Sorry, Oprah, I Want to Talk About Heath

Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis was on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" today, ostensibly to talk about his current Oscar nomination -- but instead made an emotional statement on the death of Heath Ledger.


Breaking away from Oprah's prepared questions, Lewis choked-up as he spoke of the late actor -- even though he "didn't know him."



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1. :(

Posted at 4:56PM on Jan 24th 2008 by random opinion

2. So sad

Posted at 4:57PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Debi

3. 1st?

Posted at 4:58PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Reason

4. That was SO nice of him to do. He went about it in a very tasteful manner and for someone to not accept the spotlight like that in light of the tragedy... what a nice thing to do.

Posted at 4:59PM on Jan 24th 2008 by S.Bee

5. That was nice.

Posted at 4:59PM on Jan 24th 2008 by The Sovereignty of TMZ Whores

6. As the death of Heath Ledger continues to be the top CNN story in the US, this relegated story highlights what we find most important in the U.S: celebrity not humanity



http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/23/congo/index.html



Posted at 5:00PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Reason

7. laaaaaaame. everyone's 'choked up' for attention, more like it!!! poor heath.

Posted at 5:00PM on Jan 24th 2008 by hh

8. 1st

Posted at 5:00PM on Jan 24th 2008 by omofmom

9. DDL is such a class act.

Posted at 5:02PM on Jan 24th 2008 by baboo

10. Oprah is a morbidly obese skank POS.

Posted at 5:02PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Nancy

11. I think that was very nice of him to say. He didnt have to send his regrets at all. Very nice. Very respectfully done.

Posted at 5:02PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Tara

12. Fat Oprah sucks.

Posted at 5:03PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Rachel

13. Daniel Day Lewis...What a great actor and he seems like an equally great human being.

Posted at 5:03PM on Jan 24th 2008 by M

14. So when a rich and famous junkie dies is it any different then when a regular junkie offs himself. When I saw that Keith was dead I was like wow another junkie died. Brad Renfro another junkie died. Oh but he was a ignored child star. Oh but he was a great actor. Uh yeah but he was a junkie who killed himself with drugs. A choice he made.

You can look at Heath's interviews and various appearances and tell that he was a junkie. I mean really how sad is it when a junkie bent on self destructing self destructs. Big surprise. Or just expected. I mean how sad will everyone really be when Brit Brit offs herself.

People idolize these guys. Why? Because they can act. I mean I know lots of people who could act. Alot of these stars a just junkies who happen to make alot of money. I look at them no differently then any other junkie. And I don't find it that sad that he wasted his life doing heroin, coke, meth or whatever drug it was instead of living. He had children and chose drugs over his children. He made a conscious adult decision to do drugs.

So yet another Hollywood junkie dies. Hollywood consist of LOTS AND LOTS OF JUNKIES. Please don't be surprised when they die! They are idiots with too much money.

Everyone keeps saying the tragic death of Heath Ledher. The tragic death. Tragic that a guy with all the money in the world. all the fame in the world, Did not have enough common sense to know when to quit doing drugs. The headlines should read the stupid death of Heath Ledger.



Posted at 5:04PM on Jan 24th 2008 by msfanni

15.
That was truly sincere and came from his heart. Compared to some of the other 'celebs' Ive seen speaking about him on various media outlets.

Posted at 5:05PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Aussie girl

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