Katherine Heigl says the success of 'Gray's Anatomy' gave her 'a false sense of confidence' that led to her getting 'mouthy'

• Katherine Heigl says the success of “Gray’s Anatomy” emboldened her to make controversial feedback about it.
• “There was no a part of me that imagined a foul response,” she advised Selection.
• Heigl left the present in 2010, a yr after talking out about working lengthy hours in harsh situations.

It has been 13 years since Katherine Heigl’s controversial “Gray’s Anatomy” exit, however the dialogue round her notorious feedback lives on.

In a Selection “Actors on Actors” interview together with her “Gray’s” costar Ellen Pompeo, Heigl was upfront about how her many feedback to the press bought her into hassle within the 2000s.

“I used to be so naive. I bought on my soapbox and I had some issues to say, and I felt actually captivated with these items. I felt actually strongly,” Heigl stated. “I felt so strongly that I additionally bought a megaphone out on my soapbox.”

“There was no a part of me that imagined a foul response. I felt actually justified in how I felt about it and the place I used to be coming from,” she continued.

Heigl, who performed fan-favorite Izzie Stevens on the medical drama for six seasons and received an Emmy, left the present amid controversy in 2010.

A yr prior, she’d spoken out concerning the present’s lengthy hours and grueling working situations.

“Our first day again was Wednesday. It was — I’ll hold saying this as a result of I hope it embarrasses them — a 17-hour day, which I feel is merciless and imply,” Heigl advised David Letterman in a 2009 episode of “The Late Present With David Letterman.”

This wasn’t the primary time her feedback concerning the present made headlines. In 2008, she gave an notorious Self-importance Honest interview by which she referred to as her “Gray’s” character arc a “rankings ploy” and described her hit movie “Knocked Up” as “slightly sexist.”

The identical yr, she withdrew her identify from Emmys consideration, saying she did not really feel she was given the fabric to warrant a nomination, an announcement that reportedly offended “Gray’s” creator Shonda Rhimes.

Heigl advised Selection the success of “Gray’s” emboldened her to talk out on the time.

“I feel that gave me this confidence that was a false sense of confidence. It was rooted in one thing that could not and perhaps would not at all times final for me,” Heigl stated. “So then I began getting actual mouthy, as a result of I did have rather a lot to say, and there have been sure boundaries and issues that I used to be not OK with being crossed.”

Heigl admitted that the backlash to her feedback was gutting.

She stated she “felt such disgrace for such a very long time, after which needed to go, ‘Wait. Who am I listening to? I am not even listening to myself. I do know who I’m.'”