Busy Philipps flew to be with best friend Michelle Williams on the 10th anniversary of her late boyfriend Heath Ledger’s death, just as she was by her side in the wake of the tragedy.
Heath died from an accidental drug overdose in New York on 22 January 2008 and a number of stars who were close to the Australian actor posted moving tributes to mark his anniversary.
But this is the first time Michelle was pictured on what was undoubtedly a sad day for her and daughter Matilda, who is now 12 years old.
It’s OK: Busy Philipps flew to be by Michelle Williams’s side on the 10th anniversary of her late boyfriend Heath Ledger’s death, who died of an accidental drug overdose
Remember: The best friends looked teary eyed in a video Busy posted to her Instagram story in which they were listening to the Cranberries hit song Linger
In love: Michelle and Heath dated for 4 years before his death in 2008. They have one child together, Matilda, who is now 12 years old
On Monday evening, Busy posted a series of photos and videos to her Instagram account chronicling the emotional day, at the end of which Michelle can be seen crying on her shoulder.
She captioned the photo: ‘It’s OK.’
In a video posted a few minutes later, the pair are listening to Linger by the Cranberries.
The band’s lead singer Dolores O’Riordan was found dead last week in a London hotel room in circumstances which chillingly echo those of Heath’s death.
The actor was found by his housekeeper in the bed of his New York apartment.
A toxicology report later showed he died accidentally from a mixture of prescription drugs.
Busy stayed with Michelle in her Brooklyn apartment in the wake of the 2008 tragedy to offer emotional support and she made sure to be by her side 10 years later.
Happy times: Heath was remembered by a number of stars who were close to the actor yesterday, but Michelle Williams only appeared in her friend Busy’s Instagram story
Tearful: Busy Philipps can be seen crying in her car in an Instagram video while Time to Pretend by MGMT played. She said it reminded her of Heath Ledger who died in 2008
Earlier that day, the Cougar Town actress posted another tearful Instagram video, in which she confessed she was thinking of The Dark Knight star after hearing MGMT’s song Time To Pretend on the radio.
‘I was just driving and I was thinking about my friend Heath, who died 10 years ago,’ she said.
‘And this song came on, Time To Pretend, which came out after he had passed away. And I remember when it came out because I thought, it made me think of him.
‘I just thought he would have liked this song, you know?’
Holding back tears, Busy continued: ‘And for some reason I just… every time I… hear this song, I… and I was just… it’s weird, that’s all.’