My first thought, one that I’m sure many of you share, was “why, Michelle Williams, you keep your hair short because it looks stunning and adorable that way!” For real, I can’t think of a woman who can pull of this look better than Michelle can (well, maybe Natalie Portman. I don’t know, let me think about it). It turns out, however, that Michelle has a much more depressing reason to keep her short hairstyle:
“What Matilda would love is for her mom to grow out the cropped hair, though that’s unlikely to happen any time soon. I’ve really grown into it – I feel like myself with short hair. And it’s been a really long time since I had long hair, five years. Of course, the only people who like it are gay men and my girlfriends. Straight men across the board are not into this hair! I (first) cut it for the one straight man who has ever liked short hair and I wear it in memorial of somebody who really loved it.”
I don’t think there will ever be a time when hearing Michelle Williams mention or allude to Heath Ledger won’t make me burst into tears and curse the untimely death of one of the most talented actors of this generation. So yeah, I’ll just be spending this evening watching The Patriot and A Knight’s Tale and quietly weeping. Must be Thursday, right?