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The Latest on Jake G.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on February 09, 2008, 08:07:59 pm ---Have you seen the reports that Kirsten Dunst has just checked herself into a rehab facility - news keep claiming that what happened to Heath finally made her realize she needed help. Don't know the veracity of that, maybe it's just gossip, but... I know it's years since she and Jake broke up, but one thing and the other - I'm sure it's pretty tough on him. But at least he's got a loving family who can take care of him.
I do think it's strange that he's been so noticably absent though.
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Yes, I've seen the reports. However, I've neither heard nor read anything that states she learned a lesson from Heath's death. I hardly want to compare the two. Heath's was purely accidental. Kirsten...well, her nickname hasn't been Kirsten Drunk by accident.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on February 09, 2008, 08:11:40 pm ---Well, we know that the production had to be halted on his current film because he was too distraught. That's not the MO for our usually impeccably professional Jake - Jake who has never been fired from any job he's ever had and who is understandably quite proud of that. I think his poor heart has been broken in two, and he's having a much more difficult time dealing with that than perhaps anyone would have suspected. I'm glad he's with a grown-up woman who can help him through it and that he's not dealing with it alone. But I'm worried for him, in a startlingly maternal way.
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Was it because he was too distraught or because the producers wanted to give him time to grieve? I remember he went back to work a week after the news, but supposedly the scene he shot wasn't very good due to his distracted state. Based on what little that article gave, it seemed more he was disturbed and distracted than distraught. He was able to be out and about for the L.A. memorial and he went out in public with Reese and the kids at least once. I'm starting to wonder if it's not that he's overcome with grief as much as he wants to let the media frenzy die down before showing himself.
BelAir:
--- Quote from: atz75 on February 09, 2008, 07:55:04 pm ---
>:( :( :( ??? I don't know why I'm so fixated on this situation with Jake, but it's seeming more and more distressing to me. I think this has a lot to do with personal ideas and reactions to grief. But, I simply can't imagine missing a good friend's/ a best friend's funeral or memorial service. I really like Cate Blanchett and it's great that she was so involved. But, it just seems like such a huge omission to not have Jake there and actually playing a rather large role in the memorial. I guess I just don't get it.
:(
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Hi A...
Sending you a hug...
I would maybe just hope that Jake is dealing/coping in a way that we are just not privy too... that's doesn't necessarily mean that it's bad, it's just that we don't get to know about it...
:-\
jstephens9:
I thought I saw on the news that Jake was going to be at the memorial service in Perth, but apparently that did not happen. I do think it is very strange that he has dropped so much out of sight and has made no comments at all.
j.U.d.E.:
I don't know about this one.. It may be strange that he did not go to Perth, but it's his right, no? We don't know his reasons and it is upsetting not to know how he is doing and whether he is coping, but I think that I'd be ok if he didn't appear on any channel anywhere for another while. It must be an extra pressure for him, in this difficult time, to know that everyone will want to know something about him. Ask him about how he feels. Any questions at this point I think will be of no use whatsoever. I think it was very brave of Heath's parents, Ang Lee and Michelle Williams to give a statement so quickly and I'm sure it took off the pressure of having everyone expecting of them to 'share' their grief with us and the media. That pressure is still with Jake and I don't want to add to it. I think he has every right to take all the time in the world before giving any statement or answering any questions. I can see it now already, how people will not stop asking.. I am hoping so much, that Jake is coping.. somehow.. I think he must be very vulnerable at this point, with his heart bursting with pain. I can't imagine him forcing himself to hold it all together in front of a camera..
All the time he needs!
[I never went to my grandmother's funeral (the only one of my grandparents I ever knew) - I was informed too late.. First I was very angry but now, with time, I believe that this means I never had to say goodbye to her and that she's still there, next to me.. somewhere.. If that makes sense.. Maybe Jake doesn't want to say goodbye, just yet..]
j.U.d.E.
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