In the latest episode of her podcast, “Tell me with Ellen Pompeo”, the actress returned to remarks made in 2009 by her former co-star of the series Grey’s Anatomy: Katherine Heigl alias Izzie Stevens.
In the latest episode of his podcast, Tell me with Ellen Pompeothe actress and her guest Kate Walsh (Dr Addison Montgomery in Grey’s Anatomy) returned to a controversy sparked by their former co-star Katherine Heigl (Izzie Stevens) in an American talk show in 2009, according to Deadline.
At the time, the interpreter of Izzie had dared to speak of the difficult working conditions to which she was exposed while playing in Grey’s Anatomy. Katherine Heigl had in particular underlined the 17 hours of daily shooting for the series. These working conditions were according to the actress “cruel” and “bad“. His words earned him many negative comments at this time, some people pointing to his “ingratitude“.
In September 2021, Katherine Heigl published a long Instagram post on the subject explaining, more than ten years after his time on the talk show, how much this sequence had impacted his life and his career.
Katherine Heigl was 100 percent right!
This time, it’s Ellen Pompeo’s turn to speak on the subject. The interpreter of Meredith Gray since 2005 confirmed the words of her former co-star: “I remember Heigl saying something on a talk show about the many hours of work we had. She was 100% right.“
And to add:If she had said that today, she would be a real hero. But she was too far ahead of her time. […] The truth is that she was totally honest, and what she said was absolutely true. She had the courage to say it.“Long-standing accusations that the actress therefore comes to confirm.
More than ten years after the controversy over Grey’s Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo reopens the dialogue about the working conditions of the actors, initiated by Katherine Heigl. An initiative that may allow other actors to testify.