Author: Karen Mizoguchi / Source: PEOPLE.com
Michelle Williams always strives to ensure her 12-year-old daughter Matilda Rose knows what a great man Heath Ledger was before his untimely death.
The actress, 37, opens up about motherhood and keeping Ledger’s memory alive in a new interview for Vanity Fair — in which she also reveals she recently secretly married musician Phil Elverum.
“I always say to Matilda, ‘Your dad loved me before anybody thought I was talented, or pretty, or had nice clothes,’ ” Williams revealed.
Ledger died in New York City in 2008 after taking a fatal mix of prescription drugs. Matilda was only 2 years old.
The actor and Williams had dated for three years after meeting on the set of their 2005 film Brokeback Mountain, though had separated five months earlier.
“When you’re a single parent, and that element of provider and protection is missing, it’s scary,” Williams said of raising their daughter after Ledger’s death.
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