Michelle Williams shares sweet update on daughter Matilda, 13, for Heath Ledger's 40th birthday: 'So far, so good'
Michelle Williams gave fans an update on her 13-year-old daughter Matilda on what would have been her father Heath Ledger's 40th birthday.
The 38-year-old actress appeared on Live With Kelly And Ryan on Thursday morning as she reflected on what it has been like raising her child as a single mother.
Kelly Ripa along with her husband and guest co-host Mark Consuelos asked her how parenting was going on the Oscar winner's birthday to which Williams replied: 'So far, so good.'
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Back in the day: Michelle Williams gave fans an update on her 13-year-old daughter Matilda on what would have been her father Heath Ledger's 40th birthday
Revealing: The 38-year-old actress appeared on Live With Kelly And Ryan on Thursday morning as she reflected on what it has been like raising her child as a single mother
Matilda was only two when her Australian dad Heath died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in a New York hotel on January 22, 2008, aged 28.
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As the teens are notoriously a rough time in a parent-child relationship, the four-time Oscar-nominee has braced herself for a change but things are still going swimmingly between the two.
Michelle explained: 'Every morning we wake up and I look to see if the transformation has happened and if it’s turned into the next level that I keep hearing about, but so far, we’re not there yet.'
'So far, so good': Kelly Ripa along with her husband and guest co-host Mark Consuelos asked her how parenting was going on the Oscar winner's birthday to which Williams replied
'Every morning we wake up and I look to see if the transformation has happened': As the teens are notoriously a rough time in a parent-child relationship, the four-time Oscar-nominee has braced herself for a change but things are still going swimmingly between the two.
No doubt Heath's presence is still felt today even over a decade after his untimely death as Kate Bosworth posted a sweet tribute to him on Instagram.
She shared a sweet black and white photo of the talented actor as she opened up about their bond writing: 'Doesn’t seem so long ago we were all running around LA, shotgunned into Hollywood + popping off the new millennium’s cork, having a laugh. It was a crazy time.
'I was literally straight out of high school, feeling young & super shy and he was always so sweet within a surreal scene. I really, really would have loved to have known Heath today, at 40. No limits on what he would have accomplished.
Just the two of us: Williams with daughter Matilda back in March 2013
Young love: Heath with Michelle at The Brothers Grimm premiere in LA back in August 2005
'Here is what I remember: he was sensitive, gentle, kind, wickedly funny. Extraordinarily special. Time goes by, his image still a teenage heartthrob. And his work. So brilliant + honest & he was just getting started.'
Bosworth, 36, explained that it was important to remember the human being that he was.
She concluded: 'I was on the outer orbit. Imagine those close to the sun. Thinking of all the people who knew and loved him on this day. Man, you made one hell of a mark. xo'
'No limits on what he would have accomplished': Kate Bosworth posted a sweet tribute to him on Instagram
Bond: Heath and Kate pictured back in September 2007
Michelle has been a single mom since Heath's death - but the Dawson's Creek alum wed indie rock musician Phil Elverum, 40, in July.
It came as a surprise to their fans as Michelle, who is notoriously private, and Phil had never gone public with their relationship.
The two met through a mutual friend and married in a secret ceremony in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, according to Vanity Fair.
Their nuptials were witnessed by a few friends and their kids — Michelle's Matilda and Phil's daughter Agathe, three, who was an infant when her mother Geneviève Castrée died of pancreatic cancer in 2016.
