be civil and not allow for cyberbullying in one’s name,” Gyllenhaal said. “That begs for a deeper philosophical question. Not about any individual, per se, but a conversation that allows us to examine how we can-or should, even-take responsibility for what we put into the world, our contributions into the world. How do we provoke a conversation? We see that in politics. There’s anger and divisiveness, and it’s literally life-threatening in the extreme.”
- He continued: “My question is: Is this our future? Is anger and divisiveness our future? Or can we be empowered and empower others while simultaneously putting empathy and civility into the dominant conversation? That’s the discussion we should be having.”