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Michelle Williams: Please Respect Our Privacy

Michelle Williams: Please Respect Our Privacy

Michelle Williams has given her first statement since the death of her former companion Heath Ledger.

In a statement released by Heath’s rep, Michelle said, “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.”

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I think Heath and Michelle really still loved each other. I think Heath was just a wild child. I don’t think it was drugs. I think he kept irregular hours, needed to be around certain kinds of people, and was a very “hippie” kind of guy and she was the more conservative. You cannot harness a shooting star. So sad he burned himself out at such a young age. I also think he was the kind who cheated. He had his Michelle who he loved, but he also had a need to go out there and get with other women. He was seeing that model Helena Christiansen back in 2006, off and on. I am not going to judge him.
I will always love him for himself.

Didi and tINA = two bitter b*i*t*c*h*e*s

nice rational argument there ann, you won that round with your witty retort and good debating skills.
obama and hilary, watch out.

must be a tough time for all the friends, fans & loved ones of heath ledger. :( my sincere condolences.

for those bitter people here complaining about sympathy for heath’s loved ones, i feel sorry for people like you too. i hope that’s the consolation you’ll receive when your loved ones die, with words like: “what’s the big deal? people die every day.” “your mom died? why so sad? think of all those soldiers who died “defending” the country.”

Bitter = people who worship celebs that don’t give a care about them, this country is sick..honestly

Beside playing in movies what good did Ledger do, what about all kids who BOTH parents have died like in Darfur

were is that poor this or that for them..

oh I forgot they didn’t make movies..

Matilda is one of the millions of kids who have lost their fathers each yr.

Michelle Williams will survive what SEVERAL woman have survived…

Get off the bandwagon…

Didi - Exactly what argument are you trying to win here? As said before, no one has said that Michelle Williams deserves any more than any other grieving wife/girlfriend/lover/sister/mother/WHATEVER deserves. If you don’t want to read people who feel badly for her for whatever reason, why are you on this thread? It’s called basic human compassion. Perhaps you should try some yourself?

Mrs. Smith @ 02/01/2008 at 5:33 pm

My heart breaks for Michelle and her little girl. Let us hope that those entertainment shows will leave them alone and stop trying to give all these ‘exclusives.’ The sickening fiasco with Anna Nicole was way too much.

So, take a hint JJ and stop it with all this incessant reporting! You have been shameful to say the least in the constant postings, speculations, and tacky over saturation in the very hours and days following this man’s death. Muster up what little dignity you may possess and give this family a damn break. I hardly come here anymore, but you are truly working my last nerve. It was bad enough when you chose to post the funeral pics of Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s loss, and now this? Death is not gossip news you fool- it’s tragic and PRIVATE no matter the circumstances surrounding it.

tINA - still haven’t fixed that caps lock problem.

Are you familiar with the phenomenon of celebrity? That the people you are reading comments from come to feel as if they know the people they are writing about because seeing them onscreen in movies, interviews, etc… makes us feel like we “know” them, even if we don’t? It’s not brain surgery and it’s really not for you to judge people over. It happens everywhere in various walks of life, be they actors, politicians, athletes, etc. I’m not quite sure what your confusion or annoyance is with this thread.

Comparing a celebrity blog to support or lack of support for Darfur is asinine, don’t you think? Why don’t you go guilt people into shame somewhere else?

tINA @ 02/01/2008 at 5:28 pm

what are you doing on a celebrity blog?

please remember what you said here when your loved ones die.
during your mom or dad’s eulogy, please say:
“nothing to grieve about, no big loss to society, mom/dad did not die in darfur.”

having compassion for heath ledger’s family does not equate to celeb worshipping. if you hate celebs so much, what in the world are you doing here?

and i agree with Ha! @ 02/01/2008 at 5:37 pm completely with this statement “Comparing a celebrity blog to support or lack of support for Darfur is asinine”.

what to do, right? some people are just so full of it.

How beautiful.

–read my blog at http://fashionpoirot.blogspot.com

so heartbreaking :(

Tina you are an ass..Get your self to a shrink ..you need help..And do it quickly…Since you have no compassion for Heath..i find it hard to have any for your idiotic behavior…

Beautiful.

My eyes teared up too.

such touching words. it brought tear in my eye.

Matilda’s got an old soul.

“she whispers to trees…” that statement tugs at ones heart.

Who is she asking to let them grieve privately? The mmedia? The people who care? I find this incredibly odd statement..at least be specific about who you don’t want to grieve with you

Everyone has already said this but truly this statement broke my heart and I teared up. I feel such empathy for her.

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HEY DIDI

WTF are you still doing on Heath Ledger’s threads? You obviously have such disdain for him and for the fans who are genuinely mourning him. In an earlier thread you called Heath a “dead junkie actor” (post #30 on the Mary-Kate dating Heath thread)
On the Jake Gyllenhaal thread you basically called Jake a piece of sh*t for going hiking when his friend Heath had just died. You can’t stand Heath and yet you criticize/accuse Jake of not mourning Heath properly.
And now once again (surprise, surprise) you’re on Heath’s threads mocking everyone who is genuinely shocked and saddened and affected by Heath’s death.

We get it B*tch…. you hate Heath….so just stay the fcuk off his threads you c*u*n*t.
And let the rest of us honour this beautiful man and magnificent actor in the way he deserves.

ONE LAST THING DIDI….

You are the one who is bordering on obsessive….fancy making an appearance on every thread of someone you hate, just to spew vitriol. Says a lot about you as a person.

#48 katia

Michelle is NOT trying to “give more food for gossip”. She is an absolutely devastated, shattered and broken woman.
What she is obviously trying to do with her statement is to plea for privacy. As a celebrity she understands the public’s thirst for any bit of information (good, bad or indifferent) She has given an insight into her new personal hell, in the hope that people will now leave her and her family/Heath’s family alone.
If she didn’t give a statement the press would be hunting them down so to speak…trying to get that “grieving woman” photo or that elusive story. She understands that she won’t get her privacy until a statement of some sort is released. I am sure she really didn’t need the extra pain of having to write this…on top of everything else she is going through. So no Katia, she is not trying to give more food for gossip.

Jake Gyllenhaal has been criticised for NOT making a statement. And now you are doing the same about Michelle FOR making a statement.
Damn if you do and damn if you don’t it seems.
At least the majority of people are feeling great compassion for Michelle, especially after reading her heart wrenching statement.

I think many of you are putting too much thought into this. Really. It’s okay to sympathize with her on a VERY basic level. But it’s offputting to read long paragraphs from complete strangers about random movie stars. I happen to agree that ANYBODY in a state of grief should be given space but some of you need to ease up. I hope you invest the same amount of love and energy into your “REAL LIFE” loved ones as this random celebrity AKA stranger.

This is wrenching. To see so much of Heath in her every single moment. Without question she is a unique child! Just like sweet, old soul Bindi Irwin. I wish Michelle and Mathilda comfort and peace.

Well skip past the long posts Kirsten. Don’t you too have “real lfe” loved ones that need your attention? Why waste time reading these long posts?

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