India, March 10 -- Nearly a month after the death of his Dawson's Creek co-star James Van Der Beek, actor Joshua Jackson has spoken publicly for the first time about the loss of his friend.

Jackson appeared on Today on March 10 and spoke with Craig Melvin about Van Der Beek's death and how he has been dealing with it.

"I think it hits in a variety of different ways," Jackson said of processing the loss. "For me as a father now, the enormity of that tragedy hits me in a very different way than just as a colleague, so I think the processing is ongoing."

Jackson said that he has been thinking a lot about his former co-star and their time working together on Dawson's Creek.

"He and I shared this very amazing time ... and it was formationa...