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Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the most eligible bachelors inHollywood, with women clamoring for a chance to date him. But in arecent interview, the 34-year-old actor revealed the true way to his heart is throughhis mother.
"Ialways bring my dates to my mother's house for the first date," he said onthe Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday. "I think that's a good move." Thehandsome star went on to say, "My mother believes she thinks arrangedmarriages might be able to work. She thinks that if she picked for me, that I'ddo a lot better." In fact, Jake says that he would trust his mom if shewere to set him up with someone.
Jake says he trusts his mother's judgement when it comes to women Photo: Getty Images
Thestar, who confirmed he is currently single, has dated some famous womenincluding Taylor Swift, Reese Witherspoon and Kirsten Dunst, but most recentlysplit from model Alyssa Miller, supposedly because of his intense preparation as a boxerfor the film Southpaw. "Literally, I think he broke up with his girlfriendbecause he was just in the gym every day," the film's director, AntoineFuqua, told Deadline around the time of their split in December.
Jake most recently dated model Alyssa Miller Photo: Getty Images
"Itrained like five months," Jake said on the show."Four months really consistently like two times a day. So I made kind ofeight months in four months and really learned all the skills of boxing."
The star appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday Photo: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
TheNight Crawler star even showed off his athletic skills by jumping rope duringhis appearance as Ellen asked him questions for 30 seconds.
Ellen quizzed Jake while he showed off his impressive jump rope skills Photo: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
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