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Katherine Heigl Apologizes After Posing for ‘Inappropriate’ Photos at Cemetery

Katherine Heigl Apologizes
Katherine Heigl attends the 2018 NBCUniversal Upfront in New York City on May 14, 2018. Jason Mendez/startraksphoto.com

Katherine Heigl tried to find light in a dark place by posing for photos with her relatives’ headstones at a cemetery in Buffalo, New York, but some of her fans were quick to call the posts insensitive.

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“I noticed on my Instagram page that the post I posted earlier was getting a lot of reaction, and I realized you guys are right,” the Grey’s Anatomy alum, 39, said in a series of videos later on Sunday, June 24. “It was not appropriate and it was disrespectful and I’ve taken it down.”

Heigl explained that she was “trying to make a hard moment lighthearted” and didn’t mean to offend anyone.

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“It’s kind of a heavy thing to go and visit my loved ones’ graves, and I decided to find some moments of levity and humor and didn’t realize how inappropriate I was being,” she continued. “I deeply apologize and I thank you guys for understanding that sometimes I don’t think things through clearly enough and I am grateful for your input and for giving me a heads up when I’m maybe going too far. And thank you for forgiving me. Next time I will be more thoughtful about other people’s feelings and not just my own.”

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In the since-deleted pictures, the 27 Dresses actress posed alongside a memorial for her late older brother, Jason, who died at the age of 16 in 1986 from injuries he suffered in a car accident while out to lunch with some of his high school classmates. She also paid respect to her grandparents Reinhold and Margaretta Engelhardt.

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Heigl and her husband, Josh Kelley, later snapped photos next to various monuments at the graveyard. She posed for a goofy selfie with an angel, and captioned another post, “I also managed to get in a little gossip with the girls.” Meanwhile, the singer-songwriter, 38, sat down next to a large stone with his last name on it. His wife of 10 years captioned the post, “[He] found his own grave…which was weird.”

The couple share daughters Nancy, 9, and Adalaide, 6, and son Joshua Jr., 18 months.

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