Katherine Heigl Rejected Emmy Consideration

In 2007, American actress Katherine Heigl won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama for playing Izzie Stevens on "Grey's Anatomy." In 2008, she removed herself from Emmy consideration and said she did not feel the material she received on the show that year deserved a nomination. The comment caused major backlash and became one of the key controversies tied to her eventual exit from the series.

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