Michelle Williams has offered a rare comment about the late “special” Heath Ledger, whom she shares teen daughter Matilda with.
Williams was in a relationship with the Aussie actor for two years after meeting on the set of Brokeback Mountain. They then welcomed daughter Matilda together in 2005.
While the Dawson’s Creek actress has remained private over the years since Ledger’s death in 2008, she had two heartwarming words to say about him in a new interview.
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“I don’t know if you’re comfortable talking about Heath but I feel obligated to say that I knew him a little bit when he was getting sober, and I don’t know that I’ve ever fallen in love with somebody so quickly,” Podcast host Dax Shepherd told Williams on the May 19 episode of Armchair Expert.
“This is one of the most special boys I’ve ever met and I can feel the weight of the world on him in a very special way that kind of broke my heart.”
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He told Williams he was “very very sad” and thought Ledger was “so special”.
“So special,” Williams replied in agreement.
“Thank god there’s Matilda,” she said, sounding emotional.
She later remarked Ledger had “an incredible sensitivity”.
She had a giggle when Shepherd noted Ledger had “great taste in motorcycles too”.
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Williams then opened up about having her daughter in 2005 following the success of Brokeback Mountain, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for in 2006.
“I suppose maybe a good thing about being young is that you don’t have so much life experience that you can contextualize things, so you’re really just going with the flow,” she said.
