Putting the past in the past. Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo are coming together again for a new season of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” interview series.
The reunion comes 13 years after Heigl left “Grey’s Anatomy” — due to reported behind-the-scenes conflicts and public remarks that divided fans — and just a few months after Pompeo’s exit from the series after 19 seasons.
While the drama unfolded back in 2010 — with Heigl decrying what she said were subpar working conditions and seemingly criticizing the show’s writing at the time — Pompeo reflected on Heigl’s remarks and defended her former co-star in April 2022, during an episode of Pompeo’s podcast, “Tell Me”.
During a 2009 appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman”, Heigl, who exited her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens in 2010, blasted the medical drama for having a “17-hour” workday, which she called “cruel and mean.” “I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working.
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