In March 2019, Katherine Heigl made headlines
when she was cast as the lead in a new CBS comedy, Our House. According to Variety, this is the first time
the actress has been cast in a television comedy. But more than ten years ago, Heigl actually
made many, many more headlines because of her comments about her role in a big screen
comedy, comments that, at the time, seemed like they'd ruined her career overnight. "GET OUT!" She was riding high back in 2007. The former Grey's Anatomy star not only won
an Emmy Award for best supporting actress in a drama series that year, she also began
transitioning over to the big screen with her successful starring turn in Judd Apatow's
Knocked Up opposite Seth Rogen. Unfortunately, this movie-star-in-the-making's
rise to the top quickly unraveled following an infamously ill-fated interview with Vanity
Fair the following January. In a move that still has us scratching our
heads, Heigl openly trashed her own work in the coveted cover story, saying, Given the beloved flick's undeniable success
with audiences and critics, Heigl's candid comments sparked immediate backlash. For their part, Apatow and Rogen both chimed
in on the matter during a joint interview on The Howard Stern Show in 2009. The fan-favorite writer-director admitted
he was confused over Heigl's comments, saying, Meanwhile, Rogen felt Heigl's criticisms were
hypocritical considering the portrayal of women in her follow-up rom-com, The Ugly Truth. "You have to be two people: the saint and
the sinner. The librarian and the stripper." Soon after proving her A-lister clout between
Knocked Up and Grey's Anatomy, Heigl also began to burn bridges in TV land after shockingly
withdrawing her name from Emmy contention in 2008. The actress released a statement at the time,
saying, Understandably, Grey's showrunner Shonda Rhimes
was insulted by Heigl's remarks, and later said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, "On some level it stung, and on some level
I was not surprised." "You weren't?" "No." "Okay." "When people say who they are, believe
them." Meanwhile, Heigl and Seth Rogen have since
appeared to end their alleged feud. During an interview with Howard Stern in August
2016, the comedy actor looked back fondly on his experience working with Heigl, saying, However, Rogen's compassion for his former
co-star's subsequent plight has seemingly grown over the years, as he continued, Heigl has since expressed regret for saying
anything at all in that fateful Vanity Fair spread. In fact, Heigl told Howard Stern in 2016 that
she went to therapy to deal with the stress of her, quote, "difficult" reputation. She later responded to Rogen's kind remarks
while speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, saying, Well, if Heigl and Rogen can bury the hatchet,
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