Michelle Williams stated she’s in contact with former Dawson’s Creek costar, James Van Der Beek, as he continues his battle in opposition to most cancers.
Requested about Van Der Beek, who revealed his stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis final 12 months, Williams, 44, told ET on Wednesday April 2 she was “completely” in contact with the actor following the information.
“We’re in touch, and he’s in our hearts and our minds, and he is aware of that. And we’re right here for him in each and all methods,” she advised the outlet, though she didn’t make clear who the collective “we” referred to.
Alongside Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, Williams and Van Der Beek labored collectively on the hit teen drama which aired from 1998 to 2003.
Though the present attracted thousands and thousands of followers, it seems Williams’ daughter, Matilda, 19, is probably not amongst them. (Williams shares Matilda with the late Heath Ledger, who died in 2008.)
Williams appeared on the Thursday, April 3 episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen and was requested whether or not Matilda had ever watched the sequence.
“I don’t suppose so,” Williams replied. “No, she’s been actually busy watching all seven seasons of New Lady for the eighth time.”

Dawson’s Creek solid. (Photograph by Getty)
Van Der Beek first revealed his most cancers prognosis in November 2024 in an interview with Individuals.
“I’ve been privately coping with this prognosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the help of my unbelievable household,” he defined on the time. “There’s purpose for optimism, and I’m feeling good.”
To mark his forty eighth birthday in March, the Varsity Blues actor reflected on the tough year he’d confronted on account of his well being battle.
“This 12 months, I needed to look my very own mortality within the eye. I got here nostril to nostril with loss of life,” he stated in a video shared by way of his Instagram.
Van Der Beek added that he outlined himself as a household man however his most cancers prognosis put this concept he had of himself into disarray. (The actor has been married to his spouse Kimberley since 2010 and the couple share six youngsters: Olivia, 14, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, 8, Gwendolyn, 6, Jeremiah, 2)
“All of these definitions that I cared so deeply about had been stripped from me. I used to be away for therapy so I might not be a husband who was useful to my spouse,” he stated. “I might not be a father who might choose up his youngsters and put them to mattress and be there for them.”