Katherine Heigl takes herself out of this year’s Emmy Awards

Katherine Heigl won the Emmy last year for Best Supporting Actress, but has taken herself out of the race for this year’s Emmy Awards. When asked why she wasn’t entered into his years pool of Emmy contenders, Heigl told the LA Times…

“I am truly grateful for the honor that the Academy bestowed upon me last year. I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the Academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention. In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials.”

Heigl acts like this is some kind of stand for the integrity of the Academy but it smacks of her obvious disenchantment with her television career. And in the process she has basically given the entire writing staff of Grey’s a nicotine-stained middle finger. Unfortunately for Heigl, she renegotiated fifteen months ago, and it looks pretty iron clad. Katharine will likely have to suffer on with a staff of writers who probably not to fond of her, till she finishes out her contract.

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