Hey Miss Heigl,
How's it going? Good I hope! You must be enjoying the off-season, huh? I bet you can't wait to get back into production for Grey's Anatomy though. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I think you're a really good person. You seem awfully nice and it's very admirable the way you stand up for things you believe in.
You held your own against Isaiah Washington and stood up for your friend T.R. Knight when Washington's hateful words stunned us all. You even spoke out against the sexist undertones of Knocked Up, a film you starred in no less!
Since you seem so nice, I'm wondering if you could do me a small favor. I need a few thousand bucks to cover some recent medical costs. See, I sprained a muscle in my neck real bad a few days ago. How'd it happen you ask?
From craning to get a glimpse of your self-righteous mug way up on top of that high horse of yours.
I just don't get it. Did you actually think that there would be any sort of positive reaction when you decided to pull your name from this year's Emmy consideration? How cocky is that? I mean, if you were so convinced that the talented writers behind Grey's Anatomy had done you such a disservice, then why bother pulling out at all? If your top-notch gut instinct was right, you wouldn't have gotten a nomination anyway!
Now you've put yourself in a situation where you have to abide by the McDonald's Rule: don't piss off the people behind the counter unless you want to find a big wad of hacked-up snot buried between the patties of your Big Mac.
The thing is, you loved that Big Mac last year! You shoveled it down with the gusto of a fat kid swimming through a sea of Mrs. Butterworth's. And your hard work paid off. Even though the PA announcer said your name wrong, you still walked on stage and had an Emmy handed to you. Congratulations Miss "My name is actually pronounced Hi-gil." Frankly, I've always thought you should add the missing vowel.
So what changed? Last I checked, you hadn't exactly enjoyed fame and fortune in the past and perhaps that's the problem. But hey, what do I know? I'm sure there are lots of people out there clamoring for a Roswell reunion.
Here's what I do know. You've been handed the opportunity of a lifetime. You star in one of the most highly regarded medical dramas in ages. You've won a freakin' Emmy. And now you're going to talk trash about the very people who helped you get it? It's not up to you to decide whether or not you're worthy to get a second one. Personally, I didn't think Grey's was half bad this season. Certainly not the best, but your storyline dealing with Alex and Ava/Rebecca near the end of it was one of the better threads we got! Would you prefer that your character was still mired in all that Denny Duquette crap?
The short answer to all of this is that you've lost a lot of respect from just about everyone. Fellow actors, producers, studio execs, and yes - writers. You may not have been dropping offensive gay slurs like your buddy Isaiah, but you've officially generated just as much negative publicity as he has. So congrats on that. Also, enjoy your Emmy. It's probably the only one you'll ever win because I can't think of anyone who's going to want to give you a quality storyline on any show at this point. If you do stick around on Grey's though, our friend Ken Levine makes a fine point: get ready to give a lot of enemas.
Honestly, I think you need to stay. You'll save face and hopefully make an attempt to prove people wrong about who you are because let's be honest here - you're officially typecast. You play the crazy bitch. On TV, you're the kook who falls in love with hospital patients. On the big-screen, you get preggers and flip out or you hoard bridesmaid dresses. Granted, there is a huge market for this role: lovable crack-head with a heart of... crack; goofy girl-next-door with a lisp. I'm serious here! You could really give Anna Faris a run for her money! Just don't think that a career move like that is going to bump you from Emmy to Oscar territory.
Now if you'll excuse me, not only does my neck still hurt, but my wrists and fingers are sore too.
With warmest regards,
Jonathan Toomey
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
6-13-2008 @ 2:45PM
Goody said...
Frankly, I didn't find anything "emmy" worthy about Grey's this season. Maybe if more people would refuse to be nominated when they don't deserve it, our TV's would have something more worthy to watch.
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6-13-2008 @ 2:45PM
Danny said...
I'm rather baffled by this Katherine Heigl business. I mean, pulling out of the Emmy race has just hurt her in every way. She's just pissed off a lot of people, and she's guaranteed that she won't win an award that she wouldn't have won anyway.
If Cavemen announced tomorrow that they were pulling out of the race for the Best Comedy Emmy, that would essentially be a similar situation.
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6-13-2008 @ 2:45PM
Sara said...
You rock! That was awesome!!
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6-13-2008 @ 3:15PM
Rodney said...
I don't get it. Actors spend all this time giving themselves awards, and when one of them announces she's not participating, SHE'S the asshole?!
Maybe (just maybe) she actually is nice person and is interested in something other than being in the spotlight. Maybe she thinks it's ridiculous for the same actors to win Emmys year after (Kelsey Grammer, James Gandolfini...). Maybe she thinks the whole award thing is a joke; how can you say that one good performance is better than another? What are the measurable criteria.
Continue to take potshots from your little pond here. She'll continue to take no notice of you.
Is there a blog around anywhere written by people who actually LIKE TV?
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6-13-2008 @ 4:17PM
Alicia said...
You're kidding right? Please tell that that was sarcasm on your part.
6-13-2008 @ 4:32PM
Rodney said...
It was sarcasm toward the OP, but I think I may have posted before I read what she actually said. That was kind of... tacky, at best.
I do recall reading somewhere that she doesn't consider herself a great actress, and that she's fine with that.
6-13-2008 @ 3:15PM
cdawg said...
Rodney the point is that if she really did want to step out of the spotlight and give it to another actress, she didn't have to trash the writers who got her her first emmy to begin with. She could have just as easily said "I've decided to withdraw my name because I don't think I deserve it...
instead she said that her writers are to blame. She needs to take some of the credit for her poor performance.
It's quite obvious that she wants to get fired...
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6-16-2008 @ 10:29AM
Lincoln Paradox said...
Agreed. 100%. Realistically, you only need $4 million dollars to be happy for the rest of your life. I'm sure that Ms. Heigl has at least that much in savings.
6-16-2008 @ 10:31AM
Alex - A.S. said...
I agree.
6-13-2008 @ 3:15PM
Dwacon said...
All things considered, I wouldn't kick her off my sofa. Well, at least until she started smoking. But maybe if I could stick a dozen nicotene patches on her... ???
* DWACON *
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6-13-2008 @ 3:15PM
eugene said...
"It's quite obvious that she wants to get fired..."
Well, hopefully she will and then she can go on to make big movies, maybe costarring nicholas cage. And then, in 20-30 years, she can get a gig on CSI: Barstow.
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6-13-2008 @ 3:38PM
WhizGidget said...
She didn't have any big storylines this year on Grey's - the only thing notable was the rescuing the deer storyline.
There were other focus points in Grey's and honestly she *shouldn't* be in the nomination race because of that. I think it's great that she pulled out.
She could have saved face and done it a little differently, but maybe this is a live and learn situation. Maybe she was just being honest - they didn't write enough for her to feel that she was justified in being up for nomination. It's not a hard slap at the writers; it's just the truth of the situation. She wasn't in it enough and doesn't feel it's fair to her co-stars or anyone else in the Emmy field.
And I'll bet that that's closer to the truth of the matter than her being on a high horse.
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6-13-2008 @ 3:50PM
GL said...
She's no Anna Faris.
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6-13-2008 @ 3:50PM
Justin said...
Um, I hate to tell you all but people don't care. Maybe insiders do but average joe schmoe doesn't pay attention to this crap (both hers and yours). So she pulled out of something she probably wasn't going to win? Honestly, it won't hurt her career like you think it will because people like to look at her, not watch her act. She'll have a bright career until crows feet and sagging breasts put it to rest.
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6-13-2008 @ 3:58PM
nickmagoo said...
Well, I highly doubt Ms Heigl is as altruistic as #5 thinks, but she does seem to be someone who speaks her mind; whether or not anyone wants to hear what she has to say is another matter...The problemn isn't that she doesn't want the award - it's her reason for choosing to drop out of the running.
I give her props for the TR Knight incident, but to slam the movie that made you a big star (Knocked Up) and then bad mouth the writers on the other vehicle that made you a very, very, very wealthy and famous person is just plain wrong. Talk to the producers behind the scenes, cajole the writers to give you better material, whatever, but don't use the press and some high and mighty notion of "I don't deserve the Emmy because my writers gave me crap to work with." She may be too self-absorbed to realize it, but she's insulting the people she works with. And they WILL remember.
I bet that set will be LOADS of fun next season...
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6-13-2008 @ 4:32PM
charles said...
All the better for Mary McDonnell's chances!
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6-13-2008 @ 4:54PM
SassylilB said...
Actually I think She is right! The writing on the show was sub-par this season and I would be really surprised if anyone does win any awards. Of course the Emmy's at time seem to be a popularity contest their have been a lot of show that "Sucked" and still won Emmy's and there have been a lot of show that were Outstanding and didn't ever get a nodd! ( Gilmore Girls, anyone!) She should have just said something like "she didn't feel her acting was Emmy worthy", but she blamed it on the writers-which yes they did give her crappy story lines!
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6-13-2008 @ 5:09PM
Eunice said...
Jonathan that was wonderful, I do not think anyone can put it better than you did. I hope Miss Heigl can learn to come down that horse.
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6-14-2008 @ 7:44AM
jc said...
I so agree with Nola. First of all Grey,s in my opinion has always been over rated but really Katherine Heigl ????? Talk about WHO THE HELL DOES SHE THINK SHE IS
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6-15-2008 @ 6:15AM
TheSkyver said...
No actually it’s not. A good actor or a GREAT actor can only do so much with bad material. There are a ton of cases where great actors have suffered greatly because the material they have been given was just plain crap. Natalie Portman who is probably one of the youngest most talented actress of our generation delivered an extremely crappy performance in the star wars movies. Bad dialogue and bad plot line, even the most talented actor couldn’t make those lines. As for the Emmy’s well they are about as drab and as pointless as most award shows. Frankly most of them are nothing more than a mere popularity contest in my eyes. But if the material is bad, the most talented actor out there won’t make it shine. Once again the Bucket List. Two great actors giving drab boring performances and horrible dialogue. It’s not because Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson decided to up and suck all of a sudden. I’d say it’s a 50/50 partner ship going on. It takes a good script AND a good actress to pull off the role. As for anyone looking good with good material? That’s bull shit. There have been wonderfully written material that has been butchered by shitty actors and actresses. The Other Boleyn Girl a classic British literature Novel with wonderful characters has been tarnished with the likes of Eric Bana and Scarlet Johansson who can’t act for shit.
Fact is this. You get what you put into your character and the backbone of that is the writing. I mean if we were to use the Emmy example, she was nominated in the past as Izzie Stevens for her ability to portray that character. So she obviously knows what she is doing when it comes to portraying that character. However this year her character gave some of the most stupidest dialogue with the most mundane story line and pointless love triangles I have ever seen this year.
And yes she did suck. Once again. It’s not because she decided to up and suck all of a sudden. It’s because the writers got incredibly lazy with the plot and decided to whip up some last minute BS. In fact the entire season was pretty much like that. So blaming the show and the writers seems plausible because it’s THEIR job to make it appealing. They’re the ones to blame. Not the person who has pulled it off for four years in a row.
And she wasn’t the only one who suffered either. The entire story line and for the most part acting abilities went a little sour due to the lack luster material that was given. Ellen Pompeo was no exception. I thought her story line for the most part of the last two seasons where about as bad as it can get and in turn the performance suffered. It’s generally a partnership that you need GOOD acting with GOOD story line. Balancing my rear end. Her whole little debacle just made me want to punch my computer screen. I mean saving a deer? A love affair with George? The fans are right. Her story line got completely cheesy and I say she got the short end of the stick this season. Wrongfully so might I add.
And I can’t see anyone considering Sandra Oh’s death walk of a performance up for an Emmy this year. Which is a shame because I actually like her. But I can’t support something that was kind of out of her control. I can’t see half the shows that I liked up for an Emmy this year. And yeah the writers strike had a little something to do with it. But you know what? A lot of this stuff happened before the strike as well. Mid third season like I said when the started to get a little crappy and then all of a sudden take a nose dive in the fourth season. The evidence is there and has been shown in the past.
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