Michelle Williams Grieving Over Heath Ledger; Video Of Heath At Party Will Not Be Shown
Â
A sad story just gets sadder. Actress Michelle Williams, mother of Heath's daughter Matilda, has released a statement:
"Please respect our need to grieve privately. My heart is broken. I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father. All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day. His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time and we know that he is with us still. She will be brought up with the best memories of him."
Reportedly, Heath and Michelle broke up because she could not handle his drug-taking, and there were whispers of another woman. Heath, for his part, was attempting to kick drugs, which leads me to the second part of this story.
Entertainment Tonight and The Insider paid big bucks (I've heard upwards of $200,000US) for a grainy video showing Heath allegedly engaged in drug use while at a party. They've already shown a teaser, which didn't tell the whole story:
A behind-the-scenes campaign happened aggressively on Wednesday to pressure the shows not to broadcast that Heath Ledger video everyone was talking about.Several top publicity companies threatened to never give the shows access to their star clients again. They caved.
However, we're told that many are still upset because ET and The Insider made it seem like Heath was doing drugs in the video.
He was not, a person who has seen the full clip tells us.
Additionally, when the shows aired a preview of the video, they showed a clip of Ledger saying, "I used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years."
However, what they didn't show you was that afterwards, he said , "and that's why I got this tattoo [an M, for daughter Matilda] to remind me never to smoke weed again."
It's sad that these shows would feel the need to use this man's death as a reason for ratings, but I guess that's the nature of the show business beast...I went into my local Blockbuster a couple of nights ago, here in the middle of 40th and Plum, and they had a display at the checkout area. I took a closer look, and it was a selection of movies Heath had been in. For rental or purchase, own a piece of a dead man!
I did not partake.
