'Grey's Anatomy' to Katherine Heigl: Emmy revenge can be murder?
Uh-oh! Could we have blood on our cyber-hands soon, Derbyites? Marc Malkin of E! Online reports: "Latest buzz hissing from the set of the ABC hit is that creator Shonda Rhimes may be entertaining the idea of 
killing off Katherine Heigl's Dr. Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens because of the now infamous remarks Heigl made about the upcoming Emmys.
"'It's not good there,' a source tells me of the 'Grey's Anatomy' set. Shonda is pissed. They're thinking of killing her off. They want Izzie dead.'" READ MORE
However, a network source tells the L.A. Times: that rumor isn't true. Heigl is under contract and will be back next season. When we contacted Heigl's rep for input, she said, "No comment."
The nasty battle over Katherine Heigl going AWOL from the Emmys started right here at this blog when I posted links to the lists that the TV academy members used while voting. One of our forum posters named KellyClarksonFan just happened to notice that last year's winner Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy" was missing from the eligibility list. When I asked Katherine Heigl's rep for comment, we got a wallop of a response!
Instead of giving us one of those namby-pamby replies, Heigl said, "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. In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."
Furious, "a key show insider" told EW.com: "The show bent over backwards to accommodate her film schedule, and then she criticizes the show for lack of material? It's an ungrateful slap in the face to the very writers responsible for her Emmy win in the first place."
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I really think this has gone way out of control. I think what Katie said has been severly misintepreted and people are 'bending over backwards' to find something bad to say about her. I really don't think she meant it as an attack towards the writers of the show. I see her comment and actions as trying to be honest and fair about a prestigious award. Maybe she didn't say it in the best way, but I feel it has been misinterpreted. I really cannot see how she is offending the Emmy system, she hasn't said a bad thing about that. I really think people need to calm down a bit!
Posted by: Kirsty (UK) | July 12, 2008 at 09:07 AM
I really feel Heigl was justified in her remarks about the quality of her role on the show. Since her Emmy win, I have been struck by how little was done with her character; she has had very uncompelling material indeed; in fact, with the exception of Chandra Wilson's and Brooke Adam's roles, the quality of the show has gone down in general.
Heigl isn't merely "biting the hand that feeds her": she's an unusually candid actress in a town that thrives on self-congratulation and delusion to the detriment of the viewing public.
Posted by: bsignor | July 12, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Why kill her off? That lets her off the show too easily, which is obviously what this "budding movie star" wants.
If I were the writers, I'd give her incredibly demeaning story lines (like Izzie falls in horse manure and nobody in the hospital will get near her for two days, or Izzie is brainwashed by a cult that worships Meredith Viera, or Izzie develops an illness that makes it impossible for her to say the letter "E")
Posted by: GelEGuy | July 12, 2008 at 07:29 AM
The more I hear all the haters suggesting KH is a diva and ungrateful and this and that, the more I believe she was right. It's honest and refreshing to hear an actor say the truth instead of saying what their handlers want them to in order to keep the peace.
At the end of the day, firing KH only makes Shonda look petty and vindictive. It makes the writers look like backstabbers. And it'll send the show into a tailspin, not because KH is so vital, but because the only reason this past-its-prime soaper drama gets much ink anymore is KH's successes in film (and last year it was Isaiah's version of civil rights by way of Anita Bryant). She'll survive this, and I'm grateful---it's about time someone in Hollywood speaks like a human being instead of a politician.
Posted by: Tony | July 12, 2008 at 05:21 AM