Rising star Michelle Williams can take comfort in the fact that she's been nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the gay cowboy film "Brokeback Mountain" and that her work is recognized by her fellow actors, but the head of the ultra-conservation Christian school she once attended is disowning her.
"Michelle doesn't represent the values of this institution. We would not approve of her movies and TV shows," Santa Fe Christian headmaster Jim Hopson told the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper.
"We'd not like to be tied to 'Brokeback Mountain,'" declared the (grammatically-challenged) headmaster.
UPI is reporting that Hopson said Michelle's performances, including her work on the TV show "Dawson's Creek", represented the kinds of choices of which the school didn't approve and promoted a lifestyle contrary to the values of the school. "It's not the word of God," he said. (Oddly enough, he didn't step deeper into doo-doo by mentioning that the unwed Michelle and her fiancé, Heath Ledger, had a girl, Matilda Rose, on October 28, 2005.)
Michelle's mom, Carla Williams, defended her daughter, saying of the headmaster: "He never knew her. For some people, 'Brokeback Mountain' is difficult. He has the right to his opinion."
As for other employees at Santa Fe Christian, they have called to congratulate the actress in support. Michelle, 25, attended the Solana Beach, California, school through the ninth grade when she left to begin work on "Dawson's Creek".
