Gray’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo has defended her former co-star Katherine Heigl for talking out concerning the harsh situations within the early days of the ABC medical drama.
Throughout a dialog with fellow Gray‘s star Kate Walsh on the newest episode of the Inform Me With Ellen Pompeo podcast, Pompeo introduced up an outdated discuss present look the place Heigl publicly criticized the present’s lengthy working hours. “She was one hundred pc proper, and had she mentioned that at present, she’d be an entire hero,” said Pompeo.
The Golden Globe-nominated actress went on to say that Heigl was thought of “ungrateful” on the time for airing her complaints. “The reality is, she’s one hundred pc sincere, and it’s completely right what she mentioned,” Pompeo continued. “And she or he was f**king ballsy for saying it. And she or he was telling the reality; she wasn’t mendacity.”
Heigl made reference to the working situations at Gray’s Anatomy when she appeared on The Late Present With David Letterman in 2009. Discussing the filming of Season 6, the Knocked Up star mentioned, “Our first day again was Wednesday, and I’m going to maintain saying this as a result of I hope it embarrasses [the production team]; it was a 17-hour day, which I feel is merciless and imply.”
The long-running medical collection has been the topic of varied behind-the-scenes drama through the years. Along with Heigl’s complaints concerning the working hours, she additionally withdrew her identify from Emmy competition in 2008, stating that she “didn’t really feel that I used to be given the fabric this season to warrant an Emmy nomination.”
Heigl would in the end exit the collection in 2010. In a 2014 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the present’s creator Shonda Rhimes referenced her previous with Heigl, claiming that Scandal‘s forged works so properly collectively as a result of “there aren’t any Heigls on this scenario.”
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