Katherine Heigl, who played beloved character Izzie Stevens on the hit Grey’s Anatomy series, has finally revealed her side of the story about why she departed Grey’s Anatomy in 2010. Though her departure from the popular medical drama was marred by controversy, the actress now claims that it was her family who drove her out of the spotlight, as per reports in Pink Villa.
She was quoted saying, “I started a family, and it changed everything,’ Katherine, who played Dr. Izzie Stephens on the medical drama, told The Daily Telegraph on Friday. ‘It changed my desire to work full-time. I went on family leave and just got to be a [mother], and it changed my whole perspective. That was really the turning point.”
Katherine went on to say that she was urged to attempt to combine her job and parenting in order to remain on the show. “[Shonda] wanted to try to figure out how I could do both [parenting and Grey’s], and I kind of wanted to do both. There wasn’t a great way to compromise the work schedule that didn’t negatively affect the crew or the cast,” Katherine added.
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