Heather Graham was ‘very in love’ with Heath Slater when they dated in the early 2000s.
Heather Graham feels “proud” to have dated Heath Ledger and wishes he was “still alive”.
The 55-year-old actress was in a relationship with the late Dark Knight star – who died aged 28 in 2008 – from October 2000 to June 2001, and she has recalled her “love” for her former flame.
She told Kristin Davis’ Are You A Charlotte? podcast: “I was very in love with him when we dated.
“He’s kind of amazing. I feel proud that I dated him. Yeah, for sure. I wish he was still alive.”
The podcast host recalled seeing the couple together at a Los Angeles coffee shop while she was working on Sex And The City.
Heather said: “Yes, I dated him. And in fact, I think we might have watched [Sex and the City] together, and I think he actually really liked it… I remember us watching it and him being like, ‘I can relate to this.’
“Because sometimes you try to get guys to watch it with you, and some guys loved it, but other guys would be like, ‘I don’t know, that’s a girl show.’ “
Kristin described the pair as a “ray of light” at the time, admitting they looked “cute” together.
She added: “At the time you two were this ray of light in this Coffee Bean. You were giggling and touching each other. And I was just like, ‘Hold it together.’ You were cute!”
Heather and Kristin both admitted they wished the Sex And The City star had come over to say hello.
However, the 60-year-old star explained: “But also I felt protective, like I didn’t want to call attention to you because you seemed very free.”
Heather also opened up on the “cool pictures” she still has of her and Ledger, and she has thought about turning them into a photo album to remember that period in their lives.
She said: “I’m not really sure because I don’t really — they were like, ‘You have to get the family’s permission’.
“But I have some really cool pictures of when we dated.”
After he dated Heather, Ledger had a relationship with Naomi Watts from 2002 and 2004, before moving on with Michelle Williams from 2004 to 2007, with whom he welcomed daughter Matilda in 2005.
Heather Graham is ‘proud’ to have dated Heather Ledger
