{"id":247259,"date":"2026-06-19T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/busy-philipps-finding-it-hard-after-james-van-der-beeks-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:00:19","slug":"busy-philipps-finding-it-hard-after-james-van-der-beeks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/busy-philipps-finding-it-hard-after-james-van-der-beeks-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy Philipps finding it &#8216;hard&#8217; after James Van Der Beek&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-06-19\" datetime=\"1781874019\" pubdate=\"\">19 June 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/busy-philipps\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,busy-philipps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Busy Philipps<\/a> doesn\u2019t know if she\u2019s going to be able to watch Dawson\u2019s Creek again after James Van Der Beek\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Busy Philipps on James Van Der Beek&#8217;s death<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old passed away in February after battling cancer, and was most famous for playing the lead role in the beloved TV series, which ran from 1998 to 2003. <\/p>\n<p>Busy also starred in the programme as Audrey, but told Us Weekly that while the show is still a cult classic among fans, she\u2019s unsure whether watching it would be too painful for her now. <\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI was thinking about doing a rewatch for myself, you know, like, watching it for the first time,\u00a0Dawson\u2019s Creek, but I just haven\u2019t yet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd also, you know, it\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nBusy added to the outlet that James\u2019 death &#8211; as well as the passing of several of her friends in recent years &#8211; has had a dramatic effect on her. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: \u201cI\u2019ve lost several very close friends, far too young, in the last few years. James, obviously being one of them, a very public one. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI think that the perspective shift once you lose one friend is huge. And it really sort of instills in you that every day is all you have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, she\u2019s learned in the process to try and live her life \u201cwith that understanding\u201d and \u201cmove through the world in a way that reflects that you get that\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe added: \u201cSo I do try to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIn addition, James\u2019 death has reminded her how important it is to look after your health.<\/p>\n<p>\nBusy urged: \u201cSee doctors, get checkups, like, make sure that you\u2019re taking care of your body and your health, and if something feels off, go get it checked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nJames left behind six kids and wife Kimberly when he passed, and his widow took to Instagram in May to mark three months since his death. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe wrote: \u201cTo say I&#8217;m heartbroken is a severe understatement. Words just don&#8217;t capture what grief is. The comforts of shock have worn off. The reality is settling in&#8230; and I miss him. We all miss him. (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nKimberly and her six children, Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 12, Emilia, nine, Gwendolyn, seven, and four-year-old Jeremiah, have been left devastated by the actor&#8217;s passing, her &#8220;conscious connection&#8221; to God has &#8220;deepened&#8221; as a result of her loss. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe added: &#8220;Yet, there is a different kind of magic in the air. I feel him. I know him more deeply. My conscious connection to God has deepened. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The veils of the universe have thinned. And I trust that this is the path me and my family have always been intended to walk.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\nKimberly also thanked James&#8217; fans for their &#8220;tremendous&#8221; support, and told how she is &#8220;deeply grateful&#8221;. She added: &#8220;The outpouring of support has been tremendous. It&#8217;s held our family in the most beautiful of ways. You all went absolutely above and beyond anything I could have ever expected in supporting us and honouring James. I am deeply grateful. There is so much more to share here. And in time &#8211; I will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/busy-philipps-finding-hard-after-james-van-der-beeks-death-1446241.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19 June 2026 Busy Philipps doesn\u2019t know if she\u2019s going to be able to watch Dawson\u2019s Creek again after James Van Der Beek\u2019s death. Busy Philipps on James Van Der Beek&#8217;s death The 48-year-old passed away in February after battling cancer, and was most famous for playing the lead role in the beloved TV series, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4918,6931,9893],"class_list":{"0":"post-247259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-busy-philipps","9":"tag-james-van-der-beek","10":"tag-kimberly-van-der-beek"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}