Water Pistol Attack Left Ledger in Tears (The Actor becomes the character)

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[Rodney King]

Heath Ledger burst into tears after paparazzi attacked him with water pistols at the Australian premiere of Brokeback Mountain in Sydney earlier this year, according to his father. The actor's relationship with the Australian press soured during filming for new movie Candy, and the paparazzi decided to have the last word at the January premiere of his Oscar-nominated film. Ledger's father Kim tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper his heart was broken when his son called just hours after the run-in, saying he wanted to sell his waterfront home in Sydney and move to the US permanently. He says, "Heath had to go into the cinema and introduce that film soaking wet. He cried all night. He rang me and said, 'Dad, that's it - sell the house.'" Ledger's father urged his son to think it over for 48 hours before making a final decision. He says, "Two days later he rang me back and said, 'Dad, it's been 47 hours and 57 minutes - sell the house.'" The luxury property was sold for Aus $7 million ($5 million) in March after Ledger relocated to Brooklyn, New York City, with his partner Michelle Williams and their daughter Matilda.

[pikachu]

Too bad the Aussie press could not converge lines of fire to make it look like he peed his pants.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Adding keyword...

[Rodney King]

Yes, I love that scene.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Heath's Dad should have treated him like Vito Corleone treated Johnny Fontane in The Godfather

LOL! Everything I need to know in life I learned in The Godfather!

[GSWarrior]

Ledger must be....uhhh...temperamental.

[AmishDude]

Even Tom Cruise got angry.

[FreeInWV]

Or like Phil treated Vito on the Sopranos a couple weeks ago.

[CremeSaver]

Oh great. Don't we have enough Hollywood type weirdos over here? Thank, Australia, we'll remember this. LOL!

[Charles Henrickson]

Wait till he gets a load of the roving Super Soaker^® gangs in New York.

[garyhope]

I used to live in Brooklyn. Brooklyn used to be a cool, good place. He doesn't deserve to live in Brooklyn. He's not good enough for Brooklyn.

[new cruelty]

Apparently getting squirted on during photo ops is all the rage in hollyweird.

[CAWats]

"Heath had to go into the cinema and introduce that film soaking wet."

How can a squirt from a water pistol leave someone "soaking wet."?

[AngieGOP]

"Heath had to go into the cinema and introduce that film soaking wet."

How can a squirt from a water pistol leave someone "soaking wet."?"

Wussy boy probably wet his pants from the shock!

[Charles Henrickson]

HEATH LEDGER JOINS BROOKLYN LODGERS

[EveningStar]

[MarineBrat]

If he's moved to the USA and is afraid of water, here's a small reminder...

[absolootezer0]

Ahh, for the old days. I'd have love to see some photog pull this on the Duke. Probably be crapping flashbulbs for the next month.

i always liked to the treatment he gave that reporter in the shootist.

[Conservomax]

something gross about that pic.

[Conservomax]

Good thing Radiohead wasn't there.

[new cruelty]

I know what you mean. It is not everyday someone manages to snap a picture or two of someone else getting squirted in the face with a milky white stream of fluid. At least not in my line of work. :)