Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Incredible’ Nieces Inspired His New Children’s Book

The inspiration behind Jake Gyllenhaal’s newest undertaking got here from inside his circle of relatives.

The actor, 42, advised ABC Information that his debut kids’s e book, The Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles, was based mostly on his personal expertise as an uncle to his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal’s two daughters, Ramona, 16, and Gloria, 11, whom she shares with husband Peter Sarsgaard.

“I like my nieces,” he advised the outlet in an interview revealed on Wednesday, September 6. “They’re simply unimaginable people.”

Though he was excited to grow to be “Uncle Jake” upon his eldest niece’s start, he additionally discovered himself questioning what his new position in life would entail. “I feel what I began to be taught was it actually meant no matter she wished it to imply, ?” Jake defined. “That grew to become form of what me being an uncle was and that it’s particular person to all of us. However I simply cherished the thought, additionally, that to put in writing a e book a few relationship that there aren’t actually any books written about.”

The Covenant star went on to reward his older sister, 45, and his brother-in-law, 52, for elevating “actually nice ladies” earlier than sharing extra particulars about his relationship with Ramona and Gloria.

“For me, being there for them in no matter means I can, acknowledging the issues they’re going by, each good and unhealthy,” he shared. “To know additionally that as they get older, I’ll be somebody they will come to in the event that they ever want any exterior recommendation, even with their dad and mom, which is a very necessary place for an uncle or an aunt to be for his or her niece or nephew, in order that they will develop and undergo their very own secret society of aunts and uncles and grow to be nice aunts themselves someday.”

Jake additionally stated his finest recommendation for first-time aunts and uncles is the know that “mother and pa are at all times going to be mother and pa.” He continued: “You’ll at all times be that exterior supply that may, , encourage secure danger and pushing them to develop otherwise. And hopefully, you will be that. Good luck to you! It’s nice enjoyable and truly tremendous straightforward!”

The Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles hit cabinets on Tuesday, September 5, and follows the adventures of a younger boy named Leo and his Uncle Mo. Jake cowrote the e book with Greta Caruso and it’s illustrated by Dan Santat.

Whereas Jake shouldn’t be a father himself, he has been romantically tied to a few of Hollywood’s largest stars through the years, together with Kirsten Dunst, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, Taylor Swift and Minka Kelly.

Us Weekly confirmed in December 2018 that Jake was courting French mannequin Jeanne Cadieu. “Jeanne could be very mature for her age. She’s quirky, good and loves historical past, studying; she’s a very nice and well-rounded particular person,” a supply advised Us on the time. “She and Jake actually took issues gradual, however at the moment are fairly severe.”

The couple made a uncommon public look collectively final month on the US Open in New York Metropolis. Jake sported a pink button-down shirt through the outing, whereas Cadieu, 27, donned a white tank high, a pair of denims and a black baseball cap. The 2 have been photographed smiling collectively and having fun with Novak Djokovic‘s match towards Casper Ruud.