Heath Ledger Drug Video Pulled From Celeb Shows

"Entertainment Tonight" says it won't air a video it has acquired that shows the late Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were apparently being taken.

The syndicated magazine's sister show, "The Insider," aired a "preview" of the video Wednesday that showed an unidentified man apparently snorting cocaine. The show said, however, that the video does not show Ledger doing drugs.

"Out of respect for Heath Ledger's family, `Entertainment Tonight' and `The Insider' have decided not to run the Heath Ledger video that has been circulating in the world media," said a posting on the Web sites Thursday.

Ledger, 28, died in his Manhattan apartment Jan. 22. The cause of his death will not be known for at least a week, after medical examiners complete toxicology tests.

Authorities suspect a possible drug overdose, but nothing conclusive has been determined. Several prescription drugs were found in the Manhattan apartment where the "Brokeback Mountain" actor's body was found.

Comments

[hope4theflowers]

i wish people would put ET and its ilk,celebrity mags,etc. out of business...at least to the point where they cannot profit from sleaze any more.
All we have to do is stop buying it..even responding to these articles is $$ in the bag for them..think about it.

[lindsaycampbell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD9F1t9GQzA

[bryand1]

Wow, now that's news. Drugs at a party, a Hollywood party no less.

Listen, there are drugs at most twenty/thirty something parties in every city in the country and beyond. It's most likely that every Entertainment Tonight reporter has done drugs before. Drugs are not new.

Just because Heath Ledger probably died from accidental prescription drug interaction doesn't mean it's any less sad or tragic. What's sad and tragic are the *ssholes out there either looking to profit of this or too warped to have empathy or compassion. He was more talented than any ET reporter and 90% of the masses - jealousy is clearly a motive.

[WilliamWallace]

Trash, filth and bullsh*t. I pity anyone who watches tabloid shows like those mentioned. R.I.P., Mr. Ledger.

BTW, is there a "Hollywood Party" where drugs AREN'T being used?

[ClaudiaJean]

ET and The Insider didn't pull the video out of compassion for the family, respect for the dead or out of any other altruistic intention despite their press releases and website BS.

They were threatened by the public relations firm that reps Heath Ledger and feared that if they didn't do as asked they'd lose access to all the other clients/celebrities repped by that firm.

Don't for a second believe ET or Insider have any integrity or morals or give a crap about the right thing to do -- this was the right thing to do ethically, but that wasn't their agenda. They feared losing access to future stories/stars...

[Political Voyeur]

Let that poor family mourn their loser dead son in piece. Jesus.

[adc]

Why are we still moaning about this dead dope addict? He's dead! Who cares? There are lots of other "celebrities" who we can all live vicariously through. Let's pay attention to them. They need our attention. We need them to distract us from our lives.

Let's hear it for living dope addicted celebrities!! More, more more.