“Well, I didn’t, and everybody keeps saying that. I didn’t turn it down,” Heigl said.
“You know, you have to submit yourself. You have to submit your work, and then they deliberate and then they decide if they want to give you a nomination,” she added. “I just didn’t submit my work that year.”
Katherine Heigl played Dr. Izzie Stevens on “Grey’s Anatomy.” ABC
In 2008, Heigl declined Emmy consideration for her work as Dr. Izzie Stevens a year after she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
She said in a statement at the time : “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.”
Katherine Heigl and Justin Chambers in “Grey’s Anatomy.” ABC
Heigl went on: “I was kind of trying to make a bit of a snarky point about my material that year, but I was also just not feeling my material. I didn’t think I had anything that warranted even the consideration for a nomination. I just wasn’t proud of my work. I would never be so bold or so arrogant to turn down a nomination. I would take that nomination if it came my way. I’d be down.”
“But I just knew there wasn’t anything that would really warrant one that year, and I was trying to be honorable, I guess,” she added. “I was trying to have some integrity. I wasn’t trying to be a d – – k.”
Katherine Heigl at the 2024 Emmy Awards. Variety via Getty Images
In addition to the Emmys drama, Heigl was labeled “difficult” and was rumored to be involved in on-set antics during her time on “Grey’s.”
“I was so naive,” she said. “I got on my soapbox, and I had some things to say, and I felt really passionate about this stuff. I felt really strongly. I felt so strongly that I also got a megaphone out on my soapbox. There was no part of me that imagined a bad reaction.”
Katherine Heigl was on “Grey’s Anatomy” from 2005 to 2010. ABC
The “27 Dresses” star explained that the success of “Grey’s” gave her “false confidence,” which resulted in her “getting real mouthy.”
“You were just a little early, because they came out with this thing where everybody has their own megaphone and they get a blue check. It’s called Twitter,” said Pompeo, 54. “You were just a little ahead of your time , lady.”
Before the ceremony , Heigl said on the red carpet , “In one way, it feels like I just saw them all, and then in another, it’s like all this life has passed.”
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