'Grey's' Source Brands Heigl Emmy Statement A 'Slap In The Face'

Access Hollywood - June 12, 2008 9:05 PM PDT

A "Grey's Anatomy" show insider has branded Katherine Heigl's remarks over withdrawing from the Emmy race on Wednesday "an ungrateful slap in the face," according to Entertainment Weekly.

The "Grey's" star, who plays doctor Izzie Stevens on the ABC program, told the Los Angeles Times' Gold Derby she was removing her name from Emmy contention over the show's scripts.

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"I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention," she said. "In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."

Now, an unnamed source from "Grey's" has lashed out at the blonde star.

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"The show bent over backwards to accommodate her film schedule, and then she criticizes the show for lack of material?" the source told EW. "It's an ungrateful slap in the face to the very writers responsible for her Emmy win in the first place."

After supporting roles on shows like "Roswell," Heigl rose to fame as one of the breakout stars of "Grey's Anatomy," which debuted in 2005.

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She went on to major box office success with "Knocked Up" in 2007. 

Last year, however, she called the stoner romantic comedy, also starring Seth Rogen, "a little sexist," during an interview with Vanity Fair - a statement she later clarified.

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"It's important to me to take a minute and clarify the quote about 'Knocked Up' in Vanity Fair," Heigl, said in a statement to the magazine.

Heigl said she was prompted into making a clarification statement about her comments so people understood where she was coming from. 

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"I was responding to previous reviews about the movie the interviewer brought to my attention," Heigl said in the statement. "My motive was to encourage other women like myself to not take that element of the movie too seriously and to remember that it's a broad comedy."

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  • Britney Caliri
    This broad is unbelivable! She %@!*#es and moans abouth the series THAT MADE HER a name. I'm sure she would be more than happy to trade her millionaire lifestyle for a lower-income wage that most of us live in. A piece of mouthy %@!*# if you ask me.
    report abuseposted July 13, 2008 12:11 PM PDT
  • Mo
    I thought she was so down-to-earth after "Knocked Up" released, but ever since she bashed the movie that made her successful (no one even knew who she was before that!), I reaized she was just a stuck-up snob. This confirms it! I agree that she can be replaced by any number of blonde %@!*#y actresses out there; & if she doesn't check her attitude, she will be repl
    report abuseposted June 21, 2008 8:06 AM PDT
  • tricia
    She needs to just stop talking. She sucks anyway!
    report abuseposted June 17, 2008 12:37 AM PDT
  • JasonJ
    She is the main reason I stopped watching GA. Her over-acting drama "suprisingly" got her an Emmy but she was too irritating for me. Now her ego and probably her manager is using "bad material" as a reason not to participate in the current Emmy show? It stands to reason that if she had bad material she would not win therefore more publicity could be gained by bo
    report abuseposted June 15, 2008 12:13 PM PDT
  • Anya J
    She needs to remember she is not anything that CAN NOT be replaced by the next bleached blond actress...this says it all: "Actress Katherine Heigl, a surprise Emmy winner last year for her role on hit TV drama "Grey's Anatomy," Note the word "surprise" emmy winner, which means, all of Hollywood was surprised a no talent actually won an emmy!!
    report abuseposted June 13, 2008 9:58 PM PDT
  • i think she should do like she stated isaiah do and JUST STOP TALKING!!
    report abuseposted June 13, 2008 11:42 AM PDT
  • Hater Fuel
    MY PREDICTION: THIS IS THE LAST TIME SHE'S NOMINATED FOR ANY AWARD. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE "WH0RE OF THE YEAR"
    report abuseposted June 13, 2008 10:08 AM PDT
  • Melsy
    Wow...talk about "biting the hand that feeds you".....be careful, Katherine.....remember that even WHEN you are playing the game and kissing ass.....you could still be "here today, gone tomorrow" in Hollywood....don't speed up the process, girl!
    report abuseposted June 13, 2008 8:57 AM PDT
  • Clare
    Too bad. She'll be a supporting actress in Lifetime movies in a year.
    report abuseposted June 13, 2008 7:59 AM PDT
  • Clare
    Too bad. She'll be a supporting actress in Lifetime movies in a year.
    report abuseposted June 13, 2008 7:59 AM PDT
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