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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16. that was nicely done. I always like Daniel Day Lewis.

Posted at 5:06PM on Jan 24th 2008 by saucy

17. Heath was a kind soul. He affected and touched many even though we may never of met him. This isn't the typical celebrity death story. This is truly sad and tragic. He was a good guy.

Posted at 5:07PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Lysette

18. Beautifully put...couldn't have said it better

Posted at 5:08PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Jennelle

19. Nice and tough, sweet!

Posted at 5:08PM on Jan 24th 2008 by me

20. msfanni- well said.

They said he was depressed...........I can see that only getting 10 million a film.
We should all have such a rough life.

Pill heads OD every day.

Too bad his publicist did not do this good a job on this guy when he was alive!

Posted at 5:09PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Jennifer in L.A.

21. well said MSFANNI.

Posted at 5:10PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Reason

22. That was so incredibly heartfelt. It's amazing that he was able to say those things as I'm sure many people were thinking the same.

Posted at 5:10PM on Jan 24th 2008 by kristina

23. Thank goodness Amy Winehouse is taking heed of the warning that comes from Heaths death. I hope others will follow suit.

Posted at 5:11PM on Jan 24th 2008 by msfanni

24. Very eloquent statement of a fellow actor from DDL.

I hope everyone who has bad things to say about the dead will just keep it inside their very cold souls.

Posted at 5:12PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Lady Hadenough

25. I just watched the touching comments Daniel Day Lewis just made about Heath Ledger. What a nice man to. He really spoke from his heart. But....TMZ you said he spoke of Heath Ledger "instead" of answering Oprah's prepared questions. That is NOT true. He very kindly answered all questions. He just broke away for a moment to touch on Heath's memory. That was a very tastefully done.

Posted at 5:12PM on Jan 24th 2008 by coach-s-wife

26. wow msfanni-
it will be interesting if the toxicology reports come back and there are no illicit drugs in his system. Word is he's been clean for awhile. You seem very bitter about this whole thing. I don't think he tried to kill himself-I think he probably had a bad combo of RX meds-an honest mistake made by someone who may have been ill with pneumonia, suffering from insomnia and jet lag. It IS tragic--

Posted at 5:13PM on Jan 24th 2008 by anon69

27.
John Gibson got it right!

Posted at 5:13PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Phony Tony

28. #15- YOU DIDNT KNOW HEATH LEDGER PERSONALLY DID YOU?? HOW CAN YOU COME TO THE CONCLUSION HE WAS A JUNKIE? LET THE GUY REST IN PEACE...

Posted at 5:14PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Shitney Spears Sux

29. John Gibson of FOX News MOCKS Heath Ledger Death. http://www.glaad.org/action/calls_detail.php?id=4189

Posted at 5:14PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Freddiejr

30. How cool is he! Funny, but today's my day off and I'm watching Gangs of New York on USA this very minute. Cheers to him! Almost (?!?) makes up for that Ultimate Douchebag's comments. almost.

Posted at 5:15PM on Jan 24th 2008 by What a cool guy!

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