I never thought I'd say this, and I'm probably alone here, but I've grown a soft spot in my heart for Verne Troyer. He seems to be getting the raw end of the deal with this disgusting sex tape scandal, and to add insult to injury, he's still sharing a house with his ex-girlfriend who sold the tape to TMZ in the first place.

'She's still in the house,' Troyer said, noting that he’s taking legal action to force her out, but their situation 'makes it even harder, to, you know, not strangle her.' According to the actor, his brunette ex has been taunting him. 'I saw her when I left today, and she was calling me names and stuff…so I can't get away from it,' he said, choking back tears.

Troyer said friends, family and attorney are helping him pull through the mess, but that the embarrassment 'has already started affecting [work opportunities].'

But the real "aww" factor came into play when Verne shared my favorite Heath Ledger on-set story to date.

Troyer insisted that despite sleeplessness, Ledger was still 'upbeat' about his work on Parnassus — playful even, as Troyer recalls the last time he and Ledger were together: On the cast’s final night of shooting before they departed London for hiatus, the pair shot a scene at a bar where paparazzi loomed out front. Ledger made his way into the crowd unseen to tease the shutterbugs.

'Heath snuck his way out into the crowd without anybody noticing and came right up next to one of the photographers and asked him, "Who are you trying to shoot? Who are you trying to get?"'

The photog said he wanted a snap of Ledger, to which Ledger responded, 'Oh, really? That’s cool,' according to Troyer. By the time the pap could realize it was Heath himself, the actor had disappeared.

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