Most people, when they turn 30, have a party or go to the pub. They might even go for a meal if they can bear the horrendous formalities of eating food in a restaurant. Not Jake Gyllenhaal. For his birthday, he’s going to swim with walruses.
You heard.
He’s going to do this seemingly pointless task in the Arctic Circle too. No, seriously. Goo goo g’joob.
The Donnie Darko actor (he’s been in other stuff, but no-one really cares do they?) will turn 30 years old on December 19th and will be joined by his family (who presumably hoped for a night down the pub/a party) for the sub-zero frolics in the in the Arctic Circle.
Jake said:
“The only reason I’m doing it is I wanted to do something that absolutely terrified me – killer whales and walruses and freezing cold water? That seems absolutely terrifying.”
Is it as terrifying as potentially being the muse for Taylor Swift’s next album? He’s rumoured to be dating her in case you missed that thrilling piece of news.
And poor ol’ Jakey was worried about leaving his 20s. Why? Christ knows. It’s only an age isn’t it? You don’t turn 30 and suddenly demand Horlicks over nights out. It seems that it was his sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal (who is 32) who told him to stop being so bloody stupid.
He added:
“I was talking to my sister the other day about being 30 and celebrating the life you’ve had up to this point. I feel there’s a massive sort of sea change coming in myself and I’m psyched.”
Sea change? A changing sea filled with walruses?
He added:
“I’m not 30 yet, but I definitely feel more like myself. I feel like now, it’s just the beginning. I guess you get to a point at 30 or somewhere and you say, ‘What I am, is what I am and that’s what I’m going to be and that’s all good.
“I don’t need to be anything else.’ And that’s kind of how I feel.”
Christ on a bike. Brace yourself for more horrible soul searching in public. He’ll be wanting stupid children next, carrying them around in one of those stupid papoose things.
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