Why katherine heigl leaves grey anatomy

Heigl explained, "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. The actress didn't think much of it at the time but, in hindsight, she realises she could have dealt with the situation in a better way.

The night I won was the highlight of my career. I could have more gracefully said that without going into a private work matter. It was between me and the writers. Katherine Heigl, however, says the real reason she quit the show was because she had become a first-time mother.

I went on family leave and just got to be a [mom], and it changed my whole perspective… that was really the turning point. So before I was due back, I spoke again to Shonda about wanting to leave.

A source close to Heigl, however, refuted the claim. At the time, the episode was imagined as the start of a hiatus for the actress, who was going on paternal leave after adopting her daughter Naleigh. But Heigl told Entertainment Weekly later that year that her priorities shifted while away from the series.

So before I was due back, I spoke again to [creator] Shonda [Rhimes] about wanting to leave. I hope I made the right one. I had to try to find the courage to move on. And I am sad. We did it twice this season. Heigl gives a pretty detailed account of her decision to take a step back, including how she broached the subject with Grey's Anatomy showrunner Shonda Rhimes —which sounds like it was all pretty civil and profesh and nothing like the dramatic showdown that was rumored at the time: "So before I was due back, I spoke again to Shonda about wanting to leave.

Then I waited at home until I was given the formal okay that I was off the show. The rumors that I refused to return were totally untrue. There wasn't a great way to compromise the work schedule that didn't negatively affect the crew or the cast.

It wasn't feeling fair to them or the show to ask them to bend around my needs. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.

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