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Shonda Rhimes: Katherine Heigl Hurt Me

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Shonda Rhimes and her Scandal star Kerry Washington are the focus of Sunday's all-new episode of Oprah's Next Chapter, and in addition to talking about the importance of their addictive Thursday night series, Rhimes looks back on one of her more frustrating professional moments.

In 2008, Katherine Heigl notoriously pulled her name from Emmy contention, saying that she didn't feel the material she was given that year warranted consideration. "On some level, it stung," Rhimes tells Oprah Winfrey. "But on some level I was not surprised. When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well."

Winfrey then goes on to ask Rhimes what accomplishment she's most proud of. "I'm most proud of the fact that I have figured out how to exist as both a creative person and artist and a businesswoman and a manager," she says. "Because those two things do not go together. For a long time I really had a hard time with the idea that I was supposed to be this person who lived inside her head and created things, but also managed a bunch of people and had to lead a group of people."

Rhimes adds, "But those two things came together, and I'm really proud of how that works now."

Check out a sneak peek clip and tune in to Oprah's Next Chapter every Sunday at 9 p.m. on OWN.

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three fierce women in a room. I'm watching the hell out of this!
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actxappalledx 8th-Dec-2012 03:04 pm (UTC)
It's still her job to be a professional and not trash the show that is paying her millions and that elevated her fame level.
aubade_saudade 8th-Dec-2012 03:05 pm (UTC)
she's incredibly unprofessional and it's a pattern with her, not a one off in GA
actxappalledx 8th-Dec-2012 03:07 pm (UTC)
Heigl? I believe that, lol.
beetlebums 8th-Dec-2012 03:13 pm (UTC)
She trashed Knocked Up like really bad to the point where most ppl are like why did you even do this movie?
enema_recipe 8th-Dec-2012 07:23 pm (UTC)
What she said about it was so off-base too. To me, the film has always been more about the female characters than the male ones, and the women are seen as professional and mature, whereas the men are practically children.

If her character seemed like a bitch, it's just because she had some permanent bitch-face going on.
happy_endings11 8th-Dec-2012 06:32 pm (UTC)
Exactly. I cannot with people who defend this woman. Have people forgotten how she acted at the end of Roswell? How she acted toward Knocked Up? She is constantly bitching and publicing ripping down her projects. She is COMPLETELY unprofessional. And unlikable. Anytime I see this woman I see a ungrateful, spoiled little brat. And not just because of the whole Grey's thing.
lollapoe 8th-Dec-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
ugh, she pulled this on Roswell too?
starchain 8th-Dec-2012 03:08 pm (UTC)
I agree but I also think that when you disagree with what you're portraying you should say something.
justrachna 8th-Dec-2012 03:22 pm (UTC)
Fair enough but she could've talked to shonda personally instead of going public and trashing a show 100s of people work hard on. This isn't her first time behaving like a petulant child, she pulled the same shit on roswell.
starchain 8th-Dec-2012 03:24 pm (UTC)
I don't think she is the most professional woman in the world and I don't like most of the stunts she pulled but there were rumors of her being pretty vocal on set about what was going on so I doubt she didn't talk to Shonda about it.
justrachna 8th-Dec-2012 03:27 pm (UTC)
Regardless, it doesn't give her the right to be so incredibly selfish and spoiled.
happy_endings11 8th-Dec-2012 06:37 pm (UTC)
How would that work out for you at your job? If you stood in front of your job and said "I hate it here because blah, blah, blah." Then refused to show up on time and do what you're expected and paid to do? Or would you privately talk to those in charge and then leave? And if you publicly bashed your current job, do you think you would get hired quickly? Probably not. It's called being respectful and professional.

starchain 8th-Dec-2012 06:44 pm (UTC)
It's not the same thing, no work has the same kind of privilege that comes with being an actor. I work in movie productions, you wouldn't believe the shit actors can do without consequences. This is mild. This actually has some substance behind, I've seen people getting fired because an actor said "she was rude to me today" or because they wouldn't have sex with the actor and you can't fire the actor because you've shot half the movie and you can't replace him.
So it's not the same.
When your face is on the finished product, you can afford to pull a lot of stunts you wouldn't be able to pull otherwise.

I'm not saying it's right or fair, just saying that's how it is.
pastelward 8th-Dec-2012 03:19 pm (UTC)
ia it's like when chloe sevigny badmouthed big love. it's just tacky
howlcosmiclove 8th-Dec-2012 03:47 pm (UTC)
mte, it's really tacky.
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