Reese Witherspoon has reportedly rejected Jake Gyllenhaal's marriage proposal.

 

Jake Gyllenhaal popped the question during the couple's recent romantic break to Rome, but Reese, whose divorce from Ryan Philippe was finalised in October, turned him down because she does not want to rush into another union.

Reese says it is just too soon after her divorce from Ryan to think about marrying again. She is madly in love with Jake, but her divorce just became final, and she doesn't want to rush into anything.

Jake planned a day filled with romantic gestures before he plucked up the courage to ask Reese to marry him. Jake took Reese to the Zodiaco cafe for dinner where the actor went down on one knee.

However, despite Jake's best romantic efforts, Reese is being cautious for the sake of her two children, eight-year-old Ava and four-year-old Deacon.

Reese wants to take things very slowly because of her two young children. She doesn't want anything to upset or disrupt them. It took her a while to introduce them to Jake, she didn't want them to know they were a couple until they were definitely serious about each other. They are madly in love. They really are the perfect couple.