Is Katherine Heigl being written out of episodes of "Grey's Anatomy"? ET sets the record straight.
After a report surfaced Wednesday that Katherine would take a five episode hiatus from "Grey's Anatomy" to film a movie, an ABC rep is talking to ET.
"As they have done in the past, production is accommodating her film schedule," the rep says.
Earlier this summer, Heigl appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and described her first day back on the "Grey's Anatomy" set for the new season as "cruel and mean."
"Our first day back was Wednesday, and it was -- I'm going to keep saying this because I hope it embarrasses them -- a 17-hour day, which I think is cruel and mean,' Katherine told Dave.
The talk-show funnyman jokingly asked Katherine if she was given a lunch break during her 17-hour day, to which she joked back, saying:
"Yes, we do get an hour lunch. That was nice. Thank God for that hour of lunch."
Katherine did not reveal the fate of her "Grey's" character Izzie on the medical drama's upcoming season, but she did discuss what it was like returning to the set without her friend and former co-star T.R. Knight:
"It was actually kind of really great to be back. All my friends are there and at this point, they're sort of like family, but it was a little weird because [T.R.]'s not there anymore."
As for what happens to Izzie, Katherine told Dave: "So, I won't give it away but, you know, I'm there so I'm either there as a ghost, on the other side or I survived a disease no one survives."
"Grey's Anatomy"'s new season will premiere Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. on ABC.
After a report surfaced Wednesday that Katherine would take a five episode hiatus from "Grey's Anatomy" to film a movie, an ABC rep is talking to ET.
"As they have done in the past, production is accommodating her film schedule," the rep says.
Earlier this summer, Heigl appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and described her first day back on the "Grey's Anatomy" set for the new season as "cruel and mean."
"Our first day back was Wednesday, and it was -- I'm going to keep saying this because I hope it embarrasses them -- a 17-hour day, which I think is cruel and mean,' Katherine told Dave.
The talk-show funnyman jokingly asked Katherine if she was given a lunch break during her 17-hour day, to which she joked back, saying:
"Yes, we do get an hour lunch. That was nice. Thank God for that hour of lunch."
Katherine did not reveal the fate of her "Grey's" character Izzie on the medical drama's upcoming season, but she did discuss what it was like returning to the set without her friend and former co-star T.R. Knight:
"It was actually kind of really great to be back. All my friends are there and at this point, they're sort of like family, but it was a little weird because [T.R.]'s not there anymore."
As for what happens to Izzie, Katherine told Dave: "So, I won't give it away but, you know, I'm there so I'm either there as a ghost, on the other side or I survived a disease no one survives."
"Grey's Anatomy"'s new season will premiere Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. on ABC.