Why did reese and jake break up

Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon met on the set of the film Rendition. At the time, Witherspoon was going through a difficult divorce from Phillippe. The couple welcomed two children, Ava and Deacon, during the marriage. Which part of this is my responsibility? Despite popular belief, the two did not meet on the set of the film Cruel Intentions , in which they played love interests. Reese and Ryan actually first met when he crashed her 21st birthday party in , weeks before the actor got the script for the movie.

The two kept in touch after the bash and he immediately passed the screenplay to her after he received it, according to Pennsylvania newspaper The Morning Call. I was just sitting back in the corner pounding away the drinks when somebody walked over and introduced Reese to me.

Reese told Jane magazine in , "I don't know what came over me—maybe the seven Midori sours—but I told him, 'I think you're my birthday present. The two wed in June , three months after the release of Cruel Intentions , and are parents to daughter Ava Phillippe , born in , and Deacon Phillippe , born in Reese and Ryan finalized their divorce in Reese and Jim, a CAA talent agent, tied the knot in after dating for a year.

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More News. Adds another source, "No one cheated. According to People, Gyllenhaal was the first to make a move. Prior to their relationship, Witherspoon was married to actor Ryan Phillippe , with whom she shares two children — a daughter and a son via US Weekly. They separated in and finalized their divorce a year later.

When Witherspoon first met Gyllenhaal, she reportedly thought they'd just be friends — largely because she was knee-deep in the divorce proceedings. At first, the relationship between Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon proved little more than just a crush after all, as they parted ways the same year the fling began.