Jake Gyllenhaal Says He’s Single, Reveals His Ideal First Date

Jake Gyllenhaal is still very much single. The actor stopped by the Ellen Show on Monday, April 27, to promote his new movie Southpaw.

Gyllenhaal, 34, said that his dates get to meet his mom right away. In fact, the first date usually ends up at his mom’s house.

“One thing I always do is I always bring my dates to my mother’s house for the first date. I think that’s a good move.”

Jake’s mom, screenwriter Naomi Forner Gyllenhaal, has been wanting to set him up with someone for some time now.

“My mother…thinks arranged marriages actually might be able to work, you know what I mean? Like, in a good way. She thinks if she picked for me, that I’d do a lot better.”

Jake then explained that he introduces his mom to all of his dates so that she can let him know what she thinks of them.

Ellen asked if he trust his mom’s advice, he said, “Absolutely, I would trust my mother.” It sounds like Jake Gyllenhaal is a keeper for any lucky woman.

DeGeneres went on to ask the heartthrob if he’s single at the moment. He responded with a resounding “Yes,” as the audience cheered loudly.

The actor also revealed to DeGeneres during their chat that he used to be in a band in high school.

“I was in a really, really bad band when I was in high school. The name of the band was called Whole Shot…That’s one good-looking band right there.”

Gyllenhaal went on to explain the type of music they played and his role in the band.

“It was rock music, I guess. We wrote our own music. I was just a lyricist, so I just wrote the lyrics.”

The actor didn’t just talk about his relationships and his musical past. Jake also showed off the jump roping skills he learned during his training for his role Southpaw. He explained the rigorous training for movie.

“I trained like five months. Four months really consistently like two times a day. So I made kind of eight months in four months and really learned all the skills of boxing.”

Gyllenhaal had to learn how to maintain the physique of a boxer. Sports Grid was able to get the details about how he was able to regain the 30 pounds lost during his role for Nightcrawler, along with adding 15 pounds of muscle. Gyllenhaal’s training got so intense that it caused him to break up with his girlfriend Alyssa Miller, as the film’s director, Anthony Fuqua, told Deadline.

“Literally. I think he broke up with his girlfriend (Miller) because he was just in the gym every day. He was training like a fighter. I had him sparring, really getting hit. I put him in situations where I wanted to see what he was made of. No one but fighters understand the sacrifice it takes to be a fighter.”

Jake Gyllenhaal’s new movie, Southpaw, will be in theaters across the nation on July 24.

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