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Suddenly, she was booking countless roles, and it seemed like she was everywhere.
From an outsider’s perspective, you could say that she had it all.
But of course, everything was not as it seemed.
So, let’s delve into some of the many tragic details about Michelle Williams.
Just six years later, Williams would legally emancipate.
“We’re not in contact at the moment, but maybe that will change,” she said.
Growing up, Williams said she and her father were close.
“He taught me how to fish.
He taught me how to shoot clay pigeons.
He bought me the lightest running shoes.
He is certainly where I inherited my independent streak from.
He put books in my hands,” she said about her dad.
After reminiscing, the actress broke down, saying, “I wasn’t expecting this.
I thought I’d gotten so good at this recently.”
Little has come out about Williams' relationship with her father since.
But thankfully, Williams is still close with her mother, who divorced Larry when their daughter was 24.
Speaking withGQ, she shared her thoughts on the topic.
“It was just stupid.
I didn’t know what I was taking on,” she said.
Living on her own, Williams didn’t take very good care of herself.
She ate pizza for every meal of the day and avoided the dentist until she was in her 20s.
While she didn’t delve into details, she did comment on the #MeToo movement during her interview.
But, as it turns out, she didn’t actually enjoy working on the show.
In a 2019 interview withVariety, Williams revealed her true feelings about filming “Dawson’s Creek.”
It was a little like a factory job."
When I got out of television, it felt like a stain on you.
“I remember him looking at her, and she looking up at him with these wide eyes.
For him it was truly love at first sight.”
Sadly, the couple’s relationship was less than perfect.
As a source toldPeople, “It was rocky for a while.
They did what they could to make it work.”
Williams and Ledger split in September 2007, and they continued to co-parent Matilda.
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“I’ve found meanings around the circumstance but the actual event itself …
I can’t find a meaning for it.
I can find meanings in things and people and relationships that have … strengthened.
I can find a lot of meaning in that.
But not in why,” she explained.
“I experienced a lot of loss after his death.
I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us,” she said.
She moved herself and Matilda out of the city and away from prying eyes for many years.
She said giving up this movie was “the most difficult decision I’ve ever had to make.”
Filming “Blue Valentine” was exactly what Williams needed.
“‘It was my first experience of work being fun in a long, long time.
Especially during the first part of making the movie, the falling-in-love part.
I don’t forget anything.
I’ve got everything covered …
So that leaves me feeling pretty exhausted.”
In a 2016 interview withPorter, Williams spoke on how she keeps going for her daughter.
It just won’t ever be right."
After just over a year together, Williams confirmed their split in September 2009.
As she told Vogue (viaUs Weekly), “The timing was impossible.
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.”
Thankfully, Williams has nowfound her match in Thomas Kail, the director of “Hamilton.”
The happy couple have been married since 2020 and have two children together.
Despite losing his lead actress, Gray says he’s still grateful to Williams.
In a 2023 interview withEntertainment Weekly, Williams said, “Balance means that you’re always adjusting.
My heart obviously belongs to my children …
But I really want to be able to have both.”
Was it good enough to justify the time I missed out on with my daughter?
The time I put into it?’
That’s what I find hard to live with," she explained.
This will likely always be a thought that haunts Williams, as it does many working parents.
