Her Heart is Broken...

Michelle Williams finally ended her silence Friday,
saying her “heart is completely broken” over the death of
actor Heath Ledger.
The
27-year-old actress and Ledger became a couple during filming of 2005’s
“Brokeback,” in which they costarred as husband and wife. They later
moved to New York, and had a daughter, Matilda, born October 2005.
“Please
respect our need to grieve privately,” Williams said in a statement.
“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.”Before they split last year, Ledger and
Williams lived together in Brooklyn’s quiet, tree-lined Boerum Hill
neighborhood. Last week, well-wishers left bouquets of flowers outside
the four-story, sage-green brownstone with a black wrought-iron fence.
“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,”
Williams said. “She will be brought up in the best memories of him.”Williams, who also played Jen Lindley on TV’s
“Dawson’s Creek,” was nominated for a supporting-actress Oscar for her
“Brokeback” role. When Ledger died, Williams and Matilda were in
Trollhattan, Sweden, where she had been shooting scenes for the
upcoming film “Mammoth.”
Though
she was soon spotted returning to the Brooklyn home where the couple
once lived together, she managed to dodge reporters and steer mostly
clear of camera crews, and chose to stay silent until Friday’s
statement.