Michelle Williams And Spike Jonze Split!

Indie power couple Michelle Williams and director Spike Jonze have parted ways!

The actress confirmed the news in the October issue of Vogue, stating, "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."

Michelle is referring to the death of her ex and father of her child, Heath Ledger.

Jonze was the first person she dated after Heath's unexpected passing. The grief coupled with the responsibilities of being a single mother played a part in the breakup.

"I obviously don't know how to do it," divuged Williams, who began her relationship with the director in July of last year.

"I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the fall and winter," she said of her ever-present grieving process. "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."

Stay strong, bb!

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