Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Jake GyllenhaalandJamie Lee Curtisare opening up about living together during theCOVID-19lockdown.
Speaking with PEOPLE at the Los Angeles premiere of Gyllenhaal’s new thrillerGuy Ritchie’sThe Covenanton Monday, Curtis, 64, revealed that Gyllenhaal — who is her godson — lived next door to her during lockdown with his girlfriendJeanne Cadieu.
“We’ve just gotten to know each other,” the Oscar winner told PEOPLE of her relationship with Gyllenhaal, 42, who she kissed on the cheek while walking the red carpet. “He also lived with me during COVID for almost a year. He and Jeanne lived in the house next door that I have. And so there was also that. For a minute.”
“He made a lot of sourdough bread, a lot,” she continued, adding that it was “very good.”
“So singing, acting, sourdough,” added Curtis. “And he did that test where you do a handstand against the wall and take your shirt off and put it back on.”
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images
“I am still eating sourdough,” he said. “Yes. I haven’t stopped. Even though we’re out of the pandemic, I am still making sourdough.”
Curtis, who wonbest supporting actress at last month’s Academy Awards, is close friends with Gyllenhaal’s parents — director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner.
Opening up to PEOPLE about offering advice to her godson when he was younger, theEverything Everywhere All at Oncestar explained, “I sort of looked at him and said, ‘I’ve done this for a long time. You’re just starting. There may be things your parents don’t have the experience, strength and hope that I do. Please use that if you need to.’ "
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis.Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock
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On Monday, Curtis also reflected on her “overwhelming” Oscar win as she showed her support for Gyllenhaal at his premiere.
“When they did the class picture, they called my name first,” she told PEOPLE. “One moment I was standing up there before anybody else got up there and I looked out going like, ‘What is happening to me?’ And then to have it end the way it ended, which was also a total surprise and obviously delightful.”
“It’s been a journey and an unexpected journey, which is the nicest part of the whole thing,” she added.
source: people.com
