After Nightline aired its very revealing interview with Blue Valentine star Michelle Williams, where she discussed her feelings about Heath Ledger’s death, she then took the opportunity to take aim at the ABC show in another interview. Williams claims the show edited the footage unnaturally to make it seem as if she was breaking her silence in a decidedly large fashion, when those comments were actually spread throughout the interview.
“They used those few quotes and the way they edited the piece to sell the interview, and it appeared as if I were breaking some kind of silence and sitting down with the express purpose to discuss something that is very private to me,” Williams told The Daily Beast.
Well, I get why she’s upset about the way the interview appeared on the show, but it kind of comes with the territory. She knew there was no way they would air the entire three-hour interview without cutting it up here and there and when you bring up an issue like Heath Ledger, it’s going to be the main event. Nightline of course could have edited in a way that didn’t capitalize so much on her pain, but when you feed someone that sort of information, you’re kind of out of luck, unfortunately. And honestly, admitting that you’re still upset over the death of someone you were close to isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Source: MSNBC
