‘Grey’s Anatomy’: Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl – Complaint About Opening Hours

Put this under “It’s never too late to say something nice”: Ellen Pompeo praises her ex instinct anatomy co-star Katherine Heiglto talk about working conditions in the early days of the ABC medical drama.

In conversation with another star, Kate Walsh, on April 20 episode Of which Tell me with Ellen Pompeo Podcast, Pompeo recalls when Heigl went on a talk show and publicly commented on the “crazy hours we’ve been working on.”

“If she had said that today, she would have been a complete hero,” Pompeo continued. She added that Hegel was “ahead of her time” and considered “ungrateful” for expressing feelings, “when the truth is, she’s 100 percent honest and it’s absolutely true what she said, and she was f-king ballsy for saying it. And she was telling the truth, she wasn’t lying.”

Pompeo was probably referring to Hegel’s 2009 appearance in Late Show with David Letterman Which called for 17 hours of work a day near the beginning grey Season 6 is “Cruel and Mean” and has stated that she hopes her comments will embarrass the show’s production team.

long time grey Viewers will remember that Heigl famously did not present herself for an Emmy in 2008, saying via a statement that she “didn’t feel like I got the material this season to secure my Emmy nomination.” She left the series in 2010.

In a 2013 interview with New York PostPompeo spoke about the turmoil that occurred behind the scenes. “When Katie left, it was hard,” she said. “You can understand why she wanted to go – when she offered you $12 million for the movie and you were only 26. But Katie’s problem was that she didn’t have to renew her contract. She went back up, got a big raise and then tried to walk out of the show. And then it didn’t take off. her film career.

Heigl is currently starring in Netflix’s Firefly Line. A representative of the actress did not comment on Pompeo’s comments.