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Katherine Heigl Drops Out of Emmy Race
Wednesday June 11, 2008

Katherine Heigl
Katherine Heigl arrives at 7th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball on May 31, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl has taken herself out of the race for this year's Emmy Awards.

"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," Heigl told L.A. Times columnist Tom O' Neil. "In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials," she added.

Heigl – who won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series last year – isn't one to hold back her feelings.

The actress dubbed her flick Knocked Up "a little sexist," called a Grey's Anatomy plot line a "ratings ploy" and defended T.R. Knight against a homophobic slur from Isaiah Washington.

"I always tell it like it is," Heigl has said.

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