Enquirer: Jake Gyllenhaal & Susan Sarandon are hooking up on the down-low

This story feels like it’s entirely based on these photos of Susan Sarandon smiling at Jake Gyllenhaal at the Southpaw premiere, but it’s Friday, and the tunes are slow. Susan is probably not macking on Jake, yet the tabloids love to use the word “cougar” any chance they get. This hookup probably would be a hot one, so I’ll root for it even though it seems fake. Susan has a habit of entering relationships with younger guys, that’s true. The language the Enquirer uses is just awful. The tab says she sees him as “prey,” and they’re “on the down-low.” Jake is 32 years younger than Susan, but he doesn’t really have a type. So I guess this is vaguely possible:

Susan Sarandon has her sights on a new boy toy – 34-year-old Jake Gyllenhaal.

The Thelma & Louise star, 68, split from Tim Robbins, who is 12 year her junior, in 2009 after 22 years, and then quickly hooked up with Jonathan Bricklin, 38.

But now the cruising cougar has made Southpaw hunk Jake her primary prey!

The pair set tongues wagging on Aug. 6 when they snuggled up while posing for pics at Broadway play in New York City.

“The rumor is they’ve been hooking up on the down-low,” said a source. “A lot of people are hoping they go with the flow and give it a shot!”

[From Enquirer, print edition, August 31, 2015]

For what it’s worth, Gossip Cop says the hookup isn’t happening, but that doesn’t mean a secret affair isn’t possible (only that someone denied it). Let’s open this one up for discussion. Should Susan get with Jake? I think she’d rock his world. And there’s no reason she should have to date “within her age group” anyway. Jake’s over 30, so he’s mature enough to date older. It’s fine! Get it on, kids.

Photos courtesy of Getty & WENN

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