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Heath, Michelle Split Over Drugs

Insider says Ledger was hooked on cocaine, heroin for past year

By Emily Thompson,  Newser User

Posted Jan 31, 2008 12:49 PM CST
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(Newser) – Heath Ledger's cocaine and heroin use became so bad over the past year that girlfriend Michelle Williams kicked him out of their Brooklyn home and threatened to take custody of daughter Matilda, the New York Post reports. A "drug pal" described partying bouts just as two TV shows decided not to air video of the late actor snorting cocaine two years ago.

"I'm gonna get so much [bleep] from my girlfriend," Ledger—found dead last week at 28—reportedly says on the tape. "Was he an addict? Yeah," says the insider, who blames fame and work pressure for Ledger's downward spiral. "He was making absolutely no effort. He was really into heroin. He wasn't sleeping or communicating with anyone."

Australian actor Heath Ledger kisses girlfriend Michelle Williams during arrivals at the 15th annual Gotham Awards in New York, in this, Nov. 30, 2005, file photo. Ledger was found dead Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 at a downtown Manhattan residence, police said. He was 28. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)
Australian actor Heath Ledger kisses girlfriend Michelle Williams during arrivals at the 15th annual Gotham Awards in New York, in this, Nov. 30, 2005, file photo. Ledger was found dead Tuesday, Jan....   (Associated Press)
Heath Ledger arrives with Michelle Williams for the 78th Academy Awards, in this Sunday, March 5, 2006 file photo, in Los Angeles. Ledger was found dead Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Heath Ledger arrives with Michelle Williams for the 78th Academy Awards, in this Sunday, March 5, 2006 file photo, in Los Angeles. Ledger was found dead Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 at a downtown Manhattan...   (Associated Press)
Michelle Williams arrives to the New York Film Festival screening of the film, 'I'm Not There,Thursday, Oct., 4, 2007. The film dramatizes the life and music of Bob Dylan as a series of shifting personae, each performed by a different actor. ( AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
Michelle Williams arrives to the New York Film Festival screening of the film, "'I'm Not There",Thursday, Oct., 4, 2007. The film dramatizes the life and music of Bob Dylan as a series of shifting personae,...   (Associated Press)
Heath Ledger, right, and Michelle Williams arrive for the Australian premier of the movie Brokeback Mountain in Melbourne, Australia, in this Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006 file photo. Ledger was found dead Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 at a downtown Manhattan residence, police said. He was 28. (AP Photo/Steve Holland)
Heath Ledger, right, and Michelle Williams arrive for the Australian premier of the movie "Brokeback Mountain" in Melbourne, Australia, in this Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006 file photo. Ledger was found dead...   (Associated Press)
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