Clintastic: "Somehow, several other members of the Grey's ensemble have managed to negotiate bonuses and raises without as much public brouhaha. She - and her management - should've taken better notes."

you may want to check out the new york post website. there's an article dated march 6, 2007 about isaiah washington's contract troubles.

people do have short memories. has everybody forgotten patrick dempsey's contract squabble with the network? it only happened just a few months ago. now isaiah is having troubles with his negotiation. what's the common thread here? ABC Touchstone.

there was nothing in the original people.com report that says it was katherine's people who leaked the story. ABC Touchstone's statement also never denied putting it in the press. besides, the article only credited the report to a "well-placed source". how reliable is that?

we are all just reacting to media reports. we may never know what happened and who leaked the stories so i think we should all just stop being so judgemental of the girl and get on with our lives.

I would choke this useless white sl*t to death while making love to her lifeless corpse. F*ck Izzy, and f*ck her.

If it weren't for Katherine Heigl, many people probably wouldn't have tuned in to see its premiere. A lot of fans of Roswell followed her to Grey's Anatomy and stayed to watch her and the show.
She has been able to stand her own ground as Izzy Stevens as well as an actor. She stood up for what she believes in regardless of the consequences that may arise. Most actors would probably keep their mouths shut just so they can get paid.
Grey's Anatomy owes her a lot, and should therefore pay her a lot too.

Ms Heigl's arms are not the issue here! For those who take issue with her weight and looks, have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately? I'm thankful that the producers of Grey's hired two female cast members (Heigl and Ramirez) who are relatively normal-sized, not stick insects. Heigl's arms aren't fat - they're normal. And while Ramirez looks big as compared to other female cast members, in reality she's just average. Our perceptions have become horribly skewed, is all. Heigl and Ramirez reflect reality to a certain extent, for which I am grateful.

As far as characters go, I find Izzy a bit of a nonentity, but she's no more annoying than Christine with her 'I'm so darn driven and unemotional' persona, or McDreamy's 'All I have to do is twinkle and they'll melt' crapola. But hey, together, I think the characters mesh well, and Izzy is at least as much a part of that as George. So more power to Ms Heigl.

---"katherine heigl may seem like her (and this may be a testament to good acting) but she is NOT izzie. she is just an actress delivering lines and taking direction from other people."
--"That's not a "testament to good acting", that's an insecure or uninspired writing staff letting the inmates run the asylum."
-"Say what?"

I'm saying that the show's writing staff who are also some of the producers of the show seem like they are letting some of the above-the-line talent run around without a leash when they shouldn't and it's affecting the writing and public profile of the show. While the cast is very talented, the show does not belong to them. Really, none of the actors should be seeking out controversy with perhaps the exception of Pompeo, the show's titular character, and maybe Dempsey. Those two pretty much have a lock on their jobs, but "Grey's" is an ensemble show and the show's staff have shown a real knack for bringing in new cast additions.

It would be fairly easy to cycle the often emotionally unhinged and unprofessional surgeon 'Izzie' out and bring in another talented actor - of which there is no shortage - to play a new role. Perhaps that new actor would do a better job of aggressively promoting the show and less aggressively promoting bad press or viewer ill-will. Who knows - maybe an actor who wasn't part of the pilot cast, but who does a better job at promoting the show and not perpetuating bad press might even get the chance to have a spin-off show built around his/herself?

Doh!

at least on friends they didn't ostresize each other. KH stepped away from the group by speaking out in an unprofessional way and showing no remorse for her comments. she even said before her statement about IW that she was 'probably going to get in trouble for this' and this is the result. she made her bed. i don't feel sorry for her at all. she still makes more money than all of us for doing nothing.

She is a spoiled little brat with a big head! I am glad they cut her down to size. Hope she learns to be a bit more appreciative and humble in the future! Izzie is a bit part anyhow. They can get another one like her in a minute!

i dont watch it now

Is it just me, or does she need to lose some weight. I didn't notice at first, but look at her belly, and those HUGE arms. Her face still looks good, but you don't usually f*ck the face :)

Seriously, if you found out your co workers were making twice as much as you were for doing the same job you wouldn't be pissed off? Be real! She has every right to negotiate her contract. It's not her fault someone leaked some of her conversation out to the whole world to get even with her for having a back bone. Definitely the producers did that. Touchstone right? Nice job idiots!

I only have a few minutes before I have to get back to actual work again, but if she actually had a big part, then I would support her asking for money. The fact of the matter is--she is not as big as part of the show as Sandra Oh or Isaiah WAshington. She does not deserve to make as much--that would be silly. maybe if she actually had a lead role, but she doesn't. That is the same thing as paying someone with a bit part the same as the lead character and that is ridiculous. It isn't the same amount of work, those two leaving the show would actually affect it, and she is greedy and arrogant to presume that she deserves as much and for much less work to boot.

This wasn't an issue of having more money than everyone else. Heigl actually was one of the least paid on the show. All she wanted was equal pay to that of what Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington were making. I mean, I, myself think it wrong to pay Isaiah Washington (the same one who is in hot water over attacking another castmasts life choices and being a jerk to his peers and coworkers) as Katie. She has paid her dues, why not allow her equal pay as her coworkers. I don't think this was about her being a diva. Also, would you want your bosses going to the press or even to other people in your workplace and saying well, "Johnson here is trying to nickle and dime us and ask us for more money." No, you wouldn't want that. I think that's why she was like "it's wrong of them to go public with this" I say she deserves it, and should have it, drama free.

Ahk! This girl (heigl) needs to GO!!!! What a friggin' diva! It would serve her right to be removed from the show... then maybe she would realize her jr. high days really are over.

greys anatomy sucks. i saw like 2 minutes of that show and was ready to shoot myself. GO DALLAS MAVERICKS!!!

I think her character could be written out of the show with no problems--it would make the show even better. She will learn that the diva act and being known as demanding and greedy is not a smart thing and people won't put up with it. She should look at David Caruso--yes he has CSI Miami now, but remember him when he was in NYPD Blue? Then he left a very good show, popular at the time--thinking he deserved money, would make movies--basically got a very big head---and really until he got CSI Miami he had nothing.