Celebrity / Jake Gyllenhaal Why Taylor and Jake Called It Quits After endless coffee dates, couple is no more By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Jan 5, 2011 9:17 AM CST Copied Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal are shown on the cover of Us magazine. (jhpou) See 1 more photo Expect a song about Jake Gyllenhaal on Taylor Swift’s next album. The cutesy pair is “over,” a source tells People. “It ended last month.” They were first seen together in October, and then were spotted at many, many coffee shops over the next couple months. But after a romantic Thanksgiving, they spent the holidays and both their birthdays apart. An insider tells Us Jake still cares about Taylor, but the publicity proved to be too much: "He wants to keep his private life private, and that’s hard to do dating Taylor.” Click for more on why they broke up—including the age difference. (More Jake Gyllenhaal stories.) See 1 more photo Report an error