Top Stories

Katherine Heigl Leaves Grey’s Anatomy

Katherine Heigl Leaves Grey’s Anatomy

Katherine Heigl and BFF costar T.R. Knight are hanging up their scrubs and leaving Grey’s Anatomy.

“Yes, she is [leaving],” co-star James Pickens Jr. (Dr. Richard Webber) tells Us Weekly. “Wherever Katherine goes, I wish her nothing but the best. [TR Knight's] going too. He just wanted to pursue other career paths.”

“Right now, the whole thing is in the hands of their agents and ABC’s lawyers,” an insider tells EW. “Something will probably be worked out soon, but it’s a safe bet that Katherine and T.R. won’t be returning as series regulars next season.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of George and Izzie leaving the hit ABC medical drama — YAY or NAY?

JJ Links Around The Web

  • Taylor Swift donates $250k to educational programs - LaineyGossip
  • See what Tina Fey is getting for Christmas - PopEater
  • You can own a piece of the Lohans for the right price - Dlisted
  • Corbin Bleu designs t-shirts for charity - JustJaredJr
  • Tiger Woods' alleged mistress makes a startling accusation - TheSuperficial
  • John Mayer recognizes the power of Justin Bieber - Celebuzz
  • Johnny Depp is honored in the Bahamas - PopSugar
Bryan Bedder/Getty

128 Comments

# 1
all I'm sayin'... @ 02/10/2009 at 2:20 pm

Jump before the ship sinks…this show has lost it’s luster

# 2

YAY! Good luck finding new careers, losers.

# 3

Yay! cuz she was working my nerves. TR was cool though…

# 4

NOO i love George! And I want Alex and Izzie together!

# 5
kimberley @ 02/10/2009 at 2:25 pm

will be strange without izzie on the show. Although her storyline is really bad this season.

# 6

I won’t miss her for a second!!!!!

# 7

Nooo =(
Why?

# 8

Nooo =(
Why?

# 9
[☆I n F a m o u s☆] @ 02/10/2009 at 2:29 pm

she thinks she’s going to become a big time movie star. hahaha she’s going to be doing romantic comedy’s forever.

I am happy. She thinks she is better then TV acting….. She is not all that….

umm i don’t think she’s going to have much of a successful career once she leaves grey’s

These two are so ungrateful!! If it wasnt for Grey’s nobody would know who they are!! Plus he is an idiot for quitting, her career is doing okay outside of Grey’s but he has nothing going on!!

umm i think T.R. should get over himself…cause he is the type of actor that is never going to work again after greys…at least katherine has a shot at a movie career, T.R. is nothing but a male couger…haha…well now since he won’t be working anymore, he won’t have to pay somebody to babysit his boyfriend, he could just do it himself…haha sorry but i don’t like T.R. Knight, he’s a diva, and he was NOTHING before greys and shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds him.

Maybe I’ll start watching again.

GOOD………

haha without Kate Walsh, Katie Heigl it won’t be the same, the show goes down, well I liked George but I stopped like him somewhere in the end of season 3 so I don’t mind, but I guess I won’t have any reason to watch this show. I used to love GA but I don’t think that they can save it.
season 4 is not so good, and season 5 started to be good maybe around episode 10, not a good score

GOOD! i CAN’T STAND THEM!

give ellen and patrick more screen time! same with chandra, justin, eric, sara, chandra and the chief!

MR.bARNES @ 02/10/2009 at 2:44 pm

yay cuz the show is now horrible ! sex with a ghost wtf!

I have no desire to see him in anything else.
Let’s hope he changes careers

they are both pulling a david caruso! ha..good luck with that.

Now can we get rid of Shonda Rhimes and the writers too while we’re at it?

i knew it!!!! lol dont be an ass “buckley” lol I love George and Izzy…

Sounds like it’s either not a great work environment, or a bunch of diva actors on set. You don’t want to be there, go…but don’t assume your movie career will soar. This is what David Caruso did with NYPD Blue…yes, he’s on CSI: MIami now, but it took his career a loooooong time to recover from what his ego was after.

YAAAAAAAAY

I can go back to watching Grey’s Anatomy when these 2 bozos leave.

i will miss them but no so much that if ellen, patrick, sandra or chandra leave grey’s

Yasuri yamileth @ 02/10/2009 at 2:59 pm

FINALLY!! Now I can go back to watching the show again!! So long Izzie Stevens and annoying, self-obsessed loser Katherine Heigl!!

I also have lost interest in the show - everyone in the cast seems confused and off. what is that? I only watch intermittently now.

Nevertheless, I don’t think Knight is really an actor at heart. I hope he finds something that is good for him. Heigl, to me, has that star quality that is rare - she’s beautiful and radiates onscreen. The reason Julia Roberts is such a big star is that people recognize she is also authentic. That’s the rub with Heigl - people have heard she is a bit nasty and demanding and bitchy. If she fixes that sense of entitlement (therapy might work???), I think she could be a big star. Also, she needs to stop smoking. Her work in romantic comedies is great, and she could also do more drama too. I think it is a good move for her to jump Grey’s now.

[☆I n F a m o u s☆] @ 02/10/2009 at 2:59 pm

tr needs to stop being her bish. when he cant find a job then what? lmaooooo

This sucks!! They were my favourites on Grey’s! Next season definitely won’t be as popular without them.

who cares. Both their heads got too big. They will never work again.

They are awesome, I hope she continues making movies, she is such a good actress. Not too many actresses can jump from T.V. to the big screen,. He is also very good…love love them both.

I never liked either character so I won’t miss them. David Caruso Pas Deux.

I do like Private Practice and hope that this show won’t be tainted with the inbreeding bed hopping like Grey’s. In fact, McSteamy should follow Addison back to Cali.

These two are so ungrateful, IMO. Anyway, the show won’t die. Only Dempsey/Pompeo departure can kill it.

vicki pasadena ca @ 02/10/2009 at 3:08 pm

Good riddance. Bu Bye.Just remember, David Caruso.

Katherine was nothing before Grey’s, but will go on to do well, as for TR, he won’t be heard of again

NOOOO! I love Izzie and Georgie!

I have lost interest in that show. If they want to do movies good for them, have to do what makes you happy.

I’m happy that she’s leaving. Ms. Hiegel has been totally ungrateful with regards to any of the projects that have helped launched her career. She shat all over “Knocked Up” and had nothing but crap to say about “Grey’s Anatomy.” I can’t wait for her movie career to flop and she’s back on the CW doing two-bit television shows. By the time the smoke has settled, she’ll be begging for a cameo on Grey’s.

This sucks! I love katherine (izzie!!!) on Grey’s Anatomy. George’s part was a little played out.

I’m gonna miss them!

Naaaaaaaaaaaaay ;_;

not sure why Katherine is leaving-other than maybe to support her best friend. I LOVE TR and his character but you have to admit that they haven’t been giving him much air time lately.
I wish them both the best of luck-I love them both.
Met TR in person a few times and he is a doll

YAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her storyline is stupid!

It is better to have them leave than it is to keep disgruntled employees around bringing everyone else down. Personally I think they would’ve been better off staying and riding the gravy train as far as it goes. They could’ve still pursued other interests during the off season.

I dont think I will be watching GA if she leaves. It’s been going downhill for a while now.

THANK GOD!!!!! They were by far some of the worst characters on the show. And now they are finally leaving!!! YAY!!

Good riddance to rubbish…no one should be on a show unless they want to be…appear without griping to the media and whiny about ‘the quality of the scripts’….yadda yadda…now go on and be a nusiance somewhere else.

lucy and Ethel @ 02/10/2009 at 3:54 pm

good

Nooooooooooooooo :’(

shoes4life @ 02/10/2009 at 3:55 pm

Good riddance and take Denny with you as well! This show use to be soooooo good until they let Burke go and started with all the stupid story lines. I will be watching this Thursday because it seems to be the first time in a long time they will have a decent story line.

Izzie was annoying and they made George to whimpy. The show is on the verge of tanking with or without them. Who knows maybe new faces will regenerate a better plot and revitalize the sinking ship?

I don’t know what TR Knight’s thinking. This was the best thing that ever happened to him. He’s not a good actor by any means so I doubt he’ll get anything as good as Grey’s.

..And Heigl– I think her head is really puffed up. She thinks more highly of herself than she ought.

Well, it was so predictable she was leaving, because she’s been bitching about the show forever and generally being un ungrateful hag. That said, she’ll be ok and will move on to romantic comedy land, doing bland romcoms like 27 Dresses for the rest of her career, ala Andy McDowell.

As for him, really stupid move. The general public doesn’t know him from Adam. He’s not going to have a very successful career….so many other bit players get high and mighty because theyre on a hit show, so they quite to “move on” only to discover….there’s nothing. If I were TR, I would keep taking the paychecks and riding that gravy train for as long as I can. He’s just very close to Heigl, so he let himself be influenced and is thinking, “oh, me too!” when he’s not commercially viable. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Well, it was so predictable she was leaving, because she’s been bitching about the show forever and generally being un ungrateful hag. That said, she’ll be ok and will move on to romantic comedy land, doing bland romcoms like 27 Dresses for the rest of her career, ala Andy McDowell.

As for him, really stupid move. The general public doesn’t know him from Adam. He’s not going to have a very successful career….so many other bit players get high and mighty because theyre on a hit show, so they quite to “move on” only to discover….there’s nothing. If I were TR, I would keep taking the paychecks and riding that gravy train for as long as I can. He’s just very close to Heigl, so he let himself be influenced and is thinking, “oh, me too!” when he’s not commercially viable. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I think it’s time for that whiny, fake, stupid, ugly, opportunistic, chain-smoking, self-obsessed, self absorbed, talent-less hag to leave Grey’s Anatomy. Her career will soon go down the drain anyways a la David Caruso.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????????/ WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????????????????????
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHY WHY WHY????? I JUST WANT TO KNOW W H Y!!!???
=/

Matt @ 02/10/2009 at 4:10 pm

ITA… It is going to be so funny.. TR has let her screw his ass. He has done nothing other then Grey’s. She has at least done some films, and has a new one coming out. He is a Dummy.

There are what 10-15 women actresses trying to become the “American Sweetheart”

Jennifer A
Kate Holmes
Reese W
Katherine H
Sandra B
Gennifer C
Isla F
Hillary D
Cameron D

and I can’t think of the rest.. How can America have this many sweethearts. Some of these women are going to have to try some different genres.. They are all competing for the same roles.. This is going to be so funny.. Who will end up as the Rom Com queen.. Keep watching..

What?! Izzy is the whole show..Grey’s has been on a downward spiral since the Denny incident =(

.
.
WHATEVER! IF THOSE TWO ARE SOOO MISERABLE AND DEVASTATED BY HAVING A FULL TIME JOB ON A HIT SHOW THEN LET THEM LEAVE!!
THEY BOTH ADD BRING NOTHING TO THE SHOW AND WILL NOT BE MISSED,
“GOOD LUCK” TO THE TRICK PONYS ON TRYING TO FIND NEW JOBS IN THEIR BIG NEW MOVIE CAREERS!! HAHA.
.
.

nay i don’t think i can stand a show with just mer and derek and christina and owen. the only reason i would watch would be alex and now we won’t even have the izzie/alex to hope for

Izzie is annoying, and it doesn’t help that Kathrine Heigl is an ungrateful *****. The same thing will happen to her that happened to that girl on Cheers, she’ll have a few movies and then everybody will forget about her.

T.R. Knight wants to peruse other acting jobs? The biggest thing he was on before Grey’s Anatomy was an episode of CSI.

I would be sad to see Heigl’s character leave. Even though the whole Denny storyline sucks bad, Izzy isn’t so whiny anymore and most importantly: she isn’t obsessed with George being with Calli, and Calli being stupid, cheating with George, having a relationship with George… Izzy season 3 & 4 was just painful to watch.

George became annoying after he slept with Meredith. They wanted to gave him some serious storylines and just didn’t work. George is simply for the comic relief, nothing else. Wouldn’t miss him.

I don’t really care about TR anymore cuz we dont see him as much as before, but it’s a shame Katherine is leaving cuz her storyline is getting interesting. She’s one of the stars.

I won’t miss them!! I really don’t like their storylines this season! I mean George is barely on the show these days and I’m sick of Izzy!

Eh…not really important. This will at least give some more chance to more MerDer screen time. Izzie was just weird. George didn’t have a big role.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

THE SHOW’S FINISHED!
-
IF the rumors ARE true… Then Heigl & Knight are leaving BEFORE the show is canceled outright & can say, “we saw it coming & didn’t want to drown with the rest of them.”
-
I liked Grey’s in the beginning but then it went somewhere I couldn’t follow… Becoming pretentious, boring & pathetic; trying to be a mix of Scrubs & E.R. that doesn’t work. I got so bored with it, I began watching Private Practice instead… Of course, that show has it’s own problems, but in a more tolerable vain for me to keep watching. For now, anyway.

I won’t miss them….don’t like them anyway…

Yay………. When it their last show. Good bye and Good riddance. What has George done since Callie left him anyway? Izzie should just die and be with Denny.

Shonda ruined Izzie’s character… But she and Alex were so cute together… I’m done with Grey’s then, there’s nothing left for me to watch…

Sarah May @ 02/10/2009 at 6:38 pm

their storyline was pretty much dead anyway.

Bye-bye now! Please, do let the door his you in the ****.

Not going to miss air head Izzy or wimpy George one bit!

The show will be better without them.

YAAAY!!!!! I’m so sick of both of them. They should have given David Caruso a call first though.

As long as Meredith, Mcdreamy, christina, callie and mcsteamy are still on the show, i dont care who else leaves. cya

Yes! Thank you! Please have her die a slow, painful death onscreen so I can Tivo it! She is so annoying. As for Goofy George….who cares. Bring back Burke! Please!!!

omg….
1st: burke
2nd: addison
3rd: hahn
4th and 5th: heigl and george
grey’s is not doing well

i say good riddance, they’re a couple of wannadivas

lakers fan in boston @ 02/10/2009 at 8:02 pm

that show is so stupid
i love when the soup makes fun of it lol
u deserve it katherine!!i wished u were fired instead tho

I want her to go, but George should stay on the show!!! It wouldn’t be the same without him…..

Who cares? They and the show are overrated!!

WHATEVER!!
they havent done anything this season…

Hallelujah! They can’t leave too soon!

yay finally!!!!

No reason for me to watch Grey’s anymore then. Alex/Izzie were the only thing I watched for.

I have a feelings Grey’s is going to take a major ratings hit because of this.

from what i hear from gossip, Katherine Heigl is a pain in the ass to work with, so i think they just gave her that weird and terrible story line so that she would quit

That sucks! What will the show be without Izzie and George??? I can’t even imagine it. They are basically losing half of the original group of interns. That just really sucks. Well I can see where this is going now. Izzie will die and George will be heartbroken and leave. But what will happen to Alex? It is so unfair that he is going to get his heart broken again.

Maybe the show won’t be coming back next season?

They should have listened to me. Burke should have NEVER left. He should have been off camera for a while. They should have brought Hahn’s character in-but Burke and Hahn should have been partners working for Genetech-(a bioengineering lab specializing in the development of germ warfare products) plotting to take over Seattle Grace.
Meredith should have bee pregnant a long time ago with a baby that turned out to be George’s instead of Dereks!- Bailey’s husband should have been getting it on with the Chief’s wife!!! C’mon Shonda-wake up-Call me-Save Grey’s!!! Alex’s character is just a brick wall-he has issues that can’t be defined. Just make him a drug addict already-He has the signs-Izzie was a good character at first, but she was wound too tightly around Denny. Who do you know inherits millions of dollars and leaves the check on the fridge? No one. How real was that? At the most, she should have turned into a controlling, power hungry ******-TR only had chemistry with the man in the mirror. He should have played a straight guy who discovered he was gay-when do we ever see the anguish and emotional journey a man in that situation would face? Never-so if Grey’s get’s cancelled, it’s only because the writers became disconnected-ok. I have given this way too much thought right?

I think this truly marks the downfall of Grey’s Anatomy … It used to be so so good and now it’s just all about seeing how many sexual relationships the writers can write in between all the characters.

Thank GOD there’s owen hunt now!! otherwise this show will be dead soon, fast.

I hope they saved their money, I don’t see either of them getting much acting work with the “Grey’s Anatomy” connection gone. Both their characters and the show in general have become pretty unlikable to me this current season, alternately cutesy, goofy and melodramatic.

5 years is enough on any show. The show died after season 2. Might as well leave. You don’t want to be typcasted.

Actors/Actresses quiting their long serving TV show is accused as being ungrateful and full of ego? They wanted to quit and try other thing, why not? I don’t think they being ungrateful or have too big an ego to stay in show for more than 4 years. . I think being an artist and as young as Heigl would want to try other challenging role out there if there are chances and everyone knows it’s risky to be in movie bussiness because it’s mean you’re not necessarily have steady job and I think she and TR knows it too well so I salute them for being brave and taking the risk since it seems they love being an artist for more than the getting a regular pay-check for doing nothing substantial in S4 & S5 and also in a way they’re opening doors for other actor/actress the opportunity to be in the show. I say it’s unselfish of them All the BEST to KH and TR and Good Luck.

So glad she is leaving. I can’t stand her whining…. I’ll miss George though, he’s lovely.

They are quiting their jobs In this RECESSION ???

Geez, they sure prove that actors can memorize lines, but they sure are stupid.

NOOOOO!!!!
This show is sooo going down now they’re leaving.
It’s gone down hill since the end of Season 3, when Addison left, really.

It’s too bad coz it was really good to start with.

OHMY. That’s horrible. :|

As a Alex/Izzie fan i’m sad about this news. But good luck to Katherine and T.R.

Yay ! She used to be interesting but not anymore. If she’s leaving, fine !! I won’t miss her and it’s the same with TR Knight. His character doesn’t bring anything to the show since season 4. They should have leaving earlier from the show.

good riddance can’t stand her.

NO WAYY!!! they can´t leave the showww
I love grey´s, but it’s not going to be the same!

The show sux this season so this will only add to the down hill slide GA has started….Story line is BORING!!!

Don’t mind seeing Knight go, but I’d like to see Heigl stay. I’m currently behind on some episodes, but the storyline has been a mess this season from what I’ve caught. They really need to bring back Walsh to help the show. Is there anybody out there that can actually say they like Private Practice? I was excited about the cast when it began, but the show was extremely boring

NOOOOOO! Sure, their caracters were pretty bad lately, but they could get better again! The show could go back to what it was like. I can’t believe it!

bRIAN - Private Practice has improved vastly this season and is better than Greys now. It’s likely to get a full Season 3 pick-up. It helps that there is a small cast and the characters show greater continuity and maturity than on Greys where even Bailey has become a shadow of her former self.

I think Greys will suffer without Katherine Heigl. TR has never had much to do the last couple of seasons anyway so he might not be a loss, but Katherine brings the high profile and publicity to the show. I expect all the originals will leave within the next 2 seasons, that’s why Shonda is bringing in loads of new interns to take over. Season 2 was the best season of this show, now it’s downhill till the axe falls….

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Greys’ won’t be the same without her!!!!!! :(

OMG, this show should be awarded as the ‘most leaving’ TV series. More and more stars flock out of it. Of course, this season, there is nothing much about both of these guys. But with their departures, the show will become weaker as ever…

NOOO, i dont want katherine leaves grey´s anatomy, i love izzie and alex!!

Nay! George and Izzy make up a good portion of the diversity of the show. Plus, Katherine Heigl is cutttttte, don’t want to stop seeing that face.

I’m so glad that no talent is leaving. She looks greasy. TR is a nothing ******.

IZZIE AND ALEX 4EVER AND EVER

It kinda seems TR is destroying the show with his drama king antics. He got Isaiah fired up by spending hours complaining about Patrick which led to the meltdown. Now he is staging a duel exit with offscreen BFF Heigl. I actually think Isaiah could return after TR leaves and make the show better and improve the ratings.

are they forreal? the only person in the cast that’s interesting is izzy and little grey.

they show should be called steven’s anatomy, at that

I will miss Katherine Heigl’s Izzy.

Typical - they get Burke fired, f$ck up the show and then quit.
Maybe it will actually be good again!

Seriously.
Seriously!

Who can be happy with this news? I mean, come on! Meredith, Alex, Izzy, Christina and George are the core. You may not like them. You may even hate them. But they are the core. They are the Buffy, Willow and Xander of Grey’s, they are the Marissa, Ryan, Seth and Summer of Grey’s, they are the Lois and Clark of Grey’s, they are the… do I need to continue?

Of course, if Katherine and T.R. (what the hell is his first name?) are happier without Grey’s, they should leave and they have every right to (I think, I dunno… ABC knows;). But it is NOT nice or fun or ok!!

So………… let’ss assume they do leave, and according to this article they do, so let’s assume this article is correct:) What might happen? Let’s speculate:)

Izzy: 1. she turns out to have a brain tumor and it is either in-operable which will make her decide to leave to live what’s left of her life, or she dies on the show.
2. she can’t get over Denny and she doesn’t want to work in ‘his’ hospital anymore, so she leaves.

George: If Izzy leaves to live her life or because she can’t get over Denny, he goes with her, and if she dies he leaves out of grief……… I gues… I dunno. George hasn’t had much of a storyline lately (see there T.R.’s reason for leaving) so I really wouldn’t know what could possibly make him leave. Nothing really happened, nothing good and nothing bad, so why would he leave? Hmmm…

What do you think?:)

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

Aww… I want Izzie and Alex to be together. I’m glad Denny’s gone though.

I will miss Heigl. She is a beautiful woman. I hope the rumors about her recent behavior are just that…rumor. She was the main reason I watched Greys and I will miss her. She was right about her story line. Denny is nice to look at, but get real on the ghost part. She is not a great actress, but she is a good one and she really does comedy well. Good luck to her.

This season, in my opinion has been the best yet. the storylines are emotional and the acting is superb. I wish Katherine and TR the best of luck in all their future endeavors. They will both me sorely missed.

I’m sad that they are leaving. The show won’t be the same without them. They will both be missed very much.

ahh yay and nay.. the show wont be the same with out izzie but it gives a new but sad storyline to go by next season. Bye bye losers kh and trk

i am so upset about Kathrine Heigl and TR knight leaving greys anatomy. I miss the good old times where they all were happy and had so much fun. I am excited dough to see if there is coming any other characters in to greys anatomy.

But does anyone know when season 6 will be out ?

OH NOOOOOO!!!!

Deeanna marcus @ 06/14/2009 at 7:37 pm

Oh, Katherine Heigl is the best actricess in the show, and George is a very good character. Without them, the show will never be the same!:((
Izzie is very charismatic and George is such a figure! I don’t think i will see the show if they are gone. And other people believe the same as well.

ILOVEGORGE @ 07/01/2009 at 1:26 pm

NAYYYYYY and YAAYYY

NAY CUZ ILOVE GEORGE HE IS MY FAVORITE CHARECTER ! :(

YAY CUZ I USED TO LIKE IZZY BUT THE CANCER KILLER HER CHARECTER ! :)

why ABC GOD why!?!?!?!?!

i wont miss george at all… but damn…!!! I WAS JUST LIKE IZZIE…!!!
i will miss izzie like crazy!!!

Damn it!!!
I HATE U Katherine 4 leaving Izzie Down!!! I HATE U!!!

izzi sucks
she is alwayes depressed and dark and drive me sick
george was so good actually “kinda comic”
Arizona ,lixy ,Mcsteamy ,Mcdreamy rocks

Comment and Share!








You have of 5,000 characters left.