OlderMichelle Williams - “Wonderland” Issue #12
Michelle Williams was interviewed by Wonderland magazine before the death of Heath Ledger. Here’s what she had to say:
Did you go to Katie Holmes’ wedding? Everybody wants to know that. No, I didn’t go because I was working on The Tourist. To be honest, we’re not really in touch.
How has becoming a mother changed you? I feel like I didn’t have any relationship with my body before Matilda. Well I did, but it was just a bad one. After having my daughter I can’t judge myself in the same way. My body has done this totally miraculous but utterly ordinary thing. The downside is that my vocabulary has shrunk to the size of a pea. Since having a kid I just don’t have the same access to the world. I don’t see as many shows, I don’t go to many movies and I hardly read any books anymore. I’m lucky to make it through a book a month. So you start to develop in a much more non-verbal way, which can be so frustrating. Also there’s been a lot going on in my personal life and part of me is… I don’t know. I shouldn’t talk about it but it’s like I’m re-emerging back into the world or something.
Would you describe yourself as vain? I have insecurity masquerading as vanity. I don’t think I’m vain as an actress but I’m probably more so as a person. Again, it goes back to that thing about when I’m working is the only time when I don’t judge myself. I feel totally open to exploring all the sides of my physical self in my work. While I’m working I really don’t give a f— how I look. Afterwards, if I have to watch it, I might have some problems.
What’s the day ahead hold for you? I’m going to pick Matilda up from school at 11:30 and she’ll take a nap. I might join her because tonight I’m doing hospital rounds in preparation for the film Mammoth. It’s Lukas Moodysson’s first English language film. I play a New York City trauma surgeon so I’ve been trailing a doctor for a few months. We’re going to step it up tonight and go to Elmhurst hospital in Queens, which is a top-level trauma hospital. The whole experience has been such an eye-opener. The first time I did it, I had this weird sensation where I thought, ‘Oh f—, I’ve missed my calling’. The sense of purpose made me wish I’d become a doctor.
Check out the full interview at WonderlandMagazine.com.
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You know I like that she’s honest about Katie. Katie went to the funeral which was sweet, but Michelle is the best!
the 3rd pic is fierce!!!
I knew Katie was lying when she said she still kept in contact with her Dawson’s Creek cast
she is so beautiful… I love her as an actress… I heard she’s in the next martin scorcese’s movie with leonardo di caprio… of all the actors of dawson’s creek who would say that jen lindley would be the more succesful?
Hey DIDI….
Stay the fcuk off Michelle’s thread you nasty, vicious B*tch.
You don’t need to say any more cruel and callous things about Heath anymore. The man is buried now…so let him just rest in peace.
You fcukin’ spiteful little c*nt.
SHE LOOKS STUNNING!!
I feel bad for her, but that doesn’t take away that she is one of the biggest ******* in the business! She has no personality at all.
I feel bad for her, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that she is one of the biggest ******* in the business! She has no personality at all.
Katie Holmes is a liar. In the past month, maybe it was on Letterman, she said that she still kept in touch with MW and others from that silly teeny bopper show she was on. That explains the real reason that Tom and Katie showed up at Heath’s memorial in LA……it was a photo op. They weren’t even invited. What a couple of freak scumbags!!!! Tom and Katie are so desperate for publicity that they are crashing funerals now….LMAO!!!
Absolutely stunning!
Wow, these pics are the best that I have ever seen of her!
i think she looks great! i like how she is honest and doesn’t say “ooh well we’re still best friends!!! love her so much!” like some other hollywood actors.
i respect her more for that.
love the third pic!
DONT HATE PEOPLE, SHE IS THE BEST AND WITH A DAMN PERSONALITY
nice interview. love the 3rd pic, beautiful.
Even without Heath, Michelle, you have beautiful Mathilda. I’m sure someday you will fine a true love again. Katie is doomed for fail in her relationship with Tommy fruitloop.
She’s so pretty !! i like her personality too.
what did DIDI say.?. the comments gone.
She looks gorgeous in these pics! The first one is kind of like old school Madonna. I’m going to get this mag when it comes out.
She is my new favourite ir girl. i am loving her. she looks great in the photos.
i wish her and baby matilda the best.
rip heath. i am still in shock.
Her pics looks great. I feel so bad for her and Mathilda, and Heath’s family, but they seem to take strength from one another so that is really good. I adored Heath.
I think Michelle has immense talent, she is one of those actresses that is very adaptable. I think she will be a major power player in the next few years.
What’s up woth the link? It says we can click to read the full interbiew but I don’t get sh*t! :-(
Oh well, I’m willing to buy the mag to read it. :-)
RIP HEATH and God Bless Michelle, Mathilda, & the Ledger Family
Did you go to Katie Holmes’ wedding? No. To be honest, we’re not really in touch.
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This woman was grieving,suffering, and Robot brain dead Kate and her Pimp cult ailen midget were using her suffering as a PR stunt .. attending Heath’s funeral for Show..those 2 make me sick.
Anything/Anybody for PR. They dont care about Michelle,and they didnt know Keith. Kates one dumb b*tch.You brain washed another one TomThumb!
These are beautiful. I like how honest she is in the interview without veering into TMI or rudeness.
I’ve never seen her look so beautiful. Photo #3 is great but I really love #4. Wonder who the photographer is?
Read the whole interview…obviously the girl is extremely depressed…filled up with insecurities…she is so negative about everything…and obviously very hurt by the break-up with Heath…she seems to have completely lost herself…And that was before he died!!! imagine how she must feel now….i am sure if she didnt have the kid….she would have ended up as another anna nicole…
May she finds the strength she needs…god bless…
She is so beautiful, such a quality person. My heart goes out to her, she has class & dignity.
To even put her name in the same sentence with that loser KH is sickening, they are in different leagues, different worlds. G.. bless
Michelle.
haha, betcha Katie’s embarrassed she’s been exposed as a liar and publicity wh*re!
to much makeup on her!
and she should keep in touch with them!
and i just dont like her
i love katie though
shes so cool…i love her!
It was kind of Katie to attend the memorial for Heath in support of Michelle. Whether they’ve kept in touch or not, it was a kind gesture what Katie did.
She does sound rather negative about things.
LOLOL!!! We know nothing about this girl. Nothing. Except what has been canned and spoonfed to a magazine article. I am not convinced Katie is the liar nor am I convinced Michelle is so “honest.” All I know is that I totally adored Heath. He is dead. The pictures I seen of him at event stuff before he died he looked like a lost soul. Not happy and self confident. And he adored his baby girl. Yeas, he had her with him in November, but he didn’t have her with him for Christmas. Not even part of it. Thank God he had a family to go home to visit. I think it was SO wrong that he didn’t get to spend time with his baby for Christmas.
A month later he is dead. If she loved him and cared so much, even as his friend, not his lover, why didn’t she do more to help him. I am sorry. I am still really upset about Heath and maybe I am too harsh on her, but I don’t think she is this poor shy innocent girl trying to grieve and raise her baby alone. It didn’t have to be that way. I don’t think she loved him enough. I just don’t.
Michelle sounds as if she doesn’t care to know KH and their must be a reason why they went separate ways…KH should keep her fake azz at home this wasn’t about kindness- she didnt call Michelle when Heath and her separated -KH on Toms order did this to try ang get positive publicity from people who are turned off by them who are not scientologist.
she is absolutely gorgeous
I really dont understand why some people like to blame michelle for heath’s death… they broke up for a reason…. I really feel sad for heath’s death but it was an accident… no one needs to be blammed
Michelle is 10000000x better than that foolish Katie!
Unlike Katie, she doesn’t use her daughter for publicity and self-promotion.
Unlike Michelle, Katie will never again be taken seriously as an actress, or be nominated for an Oscar, or work with acclaimed directors like Ang Lee, Martin Scorsese. She sold her soul and her acting “career” when she fell for Tom Cruise’s a$$$.
Michelle is making sure that Heaths parents get to their sweet little granddaughter in their lives so they will always have a part of Heath with them.
Katie won’t even let her own parents see suri.
Michelle is making sure that Heaths parents get to see their sweet little granddaughter in their lives so they will always have a part of Heath with them.
Katie won’t even let her own parents see suri.
How the heck is Katie a liar, did she have to keep in touch with every one of her DC castmates to say she still keeps in touch with them.
james and kerr went to her wedding party in LA, so obviously she still saw some of them recently.
Some of you will just jump on any opportunity to bash katie.
And leave Heath’s death out of it. Just because they werent close doesnt mean they hated each other. WTH shouldn’ she go to his memorial because of her past association with Michelle and because HL was respected by his peers.
If it was the other way around, would you guys be calling Michelle a liar if something happened to Tom and she showed up to pay her respects. Probably not because you can bet tons of hollywood people would be having memorials even moreso because of Tom’s impact in Hollywood.
I agree with Catherina….
that’s all.
^^ Perhaps Michelle would attend Tom’s memorial (I highly doubt it though) but she isn’t the type that would get photographed doing it!
Tell me, why were TomKat the only celebrities to be photographed at Heath’s memorial?
Beautiful pics….Michelle looks like a young Deborah Harry (Blondie).
Tom Cruise knew Heath Ledger and that’s why they did the memorial service. Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman are very close. When Nicole was still married to Tom, Naomi was with Heath. I don’t think Heath cared much for Nicole, but he did get to know Tom back then. He thought Tom was “odd.” But a nice person.I am a long time Heath fan.
I think Michelle is genuinely sad bcz Heath died. But I also think Michelle has “issues. ” I think they finally broke up bcz she was always kind os sour and negative and he was basically a happy person. And she was never as smart as him, and he was always the one pushing her to help her get parts. I wish her the best, but I am not a huge fan of her. I am crazy about the baby. I hope she will let his family spend a lot of time with Matilda. That way they can be close to Heath.
btw…some of you people are really weird. All these elaborate fantasy storylines about the personal relationships of people you’ve never met. Too funny.
Tom Cruise did not know Heath. Naomi didn’t even meet Heath until 2003, over two years after Tom divorced Nicole Kidman. They went to the memorial to be seen and then had the nerve to release a statement saying they had been invited by family.
On topic: Michelle looks fantastic in these photos.
I always liked KH more than MW, until she married Tom. I am sorry but she is freaking weird and soulless now. Both couples were very high profile in 2006 and I remember thinking how much better Michelle made out. She was also nominated for an Oscar. Sorry, but Katie became a joke after she “hooked up” with Tom. As for keeping in touch, Joshua Jackson said the same thing about Katie. She no longer keeps in touch with anyone from DC.
i’ve always like michelle williams shes one of my favorite actress of all time. i hope she becomes more famous and successful. and i hope she finds a great man for her and matilda. i read the whole interview shes actually great.
I remember her saying that she and Heath wanted six kids. It is so sad what happened. My heart breaks for her and that beautiful baby girl.
Yeah, Katie thinks she’s friends with everybody or is trying to be friends with everybody.
Actually tom and katie were NOT filmed at Heath Ledgers memorial. It was just tommy’s PR peeps that SAID he was there. And then PR pictures of the two leaving ‘Joan’s on Third’ were released saying they were taken AFTER the memorial service.
either way neither it was ALL just a PR stunt for the tommy train wreck express.
i never liked Michelle much but I have a new respect for her. I think Heath’s problems and what she was going through sheds some light on why she had the permanent scowl. She seemed a lot more relaxed after they split. She’s very honest in the interview and sounds like someone people can relate to, unlike a lot of the other actresses her age. Some of the stuff about not anticipating the future is eerie in retrospect.
Michelle does have a melancholiness and seriousness in her tone which may or may not refllect her personality…or is it just edited that way!!!Anyway she is a good actress and I’m sure a terrific mum and I would not judge her about the Heath scenario as I have no idea what really went on.
She is just so beautiful
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I’ve most likely come at the end of this thread, and no-one will be here to read this. But I’d like to get this off my chest. I don’t know any of the stars being talked about here, I’m not their friend or relative… Don’t know what’s true or rumored. I do know something though, gained from personal experience.
It’s easy to stand in judgment of someone who doesn’t “stand by” a person with “anger management” issues or “substance abuse” problems WHEN you don’t live with them or know anyone who is struggling with WHY they have these “problems”. That’s beside the point.
To be an enabler means you have to take on the role of letting someone guilt you into buying the booze because “I’m in such pain I’m going to kill myself if I don’t get a drink!”. You get your soul sucked out of you because you are a good person who feels so bad that this person you love is hurting that against your better judgement you do it and keep doing it — you even take verbal abuse or a slap to the face because you’ve been told by DOCTORS NOT TO get them what they want because it’s KILLING THEM!
At some point an enabler has to STEP AWAY from the situation and save THEMSELVES from what the other person is doing or go insane! I know of people who lived with alcoholics, and went from enabler TO alcoholics themselves just to live with their “lot in life”. One girl I knew KILLED herself rather than be “responsible for LIFE” for her husband’s drug problems because of his “bad back”, and “can’t hold down a job”… Everyone told her it was her RESPONSIBILITY to TAKE CARE of HIM — Well, no-one took CARE OF HER!
And when kids are involved… What do you teach them? To take the blame for what someone else does. Each one of us are responsible for our own behavior FIRST then others, and they for themselves as well.
It takes a lot out of a decent person to BACK AWAY from a bad situation and say, “I will no longer help you destroy your life because you deny what’s going on here, and blame me. You’re on your OWN! Live or die… Are YOU strong enough to get HELP!”
I could most likely say the above better, but with this migraine… I’m lucky to be doing this much. So I’m out of here.
‘bye
Good for you rossy you are so right.
With a friend like Katie H’s who needs enemies. Tom may have met Keith — if thats true — butt they were not friends. KH rather hang around Posh and David (who have now kinda grab space away from them) .Tom controls the” who to be seen with,”and KH is going along with it.
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Tom thought he could recruit the Beckhams. Probably thought the same about Michelle and Heath. Tom likes to be seen with what he percieves ”High Profile celebs ect–Beckhams-Will and Jada Smith–ect.. I for what am so glad Michelle isnt involve with those 2. Keep Matilda away from them Michelle. KH thinks she is better than Michelle, and Tom Im sure look down on Heath when he had a drug problem, remember how its rumored the grief Tom gives Nicole about Keith, Tom doesnt want their –never seen much adopted 2 near Keith. Michelle stay away from those 2, youre going through enough.
# 51 rossy40
an excellent post.
thankyou for taking the time and effort to post even though you had a migraine. there’s no way i would have been able to type one sentence if i had a migraine! you’ve really done well.
and once again…a brilliant post. i hope many people do read it.
I’ve always heard that none of the Dawson’s Creek got along with Katie Holmes and Joshua. Katie was desperate to be THE front one and Joshua was totally in love with her. They jealoused James van der Beek and since he is said to be the nice guy who never fights with anyone it was Michelle Williams, Busy Philips and Kerr Smith who used to defend him. I don(t know about it accuracy, all I know is that Joshua Jackson has a big mouth and he often badmouthed James. Katie has always been a publicity ***** for me. She must be happy and fullfilled now that she is with Mighty Tom.
i love her she’s so talented (BROKEBACK) she’s beautiful smart pur real downtoearth ans STRONG but it souds that she has “ISSUES” …………….
she souds melancolic and kinda negative…………. but what i like the most about her is “SHE HASN’T GOT a FAKE SOUL”
god bless her and mathilda
RIP HEATH (HOPE YOU’re WITH ANGELS NOW……………..)
Naomie Watts and Heath Ledger dated for three years. They began in while they were making Ned Kelly. They’d met before that. Heath knew Tom Cruise.
check out this vid
JUST LIKE HEAVEN_MICHELLE WILLIAMS TRIBUTE
i love it it’s sooooo soooooooooo cute
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Do you all keep in touch with everyone you ever worked with? They were colleagues. Just because they acted as friends on that show, doesn’t mean they were necessarily friends in real life.
She really seems to have a rational perspective about her life. Mathilda is lucky for that reason. I guess I’m going to have to root for this girl; she’s just very likeable.
She’s so beautiful. Makeup or no makeup.
“To be honest, we’re not really in touch.”
Haha, so it all comes out!
I don’t really care what the tabloids say, Williams will always be more successful. Katie Holmes will never get an oscar nominatio, unlike Williams who did and will get more.
Ha! @ 02/14/2008 at 10:49 am
Do you all keep in touch with everyone you ever worked with? They were colleagues. Just because they acted as friends on that show, doesn’t mean they were necessarily friends in real life.
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Can you read, Ha!? Apparently not because you’ve totally missed the point. Nobody is saying that they should or should not keep in touch….Everyone is saying that Katie LIED when she said she still kept in touch with everyone from DC. Michelle confirms this when she says that KH and her don’t keep in touch.
You need to READ before being a know-it-all dumbass!
#53 Funny how Tom is the authority on everyone else’s problems but thinks that isolating his kids and exposing them to the cult is best for them. He and Katie are sickos. They are human waste……
Tom is the authority on mental illness. He should be able to help himself and his robot. These two freaks can’t even help themselves.
#55, that’s not true. I know someone who worked on DC and said that KH and JJ were they nicest people. MW mainly kept to herself, but JVB was an absolute a$$.
Catherina @ 02/13/2008 at 11:10 pm
How the heck is Katie a liar, did she have to keep in touch with every one of her DC castmates to say she still keeps in touch with them.
james and kerr went to her wedding party in LA, so obviously she still saw some of them recently.
Some of you will just jump on any opportunity to bash katie.
And leave Heath’s death out of it. Just because they werent close doesnt mean they hated each other. WTH shouldn’ she go to his memorial because of her past association with Michelle and because HL was respected by his peers.
If it was the other way around, would you guys be calling Michelle a liar if something happened to Tom and she showed up to pay her respects. Probably not because you can bet tons of hollywood people would be having memorials even moreso because of Tom’s impact in Hollywood.
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AMEN Catherina, this post bears repeating. It is exactly what I was thinking, but you saved me the key strokes.
I don’t know why people keep saying this girl is beautiful. She is not beautiful, she is just a plain Jane. It’s the make-up that makes her look good on these photos.
I don’t understand why people on this board are trying to make a saint out of this girl, Michelle. And why are you guys pitting her against Katie. You people are so ignorant.
jkl @ 02/14/2008 at 11:17 am
Can you read, Ha!? Apparently not because you’ve totally missed the point. Nobody is saying that they should or should not keep in touch….Everyone is saying that Katie LIED when she said she still kept in touch with everyone from DC. Michelle confirms this when she says that KH and her don’t keep in touch.
You need to READ before being a know-it-all dumbass!
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Why would you call Katie a liar, she does keep in touch with her former cast mates, they were at her wedding(the ones who could make it).
Maybe when she talked about keeping in touch with her former cast mates, she did not want to say. “I keep in touch with all my former cast mates EXCEPT Michelle”. Maybe she didn’t see it necessary to single Michelle out.
SO MAYBE YOU ARE THE DUMBASS, huh?!
Kerr Smith,James and Oliver Hudson went to the post wedding L.A.party of Katie and Tom. Sasha Alexander now with a baby and Katie keep in touch. Katie said on Letterman she keeps in touch with the DC cast but didnt specify which one.
Katie is class though.Of all the cast she is someone I wonna hang out with.
Regina,Michelle will get an Oscar and Katie never will?
we shall see……………
At least Katie is a good person Michelle isnt. I rather be a good person and happy than get an Oscar.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being a private person does not mean you’re flawless!!!!!!!!
I dont think we are required to keep in touch with everyone we meet in this lifetime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW THERE’S NO WAY I CAN!!!!!
I love to but there’s no way I can with my busy time.
Ofcourse its different for lowlives who are just online all the time.
I like Katie more than Michelle. Michelle seems jealous of Katie.
DUCKFACE
Another mean ice queen like Gwyneth Paltrow,Jessica Alba and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
The Catholics and Christians hate Heath and Michelle because of their gayness and immorality. Even Michelle’s Catholic High School disowned her because of Brokeback Mountain. I dont see Notre Dame disowning Katie despite she is Scientologist.
Michelle looks cute in those pics, I think she is a talented actress,…Personality wise I don’t know.
She reminds me of Gwenyth in her tone and I do think she was honest about Katie. Believe it or not, Katie is not taken seriously and so to fabricate anything about her is a stretch coming from an actress such as Wiliams. That said, TomKat’s desperation is painful & and downright disrespectful @ a time of grief.
I think its wonderful Katie supported her during Heath’s funeral even when they’re not close; her other DC castmates were there too but ofcourse the media singled out Tom and Katie. There’s nothing desperate about TomKat’s support during their grief.
Some of your trolls just find nothing good. If TomKat does not show up then you whine Tom is not supportive of Katie’s friends and if they show up you whine too.
Sheesh!!!!!!
Im sure Katie had empathy because if Tom or any of her loved-ones dies she put herself in Michelle’s situation.
Dont like her acting and she is a cold person.
With Katie and Tom you have freedom of speech but with Michelle she sues and threats her own fans and message boards by her lawyer. Now that is soooooo beneath.
She looks stunning in these pics and the very articulate in the interview. Why on earth would Michelle be jealous of Katie? She has an Oscar nomination, is working with great directors and getting good scripts and has a bright future ahead of her. Katie always seemed like a publicity ***** so I guess she got her wish when she married Tom. Besides I would much rather hang out with Michelle than grazy Katie and Tom.
Wow she looks evil and mean in the photos which fits her personality.
Sleazy TMZ followed James VanDerBeek and his wife last year on some restaurant and ask him if he and Holmes keep in touch and he said once in awhile they do. They press for more questions but James said “I dont know you guys and its none of your business”. he was starting to get P.O. with all the TMZ interrogation.
TMZ reports “Dawson still talks to his Joey”.
I read the book “the Rise and fall of the WB and UPN network” - the fans,press,WB people love Katie. Every person raved about Katie as a person. The WB people said Joey was first given to Williams until they saw Katie Holmes. All the boys fought for Holmes too. I just learned Josh and James VanDerBeek dated Holmes and they end up not sharing their rooms together because of their rivalry for Katie’s affection. Talk about scripts and reality rolled as one.
There’s nothing wrong with the interview. I think it’s just honest, people expect these celebrities to be extra special and the truth is that they are just human(most of them). Although, I think that she was in a dark place when this interview was taken, she seems really unsure and confused about what’s happened and where her life is going, but she’ll work it out.
Michelle does not sound like a cold person. Nor is she probably as depressed and confused as some may believe. She simply sounds like an Introvert. Talks and acts like an introvert. Has the interests of an introvert. Nothing wrong with that!! Being an introvert does not mean you lack personality. It just means you will not be walking around smiling at cameras and flaunting yourself like Katie Holmes.
She never smiles and she’s always on a bad mood. She treats her fans and the paparazzis like S###.
Madonna True Blue?
Dayum why are some of you bring Heath into your argument?? The man is DEAD! Can he at least have some rest in death than he did in life?? Goodness gracious. None of you are in a position to judge anyone, so why do so when you don’t know them or their story? Stop basing your assumptions on what you read in the tabloids because thats their job, which is to report news whether its true or not.
I like these pics of Michelle. I’ve always liked her since Dawson’s Creek and she seems like a laid back and quiet type of person who keeps to herself mostly. It dosen’t mean shes cold and withdrawn either.
On the subject of her and katie. Is that really relevant here? I mean seriously! The important thing is that Katie loaned her support in Michelle’s time of need and that is what matters. Doesn’t even matter if they were close or not.
Michelle will be alright, Matilda will be alright, Heath is alright, and Heath’s family will be alright.
Itis so sad that people have to blame this woman for Heath’s death. He did drugs before she met him. None of this is her fault and she has never trashed him. She loved him and they had an agreement of who she spent Xmas with and so on. If he had not done drugs he would be alive. If people are so upset by a death of a person they never met or never talked to they need help,not michelle.
Calling this woman namesand saying she is a tramp ect is so silly. Another person who absolutely knows nothing about this woman is busy trashing her. I feel sorry for people who fall in love with movie stars andthink they are involved with this dead persons life LOL
Michelle should have tried to stay with Heath Ledger a little longer and offered him some compassion for the problems he was going through with drugs and everything else. I know he loved his little daughter, and being separated from her and Michelle might have sent him over the edge. I think Michelle feels guilty now.
That’s insane. Stay with him?! She had an infant daughter to think about first!
As much as i am a fan of Heath, I don’t blame Michelle for leaving him. What kind of mother would she be if she didn’t?
No one has mentioned the fact that Katie was one of those in Hollywood that spoke up and denied those that were trying to put out the video of Heath at a party where drugs were being done.
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