Michelle Williams Confirms Split From Spike Jonze
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Michelle Williams confirms she split from director Spike Jonze in the October issue of Vogue.
"The timing was impossible," she admits. "I thought falling in love again was the only thing that was going to save me from the pain. This erroneous idea: It just makes things more complicated."
Jonze is the first man Williams dated after the devastating death of ex Heath Ledger, with whom she shares a three-year-old daughter, Matilda.
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Williams says dating as a single mother played a part in the breakup.
"I obviously don't know how to do it," says Williams, who began dating the Where the Wild Things Are director in July 2008.
Jonze and Williams worked together on indie flick Synecdoche, New York in the summer of 2007. In September of the same year, Williams and Ledger called it quits.
Ledger died in January 2008 of an accidental drug overdose, which Williams still struggles with.
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"I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the fall and winter," she tells Vogue. "I didn't know if I could keep it all together … You console yourself by saying it's all a deepening process. But it's weird. After the first year, the pain is less intense -- it's less immediate. But the magical thinking goes away too. And that's a whole new reckoning."
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26Amy, Terry Gilliam did the interview with Vanity Fair, not Vogue. But yeah, she didn't come out as a nice person from that interview, she gave Heath a hard time because he broke with her. They were very different people and Heath quickly realised, already during the period of the Oscar Nominations for Brokeback Mountain. I agree, the article is a good read and very insightful about the reality of Heath and Michelle, which wasn't at all a fairytale like she tried to make it out to be. He seems to have been very unhappy with her and very quickly after Matilda was born, with coincided with the whole nominations period. I hope Spike and Michelle make up though, they seemed like a nice couple.
another one bites the dust.
Heath never married Michelle. Not ever proposed to her either. She has a nerve to behave like she's his widow when they broke nearly a year before making it official and he found love again with Gemma Ward. Big nerve indeed. I for one don't believe a word she says anymore. She is desperate for stardom. Terry Gilliam had a few nasty things to say about her, I recommend you google 'Terry Gilliam Vogue' to find out how Heath's last weeks were.
I'm from Perth. Believe me, he was happy with Gemma, that's all I'm going to say. I wished Michelle left Heath alone once and for all. He just wanted the baby, Matilda, not the loony mother. Michelle needs psychotherapy, she really does.
He wasn't baging gemma ward, she was his therapist. heath was screwed up beyond belief...only a suicidial person mixes that many drugs..so kid, don't do drugs. as for his baby momma it's got to be tough, but get used to it, that's life.
Michelle is such a sweetheart. And Matilda is a beautiful little girl who looks very much like her daddy. It just takes time to heal. They say it takes about two years of grieving period in order to adequately heal from a loss, and this was a big loss to Michelle and Heath's family both.
Divorced? NEVER MARRIED. People they were NEVER MARRIED! She's NOT a widow, she was NEVER a wife! She was his girlfriend and not for very long, either. Get your facts straight. She needs to move on, never married, so never divorced, so not a widow. She's an ex-girlfriend that got knocked up by him. Period.
Time needs time to heal. Can't rush it, just gotta go along with it...slowly, by yourself, in your own way, with no agenda. It's okay, let yourself feel. Pain. Necessary. It will slowly soon fade. Away.
My sons father past away six years ago and I am sorry to say but it really never gets 100% better . All of the emotions the what if's the why's and then to look at my son and to know that I can never fix this that is what I am for its hard best wishes to you and your sweet girl JJS colorado
she looked so much better in dawson's creek & halloween h20. wtf happened to her...
Michelle looks so much better here than she does on the Vogue cover. That Vogue cover is ugly.
Thanks 12:09! :) Just because someone is religious, it doesn't make them a good person. On the other side, just because someone doesn't believe in Jesus or religion or whatever, that doesn't make them a bad person.
um about heath, wasn't he bangin gemma ward at the time of his death, also he was into drugs, wouldn't be surprised if they broke up b/c he wanted to get with other girls. also, michelle, you are not a widow, stop acting like one. he dumped you, you were divorced, not married anymore...
I wish her the best. I lost my husband a year ago too. There is no time limit on grieving. She is so cute and her daughter too. She will find the right guy and love again.
Apparently you care enough to comment. -------------------- September 18, 2009 - 1:25pm Anonymous Says: Does anyone really care? I don't think so.
Loss is a horrible thing, I hope the best for Michelle and Matilda!
Grief is the most difficult emotion to work through in my opinion. Until you get to the point of acceptance, it's an up hill battle chock full of self doubt, guilt, depression, fear and anger. Michelle, it will get better and the pain will ease more and more with each passing day. My hope is that she soon finds peace so she can move on with her life and feel free to love again without complications.
Does anyone really care? I don't think so.
JESUS WILL TAKE AWAY THE PAIN !??! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I lost my husband suddenly at the age of 39 almost 5 years ago and the grieving still goes on. Things have gotten better over time, but the first 2 or 3 years are the hardest. Be patient, be good to yourself and your daughter, don't be afraid to NOT make a commitment because your thinking is all wishy washy. Time heals -- you never stop loving them and missing them, but the pain definitely is not so intense. Hang in there, honey, you'll be fine.