People miss Heath Ledger for several reasons – because he won’t be in Batman again or, if you’re odd, because he’ll never make The Patriot 2.

But Michelle Williams has probably the most genuine reason for missing Heath Ledger – not only was she engaged to him, but she also gave birth to his daughter. And because of this, it’s apparent that Michelle Williams is still having trouble coming to terms with Heath Ledger’s death.

In a recent interview with Newsweek, Michelle Williams broke down upon hearing Heath Ledger’s name, telling her interviewer that her grief is only getting worse over time. Warning: the following probably isn’t going to have too many jokes in it…

We’re all going to be hearing a lot more about Heath Ledger in the coming weeks and months. He may have died early this year after accidentally overdosing on prescription medication, but thanks to his turn as The Joker in The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger is going to be all over the place in the run-up to the Oscars.

Variety is already running ‘for your consideration’ adverts mostly of Heath Ledger’s giant face in an attempt to win him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar he’s been linked to since almost the day of his death. And, with The Dark Knight’s DVD release and Oscar-friendly theatrical re-release in January, Heath Ledger is going to be rammed into our faces for some time to come yet.

For casual fans that’s bad enough – the last thing anyone wants is for his turn as The Joker to have the life analysed out of it – but it’s probably even worse for Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger’s ex and the mother of, possibly, his only child. Although they split up last September, Michelle Williams is still finding it hard to deal with Heath Ledger’s death, as The Boston Herald reports:

“It’s so sad. I just wake up each day in a slightly different place . . . grief is like a moving river.” Although the two “Brokeback Mountain” stars had split before Ledger’s death, they remained close. “It’s a strange thing to say, because I’m at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse,” she said. “It’s just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone.”

It’s sad, but in time Michelle Williams will learn to appreciate the positives from all this. For instance, although it might sting to be known as Heath Ledger’s semi-widow at the moment, in years to come she’ll be thankful that at least she wasn’t known as Michelle Williams from that crappy Ewan McGregor film that nobody watched.

And if Heath Ledger hadn’t died at a tragically young age, would her daughter Matilda still be named as the seventh hottest tot in Hollywood by Forbes magazine? No, no she wouldn’t. But she is now. In your face, eighth-place Madonna’s adopted African kid!

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