They Kept It Hidden Well
Filed under: Drugs > Australiastic > Heath Ledger
During his all too short life, Heath Ledger battled addictions to alcohol and drugs, including cocaine, heroin and "a variety of pills," the new issue of Us Weekly is reporting.
Heath's demons were so powerful and harmful to his relationship with Michelle Williams that she tried to get him to enter rehab, says the mag.
In March 2006 – just weeks after the couple walked the Oscars red carpet and when daughter Matilda was only five months old – Williams drove Ledger to Promises Treatment Center in Malibu, California, the confidant tells Us Weekly.
Ledger refused to check in, instead swaying her with a pledge to clean up.
One of the issues that haunted Heath in his final days: two sources tell Us that Williams demanded Ledger be drug-tested before his visitations with Matilda.
Man, heroin is the bad stuff. Once you go there, there's no turning back!
This makes me so frigging MAD! maybe he was and maybe he wasn't addicted to drugs but guess what I don't care. I know some people can fall into the traps of drugs but it doesn't make you a bad person and it just seems like everyone is trying to make him out to be a bad person. He is dead what is the point of dragging his name through the mud and cauase his loved ones more pain. Just let the guy rest and let the family deal with it. I know I didn't know him behind closed doors but I always thought of him as a good person, a great actor, and a good father and I will always remember him that way no matter what some stupid tabliod says!
woh…deep shit
please no firsts!
yah!
WHAT…who woulda knowen
Perez, I thought you were having some class about Heath and his death. Don't report on the specualtion, report on the truth.
Can't everyone just let him rest in peace?!
first
SO SAD, I remeber seeing him in a restaurant on his own in LA
RIP
Surely just more speculation?? Just let the poor guy rest in peace n let his family try n cope with their loss.
Lie! Nikki Sixx got out of hell!
there is turning back after the big bad H , i never shot it but snorted and i could care less to do it ever again its all in ones head!!!
fiiirst
rip heath.
there's always turning back, even if it's heroin.
there ARE people who've indulged in it and walked out ok. though i'd be scared i'd like it too much.
Will everyone please quit speculating on his death and wait till the truth comes out
First??
figures
Either way… does it really matter? a good soul is still gone. a daughter is without her father, a mother without her son, a father without his son.
sadness.
I thought you were reporting on the Angelina headline! Did she confirm her pregnancy?
don't believe everything you read in these trashy magazines. the truth will come out when the toxicoloy report comes out
SAD !
WE DONT KNOW THAT FOR SURE THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT HASNT COME BACK YET, POEPLE ARE JUST MAKING STUPID ACCUSATIONS!
I have done heroin and turned back, In fact my new addiction, sharing my 9 incher with the ladies keeps THEM coming……..back.
"Man, heroin is the bad stuff. Once you go there, there's no turning back! "
Not true, you can come back, it's just really really hard.
I think Heath died of a drug overdose BUT! I do not believe ( out of respect for Heath , his reputation and his family ) that the truth will ever be revealed publicly.
MARY-KATE AND THE FULL STORY OF HIS FINAL DAYS……………. that's what i want to read about!!!!
who cares if he was.. i don't think the "media" should be previved to this information, who are we to know what he did in his personal life and whatever demons he was encountering! i think that the tabloids need to leave this alone. who cares about what he did, its the past its unchangeable right!? so let it !
I'm so sorry that this popular magazine has decided to publish these lies. It's not true that Heath was addicted to anything any more than any one else. Leave him and my sister alone!!! We're very busy working on our own version of the facts regarding Heath's passing. There's no reason to jump to conclusions when all will be revealed in due course. Don't you understand that being MKO's twin means that I too am implicated. Where can I go that people won't think I'm MKO or at least her sister? PEREZ….call me if you want any info.
I don't believe any of this crap. Sorry. This is exactly what you expect from these terrible tabloid rags. A man dies unexpectedly. Oops. Drug addict. People should stop buying them and supporting them. Is this the kind of stuff his parents and his family should save for his daughter? Heath was with his daughter a lot. No way would he have been taking care of her if he was on drugs. And don't hand me the testing bullshit. It never happened. How disgusting and how low these rags are. Don't beleive it, Perez. You would have known. If Heath was such a wild ass, how come it is just coming out! We see paparazzi pictures and videos of guys at the clubs and being out partying all the time. Never Heath. I do not believe it. I think the rags are using his death to sell their magazines. They don't even have to prove it.
They are having fun at the expense of all those who loved him.
Ignoring the Heath Ledger stuff, I wanna read that Britney article!
Mary K said it right. What a heartbreaking situation. RIP
He was such a talented actor. Its so sad that many people are just now recognizing him for that, people like perez who thought he was gross and wanted nothing to do with him until he became the center of the media. So talneted and so hot, but the saddest part is his daughter. When people make assumptions about suicide and watch clips of the media following around his family just think of how it must feel to be his daughter.
I remeber hanging out with him in LOndon…! RIP Mr H Ledger!!! Your a good man, fuck what everyone else says, they dont know you like we did! x
I swear to God, this mindless speculation is driving me nuts. Please SHUT THE FUCK UP. What difference does it make now? Let him RIP.
i won't believe any of it until the toxicology reports show some evidence of these things. i just don't buy into it. people need to show some class.
DAMN Heath! He was such a talent, nice looking and well rounded guy. We all have our demons. Unfortunately Heath lose to he's which will eventually happen if you don't get a grip. So sad but expected ….IT'S HOLLYWOOD everyone does something.
Perez, please…show some respect for the man. RIP Heath.
FFS!! He hasn't even been buried yet. I hate these kinds of people who can't wait to tell their 'stories'. They are soul-less bastards who would sell their grannies for pennies.
Good GAWD you sleazy skank, you guys just can't leave a dead body dead can you? You need work sooooooo bad that you all have to try and dig and dig until you THINK you find trash, what a skanky slice of shit you are for even entertaining this post by adding it to your site. Your no better then I thought, a true sleaze ball who is DESPERATE!!
May he RIP, and to the family & friends Please don't let this garbage make you think any but what a wonder person Heath was.
like this is a hard thing to believe. most actors fall into drugs, even though they are good, decent people. it doesn't make him a bad person for having an addiction or a host of addictions. most people are addicted to something or other. now he can rest in peace.
how could such a cool and grounded guy be addicted to hard drugs such as heroin???? …. why did he need that? i just can't believe it. that's soooo sad!
He may very well have had addiction issues, but it seems a bit unlikely that he would have been capable of the prodigious output of his last months alive, acting at a level that astounded directors, if he was drugged out. You can't reach emotional truth through THAT haze.
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Exhaustion, pneumonia, severe insomnia, and an unfortunate prescription drug interaction seem more likely (…the simplest explanation is usually the right one…). Boring, tragic, we'll see if it's true.
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And lets PLEASE wait for the toxicology reports before continuing the gossip. I'd have enjoyed your blog much more Perez if in fact you used it to TRASH US Weekly instead of repeating their "sources" verbal spew.
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…SOURCES!!!
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…ALL "sources" should fucking burn in hell, along with those who quote them!!! Either have the courage to be associated with your comments or STFU
so i guess its those "sources" at it again saying they knew about his life. I find it funny how his real friends havent come out with all this crap! The ones after money always come out, now he cant defend himself!
I'm so tired of the speculations
I don't see how anyone can write anything that is "truth" until 1) Michelle Williams comes out and says it herself or 2) the toxicology report comes back.
The only truth here is that the world lost a very talented person and a young girl lost her father. It is so heartbreaking for everyone involved.
I agree with everything that Mary K and Heather said. Tbh.
does anyone else think that this is bullshit? Who really knows what he was into or where the truth lies. These magazines just want their story. His "secret struggles" shouldn't even mater because there was no drugs in his apartment. I don't believe a lot of this bullshit.
It's all about magazine sales. Or it's all about web hits. A man died and now everyones jumping on the bandwagon to drag his name through the mud for a few more dollars in his pocket.
The guy was totally strung out looking, he was only 28, he looked twenty years older! Handsome, but drugged out looking for sure. Stop with the excuses, the guy died from abusing his body, I don't need the autopsy report. You abuse your body with unlimited funds and supply and you die. End of story. These are poeple that if they have stress, go take off for a year, you have millions. Regular people have to deal with stress and still go to their miserable jobs. This is sad, but these people have so many choices we don't and they just wallow in this self pity. I hope this is a wake up call to the other young stars, go rest if your beat from the industry. Britney, go to Long Island and live in a beach house for a year and get it together, same for Lindsay, etc. They have a much better opportunity than most and piss it away. Everyone put down Dave Chappel for splitting to Africa when he got freaked out, but guess what, 50 million isn't any good to a dead person. He split, he regrouped and took care of himself. Responsible no, but to himself he stayed true and he's back and healthy. Dave Chappel understood he had to escape the heat and COULD. May Heath Ledger rest in peace, but I feel terrible for those who loved him. He should have taken better care of himself, he was a father.
That's disgusting that media outlets would not even wait until the toxicology report came out. The terrible torment this is putting them through is truly unconsionable. What an alleged disagreement in 2006 have anything to do with his death in 2008, completely unecessary tortre of his surviving relatives. If Michelle Williams had any class she would be suing US Weekly TODAY…
LEAVE HEATH LEDGER ALONE.
STUPID FUCKFACES. SELL YOUR MAGAZINES OFF PRINTING VICIOUS LIES ABOUT DEAD PEOPLE, BUT I HOPE YOU BURN IN HELL.
Maybe I'm taking this too personal for some reason.. but when you die do you want all of your skeletons to be viciously ripped out of your closet? I'm sure he kept his problems hidden for a reason - and don't we ALL have some sort of problems? Curiousity is only natural and I understand that but when does this all become an invasion of privacy? You can't express sadness and sympathy towards his family and smear his shit all over the place at the same time.
Whatever, he's probably alive still after faking his own death. He's probably smoking a fat blunt in the Australian outback, making crocodile and eggs for Terri Irwin. I'd fake my own death if every fag in America was chasing me.
CRACKHEAD FAG DESERVED TO DIE!
CRACKHEAD FAG DESERVED TO DIE!
CRACKHEAD FAG DESERVED TO DIE
CRACKHEAD FAG DESERVED TO DIE!
HEATH SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PROMOTING HOMOSEXUALITY…THAT IS WHY GODS JUDGEMENT WAS ON HIM. HE WAS NOT HAPPY AND USED DRUGS TO FIND HAPPINESS. BEING GAY OR SUPPORTING GAYS WILL NEVER BRING HAPPINESS…ONLY DEATH….BURN IN HELL FAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why are you editing comments Perez? We don't like you speculating on Heaths death. Deal with it.
mary kate must be interviewed by the cops now.
how close was she to heath ?
when did she see him last ?
did she know him to take drugs ?
when was the last time she saw him take drugs?
why was she called before 911?
what did her security guys do when they went into his apt?
by not interviewing her, the cover up conspiracy is made worst !
things need to be known now!
I smoke the occassional joint but after hearing lots about how addictive heroin and cocaine is I'll never touch the stuff. You've got to be very prepared for your life to end miserably and quickly if you get addicted.
Perez-
Let me say that I am pleased that you had the good taste not to bother Heath's family and close friends." Your mother raised you right" as they say.It is deplorable that the press won't leave them alone to grieve. I can't imagine how Michelle is feeling let alone his parents.And now this drug speculation stuff is sickening to me. THE MAN IS GONE-ISN"T THAT BAD ENOUGH???
that sucks. i hope it's not true. i'll believe nothing untill the reports come back. and even then. it doesn't matter. the poor guy is dead and he seemed like an amazing person.
come on lets see what the tox reports say and until then stop the speculation, jesus one day his child will be able to read this
Re: Mary K – completly agree! I wish people would stop reporting stuff like this until they know its true.
I wont totally believe it until its officially confirmed and even then it wont change my opinion of him
Perez, you are a good person, please only report stuff you know is complety fact x
I totally agree with the people who are saying "he's gone..let him be" He was with no doubt in my mind, my favorite actor-he was an excellent performer & for anyone to bash him on what kind of person he was;especially now that he is gone from this earth is just absolutley horrible! What do you think that his daughter when she is in her teen years is going to hear about her father..from these false accusations made about him–probabley not the greatest & that to me is sad. I hope that she can understand what a brilliant actor her daddy really was!
RIP Heath
-Katie
UM, HOW IS A GIRL WHO IS PREGNANT A WHORE? DOES THAT MAKE EVERYONE'S MOTHER A WHORE?
FUCKIN' SEXISM… HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE SPECIES TO SURVIVE WITHOUT BABIES? AND THE CHURCH IS FULL OF LIES AND USES BLACKMAIL FOR POWER… SO ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BELONG TO THE CHURCH OR IS 'MARRIED' IN THEIR NAME IS A WHORE/SLUT/ AND THEIR CHILD IS A BASTARD?
IF JAMIE LYNE IS A WHORE SO IS EVERYONE ELSES MOTHER INCLUDING MINE A PEREZ'S! STOP DEMONIZING SEX AND PASSING ON THE SHAME OF OUR MOTHERS ON THE NEXT FEMALE GENERATION…
MIXED MESSAGES FROM THE MEDIA - SEXY GIRLS ARE BEST, BUT THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY HAVE SEX? ITS AN OXYMORON
HE LOOKED LIKE CRAP AS TIME MARCHED ON. SOMETHING FUNKY WAS GOING ON
Re: Mary K – Amen to that!!
Re: OPRAH – "Crackhead Fag deserves to die"???!!! You fucking crack head. Not very Christian are you? I think you are a loser fuck. And probably gay. Only gay people are obsessed with gays. Haven't you heard? Fuckface.
STOP SPECULATING! I love coming to this website and reading gossip, but I am so TIRED of reading about Heath Ledger being on drugs and what not. Why not just let the man RIP??? You are no different than any other scummy reporter out there looking to make profit from his misfortune. Give it a rest already!!!
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I've seen numerous photos of him alone with his daughter and reports that she stayed with him when the mother was working or out of town. People close to him say he has been clean for well over a year. There were no illegal drugs found in his apartment and no indications that he had used any. Certainly they would see needle tracks during the preliminary examination if he was shooting. I say bull to this story. Probably based on old stories and information.
Perez, heroin is evil but some people do get and still clean.
I've been off the shit for about 10 years now. No cravings, no dreams, no regrets.
A dear friend of mine has been off it for about 7 yrs, too. You've just got to want to get and stay clean.
Please keep up your class with the Heath stuff…don't fall in with the classless hordes!
fuck US wkly. Leave this man in peace. jesus! until we find out the truth, these magazines and the media need to leave him and the family alone!
Re: missgocart – first = so boring!
You gona take the word of a toilet paper rag like that? I hate whats going on here, and what happed to YOUR vow to not publish this kind of shit.
Its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.