"There is nothing noble
or beautiful about the so-called accidental death of Heath Ledger, a
man with everything to live for - a beautiful daughter, a blossoming
career, and a Victoria's Secret catalogue-full of willing babes,"
News.com.au quoted her, as stating in her column.
"He threw it away, as gamely as if he had put a gun to his
mouth and pulled the trigger. He was reckless and greedy. He was
fundamentally selfish.
"Now his daughter will grow up never knowing the man she
worshipped from birth; his parents must bury a son they cherished," she
added.
Peyser further said that people should not cry for Ledger.
"Cry for Heath's daughter. Cry for his parents. Cry for Michelle Williams. But don't cry for Heath," she said.
The View's Whoopi Goldberg said the columnist was "pot shotting." "If you're going to say
'cry for his wife and cry for his daughter' then you cannot sit there
and not cry for him," Goldberg said.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck co-host on 'The View,' said the column was 'irresponsible'.
"I thought 'You don't know him'. For me, it just made me sad
because he was dealing with some demons be it depression or anxiety or
a lack of sleep," Hasselbeck said.
"To not know someone's situation and certainly not knowing
their intention, to make those claims, I thought was slightly
irresponsible," she added.
The entire piece is vile, hateful and above all else, ignorant. The truth about Heath ledger has been told -- we released it within days of the accident. He suffered from depression, anxiety, lack of sleep, as Hasselbeck said. He did run with a crowd who did drugs and he himself was not into that. The man was troubled. These drugs he took to try and give himself some relief, some sleep, ended fatally and was 100% an accident. I doubt Peyser knew Ledger. I doubt she knew his friends.
The man needed help, no question -- but his death was not a suicide. It was the result of poor medical care and a failing health system, which includes the pathetic mental health system America has.
