After six years on Grey’s Anatomy, Katherine Heigl is finally ready to check out. According to Entertainment Weekly, series creator Shonda Rhimes has agreed to release Heigl her contract. It’s now up to ABC Studios and Heigl’s peeps to decide on a final exit agreement.
After taking more than half of the current season off to film a movie and connect with her adopted daughter, Heigl was scheduled to return to the Grey’s set on March 1 to begin work on the season’s last five episodes. But when the date arrived, Heigl didn’t come to work. Sources can’t seem to agree on the drama that has gone down; one claims that Heigl “was at home and ready to return to work,” while another inside “insists it’s much more complicated than that.” The source adds that talks between Heigl and ABC have been going on for months and last week both sides mutually decided that the best solution would be to part ways now. Basically, that means that we’ve already seen Izzie’s last episode (unless she’s going to come back as a ghost and have sex with people).
Despite the show giving Heigl major star power (and earning her an Emmy in 2007), she’s been pretty vocal about her dissatisfaction with Grey‘s. In 2008, Heigl announced she didn’t want to be considered for an Emmy because she said “did not feel I was given the material… to warrant a nomination.” Ouch! She also complained to David Letterman about working a 17-hour day, saying “I hope it embarrasses them.”
Thank Heavens!!!! I have been sick of her for at least 4 seasons. I hope she saved her money, because her 15 minutes are up.