14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this week, word got out that cutie country singer Taylor Swift was now dating “Prince of Persia” star Jake Gyllenhaal. If she is, she’s certainly not saying anything to Ellen DeGeneres on her show.
As MTV’s Hollywood Crush also points out, Ellen is one of the few people in the media with a free pass to ask Taylor questions about her love life.
That’s not to say she will also answer them, though. While taping an interview which will air on Monday, Taylor found herself dodging questions about rumored beau Gyllenhaal and rumored ex-beau John Mayer.
“I’m always optimistic about love... always, sometimes,” Taylor said when Ellen asked her if she was feeling optimistic “about love right now.”
It’s easy to see what Ellen was driving at, but Taylor’s response hinted she wasn’t going to say more. Still, Ellen pressed her.
“But right now you are [optimistic]?” she asked. “Well, why wouldn’t anyone be?” Taylor responded, answering a question with a question in a bit to deflect it.
“Especially if your boyfriend is Jake Gyllenhaal, because he is very handsome. Y’all are just hanging out though right?” Ellen quipped, clearly not satisfied with what she’d gotten by being subtle.
“You have a picture of us on the screen, don’t you?” Taylor replied, again refusing to take the bait and answer the questions coming at her at rapid speed.
Ellen took that as a “yes” and started to explain how she (and Taylor too, probably) saw the blossoming romance.
“Right. But it’s just y’all hanging out – this does not prove anything. I’m just saying he’s adorable, and I like him very much, and so if that is the case that he’s your boyfriend, I think that’s fantastic,” Ellen said.
She then joked, “Wouldn’t he be nervous if anything goes wrong?” again trying to get Taylor to talk about her love life by hinting at the song “Dear John.”
“Dear John,” as fans must know, is one of the tracks included on the album “Speak Now,” which was reportedly written after she broke up with John Mayer because he’d broken her heart.