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Katherine Heigl confesses why she quit ‘Grey’s Anatomy’: ‘I was breaking down and I was young’ – ABC (courtesy)
There has been a lot of talk about the departure of Dr. Izzie Stevens in the medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy”, played by the actress Katherine Heiglwho confessed more than 10 years later that she resigned from the ABC series for feeling too much pressure and exposing her mental health to the point where she had to “flee in a panic.”
Having played one of the series’ most beloved characters and having been involved in ABC production since episode 1, Katherine Heigl’s Exit From ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ It has been the subject of theories for more than a decade, both for some controversial statements by the actress, and for rumors about her feud with creator Shonda Rhimes.
In a recent interview on the show SiriusXMNetflix’s ‘Dance of the Fireflies’ actress, has spoken again about her departure from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, explaining that at the time she was feeling ‘a level of intensity that wasn’t healthy for me. And I just ran away in a panic,” in reference to her work in the medical drama prior to 2009, the year it premiered Season 6 where Dr. Izzie was last seen Stevens.
I think with ‘Grey’s’ at the time I didn’t feel like I had a choice. [que irme],” the actress explained, ‘I was breaking down, I was breaking down and I was young.’
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Katherine Heigl says if she could have found a way to work on the show without feeling so pressured, she would have, but she made the best decision for her life at the time: “I look back and sometimes I say, ‘God, I wish I calmed down for a moment. I took a breath and thought about it and talked about this possibility,” but she ultimately decided to leave the show.
Katherine Heigl Worried Her Daughter Wouldn’t Love Her For Working On ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Among the more controversial statements Katherine Heigl has made in the past about her work on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is the revelation that she had to work up to 17 hours straight, in an attendance at The Last Show with David Letterman in 2009, which was approved by Elena Pompeo in 2022.
Due to these long working hours, actress Katherine Heigl feared that being so separated from her daughter would prevent her from loving her; so that was another reason why she felt so pressured in the medical drama and why she chose to quit and leave her leading role forever.
“I was always scared that I missed the opportunity to really connect with her and that she didn’t love me,” the actress said in The sightabout the separation he had with his daughter when she was little and had to work long hours in the production of abc. Making it clear that he had many reasons to leave ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and thus clarifying the rumors about his alleged dismissal.
By Jared Solis
Source: Nacion Flix
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