Is Katherine Heigl broke? I doubt it, although I don’t think she’s had a lot of money coming in lately. In 2011, she only appeared in one movie – the ensemble film New Year’s Eve. She probably wasn’t paid that much for it, and by “that much” I mean “maybe $1 million?” Then in 2012, she again only appeared in one film, her attempt at starring in the Stephanie Plum franchise, One For the Money, which did not bring in the money at the box office. Although I’m sure Katherine got a fat paycheck for it (“fat paycheck” = $10 million, maybe?). For this year, once again she only has one film coming out (The Big Wedding) and it’s an ensemble. So far, that whole “leaving TV behind to be a movie star” thing hasn’t worked out for her, financially or career-wise. But again, “not working out” still means she scores seven-figure paydays once a year.
So what then to make of this Star story? Star says Katherine is having some money problems because she finds it so hard to get work (because of her attitude) and because she and her husband Josh Kelley spend too much money, I guess.
Katherine Heigl’s tense departure from Grey’s Anatomy in 2010 to become a movie star has backfired, and now she’s struggling to keep her family’s lavish lifestyle afloat!
“Since her husband Josh is a struggling musician, he hasn’t brought in much money over the past few years. So she’s stuck holding down the fort,” says a close source to the couple, noting that Katherine’s notoriously bad attitude is keeping her from landing jobs.
“No one wants to deal with her drama.” So Katherine is “taking whatever she can get,” including commercial gigs, most recently for Vicks ZzzQuil sleep-aid.
Katherine also has her two adopted daughters, Naleigh and Adalaide to think of.
“She is very anxious about her financial future since her last few films have flopped,” explains the tipster, suggesting that Katherine cut herself a big slice of humble pie: Katherine needs to check her attitude and earn respect if she wants to save her career.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
Whether or not Katherine really is having financial problems, it seems like the biggest problem is her career not her bank account. She really could have been the new Rom-Com Queen, but she blew through her goodwill so quickly, and the hissy fit she threw about Grey’s Anatomy made her look especially melodramatic and unprofessional.
But maybe Katherine has learned her lesson. Maybe. A few weeks ago, Deadline reported that Katherine is set to return to television for an hour-long starring vehicle on NBC. Deadline says the drama will be a “procedural [which] focuses on how the CIA handles hotspots around the globe, with Heigl playing an adviser/communications liaison for the U.S. president.” The show will be executive produced by her mother/manager. And there-in is the rub. One of the biggest problems with Katherine Heigl is her momager. For real. And I guess this show is supposed to be like “the network-version of Homeland”. Homeland, starring Katherine Heigl, executive produced by her mother. Did anyone else roll their eyes?
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Can’t stand her
me neither.
Me Neither
Also Id kill myself if my only hang out buddy was my domineering ass mom
*shudders*
+1 to that…. I never see pics of her with anyone OTHER than her mom? Interesting….
No wire hangers!
She does a lot for abused and neglected animals. If you look at her charity work, it’s substantial. The one named after her brother “The Jason Debus Heigl Foundation” has products that are sold at Target with proceeds going to help animals.
she’s going back to tv so she can get work
He mother is her Achilles heel.
Yes, she is.
I love Katherine, and it is commendable that she loves her mother and wants to take care of her and have her around… but there is a limit.
A time MUST come when every child separates from their parents and goes on in life by themselves, with their own strength.
Wasnt there drama with her New Years gig too? Where she was asking for a silly sum of cash for a couple days work. A sum far higher than what much bigger stars were asking for?
I should google but I hate her guts too much to bother.
Yes. I think the rumor was that she wanted just as much money as Julia Roberts got in Valentines Day, or something like that.
She wanted something like 3 million for Valentine’s Day, and Julia Roberts ended up taking her place because she was demanding so much money for such a small part.
She looks so dirty.
Kathrine and her mother produced or co-produced most of her recent outings, including that Stephanie Plum film.
That alone should tell her that as a team and individually they aren’t the best picker of projects for her.
She needs to have new management AND not work so closely with her mother. It can’t hurt anymore than it’s hurting right now, right?
Why is she so against tv work? Eg HBO makes quality tv shows with large followings that compete with cinemas(expensive here).
It’s the film vs TV snobbery. No matter how bad film gets, it is always considered far better to be a film rather than TV actor.
It’s always been like this, and it will take a lot to change that. Even if TV is better quality.
It’s not just the industry that thinks this way. Look at the recent Cavill/Cuoco pairing. Setting aside the PR set up of it, everyone was sneering at her as ‘just a TV actress’. Nevermind that she’s been a lead in several very good shows and is financially very, very successful, but against the one note Cavill and his very patchy resume and financial success, she’s a loser. And I say that as someone who likes them both.
All the TV actors want to be movie stars, going back to TV is seen as a step in the wrong direction.
Yes! Remember years ago there was a story going around that Gwyneth was asked about Brad Pitt’s relationship with Jen Aniston and she remarked, “Jennifer who? You mean that TV Girl?” OUCH!
Seriously, a tv show brought to you by the same people who brought us Killers, The Ugly Truth, and One For The Money. Good grief. I’m betting the pilot will be so bad it won’t be picked up.
Do these celebrities ever think of budgeting and not spending so lavishly. I mean we cold live for the rest of our lives off what she made in 1 small movie.
No.
I answered my own question.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. In an industry where you can be hot one minute and disappear the next, you would think reasonable people would save and invest in case this exact scenario happened. The average person doesn’t get that opportunity. I have very little sympathy.
To be fair, average people rarely get anywhere in HW.
Someone on here ages ago suggested she should have made Stephanie Plum into a TV series instead of a movie franchise (that flopped after 1 really bad film). That would have been a great move, the series lends itself more to that type of storytelling, and she’d probably have raked in some good cash for it.
Always thought giving up that sweet Grey’s paycheck was a mistake.
That was me. I really think it lends itself to a TV show rather than a movie.
Who knows, it might happen. Look what happened with Buffy. No one watching Buffy would have predicted what a fantastic TV show lay in the bones of that horrendous film.
A TV show would be awesome. I’ve long since given up the Stephanie Plum books but they were a riot. It would be a really great comedy-drama and stephanie gets herself into enough trouble/shit that it would totally make it worth while!
I’d watch it! I did not, however, watch the movie. It just looked painfully awful and I LIKE Katherine Heigel a lot!
Oh good, I couldn’t remember who it was, but just remembered it was such a good idea.
I wonder if she still holds the rights to it? If so, I think she should go for it.
Lucy2: i don’t think she holds the rights, and either insisted on her production company making it or getting a vanity producer credit as condition of her signing on.
This project had been gestating for a decade. It’s had everyone from Julia Roberts to Reece Witherspoon attached at one time or another.
That said, there is a little seen TV movie from 2002, starring Lynn Collins as Stephanie and Tyler Christopher as Joe, which is truly awful. It’s very much in the mold of 80s TV films starring Jack Scalia.
ps:- on a different note, until Eddie Cibrian hooked up with LeAnn, i thought Tyler Christopher and him were the same person. Now that i have seen so many pap pics of Eddie, i can’t imagine why i ever thought that. daytime soap people are so interchangeable for me.
I know everyone loves to hate her, but I think her movie work was cut back due to her having kids and taking a break, and not her not being successful.
And a tv show would probably be ideal for her now, with a more manageable schedule and no filming in far off places…
I think she’d do great if she could get signed on to some sort of HBO type drama, something a bit edgy, something different. I remember her saying she was trying to spend more time with her kids. So I can’t hate her for that.
The Big Wedding was horrific. You can make some food money doing TV, even if you suck (look at Ashton kutcher and the crappy two and a half men show).
^^^ This. It was excruciating. Words fail me… just no. Cringe-worthy.
Dear Star, She adopted them, so you can stop saying “adopted daughters”. They are her daughters. She’s an idiot, but those are her kids and you don’t need to qualify how they came to be a family.
Good point.
I know people who refer to their own adopted children as “my adopted daughter” when first meeting people. I don’t know if I would do the same if I had adopted children, but I’m just saying that some people who actually have adopted children refer to their own children that way every now and then. Maybe it’s different though because they can refer to their own children however they want?
Ugh!!! That is so awful. That is so odd to me to purposely make the distinction between adopted and not adopted children.
This reminds me of my old boss. He seriously introduced his 3 young daughters as: Should have been boy, Also not a boy and My last chance as a boy. He did this all the time. He thought it was so clever.
He was a terrible human being. I was so happy to hear that he went bankrupt after his wife left him and took the kids.
I’ve noticed that only in the past year are the Brange’s kids referred to collectively and individually simply as their kids in most publications. They always used that ‘adopted’ prefix when talking about the 3 or inserted a sentence reminding everyone that they were adopted and which countries they had been adopted from.
+1000
same for step- and half-, why the need to qualify? I just say son/daughter/sister/brother – not stepson/half-sister/step-brother. Otherwise it seems to me I’m qualifying – basically saying they’re not good enough, not the same as the ‘full’ relatives.
Yep, I have an older brother who shares the same parents I do, and a younger brother & sister who only share the same father we do. I’ve gotten some really awkward looks when I’ve said “I have an older brother, and a younger half-brother and half-sister.” When people start picturing your younger sibling as a hermaphrodite, it’s best to just refer to all of us as brother & sisters…even THEIR younger half-brother, who I’m technically not even related to! 🙂
I will always qualify step because if you don’t, you aren’t acknowledging the other biological parent. That actually can hold true for halfs as well in certain context but most of the time the qualification isn’t necessary. But adopted really shouldn’t be qualified. (imo)
akua/WickedSteppMom/Lucinda: OMG…the ‘step/half’ qualifiers are a real no no in my African culture.
It’s considered a real insult and possibly that you have major problems with the person being qualified as a step/half.
Of the 2 qualifiers, ‘step’ is considered beyond the pale. This is nuclear level problems with said described person who you absolutely don’t want associated with your family in any way, shape or form.
They are all family. period. Even the ‘step’ relations’ other parents….until they do something unforgiveable then they get the qualifier.
I’ve lived around the world you’d think i’d be less culturally sensitive, but i still wince when someone introduces me to their ‘step/half’ relation.
I have to make a mental adjustment and remember that it means something else in other cultures.
I hate it whenever people ask me whether or not my little brother is my “real brother”–there are five of us, with three different dads (2 of them are not in the picture at all), and so I hate the whole half brother, half sister thing. They’re your siblings. Whether or not it was adoption or from a different parent. I can get the distinction between stepkids/parents, although I think that also depends on the circumstances. Because my “dad” is actually my stepdad, but he’s been with us since I was four, but I’ve never thought of him as anyone but my dad. It also helps when your “real” dad i.e. sperm donor is an asshole who likes to spread “it” around and not take care of his responsibilities 🙂
That’s interesting about African culture, I have half siblings and it infuriates me to no end that people feel the need to qualify and always go with step. They’re my brothers!
My mother in law was adopted by her mom’s second husband. She always calls him her dad. What irritates me about it is that she tries to claim his biology too. He is suffering from Alzheimer’s and so she tries to say that she is going to get it too. And that is is as entitled to all his money as well as the younger half brother. In relation to my kids, no they don’t have to worry about things that happen to him. Biologically they aren’t at risk for them!! She also calls his parents her grands. It gets so confusing as to who is actually blood related. So from a health stand point, I APPRECIATE the distinction. Of course her FIFTH husband tries to claim my kids. He is NOT their biological grandfather!! (Thank God!!) I have a lot of issues with them. The biology part of it really can get irritating. Of course she has downplayed my contribution to my own children since they were born, and the rest of my family. Personally the titles are VERY important to some.
I hate that qualification.
‘They’re her daughters…
…ish.’
It’s the family equivalent of ‘You are so beautiful…
(and then)
…to me.’
So are you saying with that ‘palms against the stall walls and imitating Samson’ delivery? You should’ve stopped at that ellipsis, but you didn’t because you don’t lift up, you kick down with that ‘I Love You Just The Way You Are (even though you’re a fool with a pudding face) or ‘My Funny Valentine (every dumpster needs emptying’ blizz-blazz.
I used to really like her in her Roswell days………ahhh how I miss Roswell 🙁
Roswell was good stuff!
The exteriors for Roswell were filmed in the city where I live, Covina, California. It was great to walk by the Crashdown and see the flying saucer attached to the side of the restaurant, and have the names on the store windows all say Roswell instead of Covina (which most people in Los Angeles County have never heard of).
She stated last year she wanted to be back on Grey’s Anatomy. They weren’t interested.
I doubt she’s almost broke but once you get money and fame and buy into your own hype it is hard to not keep reaching for the big paychecks and star treatment. I don’t care if she goes back to tv. I think it is funny that she wants to copy “Homeland” which stars another blonde I liked once upon a time but now refuse to watch because I no longer like the actress. Won’t watch either!
She might be okay in an ensemble again but would she come down a peg?
She has a bad attitude- period. It’s not just the momager. I remember Shonda indirectly said to Oprah that Katherine was messy and she has learned from that experience to be very careful who she hires. Whats funny was that since Katherine’s career has flopped she has expressed her desire to go back to Grey’s Anatomy/TV- welp too late hun. She needs to work on her attitude and stop talking smack about people who helped her career. I believe she also made some rude comments about the film Knocked Up which is probably like her biggest film role yet. She is very ungrateful.
Her remarks about KNOCKED UP were on the money, but it’s rude to disparage your own work especially when that work turned you into a movie star. Her remarks made HER look both ungrateful and opportunistic.
The timing of her remarks was also ill advised because the film was still a big deal.
If she made those same remarks long after everyone had forgotten the film, it may not have been perceived that way because with time, most people do agree with her.
Which is funny because the tripe she produced after was far worse.
Now here is where KH could learn from Angelina Jolie, who has a very good reputation among those with whom she has worked.
I have never understood how being on TV is such a step down? There are big stars that do TV? They have regular hours & are paid well. I thought one of their girls have some medical issues, and that’s the reason she left acting?
It used to be a step down. I don’t think those claims are as major as they used to be. The quality of TV is such these days that it can be a great move for film actors to do TV. As long as they don’t forget they’re film actors and get back to it. It may be a little different for those who started in TV.
It really is changing. You are starting to see a lot of actors who move from one to the other and back. Really great actors like Stanley Tucci or Sally Field. However, there is still a stigma but it’s mostly the losers (I’m looking at you Paltrow) who need to elevate themselves by looking down on others.
Lucinda – Sally Field and Stanley Tucci came from television. First 10yrs and 5yrs respectively of their careers, so they are returning to their roots.
In this day and age when there is a lot of GREAT tv shows and roles, no actor should be looking down on it.
The old rules don’t always apply anymore with media changing so much. Still film work can bring you a level of international recognition that a new TV show can’t and the fame game is a big part of any HW career.
I thought that was her in the Zzzquil commercial, wondered too if she needed the money. Well with 2 babies she’s gotta work. Perhaps she shouldn’t have been such a bitch when she was more famous.
Same. My sister was visiting last week and we both the double take. I just told her that our suspicions were true and she cackled like a goon. My mystique, however, remains intact.
I have always liked her for being (as I see it) a straight shooter. Grey’s Anatomy was beyond stupid with their story lines and Knocked Up was an abomination from the female character’s point of view. But it probably wasn’t good for her to have been so vocal about it. Altho if she were a man no one would have made a big deal about it. Hollywood is sexist, there is no denying it. I wish her success. She seems to have a healthy family life and she does a TON for animal charities.
True. But just cause my boss is a b*tch doesn’t mean I can come to work and talk about it. Grey’s was her job and the same rules as any workplace apply.
Part of what offended Rogen and Apatow was the fact that she never even apologized. I read the original interview and it really wasnt that bad, but her comment was taken out of context and it would have at least been polite to say something to the people that gave her such a big break.
And Heigl started off as a straight shooter, and then somehow crossed the line into bitch territory. It’s why she’s having such a hard time finding work, and why she’s going back to TV. Did anyone ever read her Vulture Star Market? It was scathing. The part that I found most interesting is that she’s really hard to even cast in a movie because no male lead wants to play opposite her a second time. Remember how hard it was for them to find someone for the guy in Stephanie Plum?
I am guessing her management didn’t read it because here we are, more of the same.
Just going to leave a link here for everyone to read for themselves.
http://www.vulture.com/2012/01/star-market-revisited-is-it-over-for-katherine-heigl.html
Her manager is her mom, so most likely she read it and figured Vulture was wrong. The momager really is a huge problem, as is evidenced in all of the movies they’ve made together. They are across the board AWFUL and the one common thread they have is that Heigl plays a know-it-all, insufferable, utterly out-of-touch character. Best example: The Ugly Truth. She was so awful and that movie was so awful that I actually took it personally.
Before I get around to reading the article, I have to shout for my love for that red dress. Pretty!
I didn’t mind her comments about Knocked Up either, or her outspokenness. I enjoyed her acting. But I keep reading things about what a huge pain in the butt she is and so hard to work with, in a way I’ve never heard about. And it makes me think she really is wildly difficult.
Also, there’s a sense of hypocrisy when she made the remarks of Knocked Up and next she made a worse misogystic film like “The Awful Truth”. So Heigl word at the end, was more a “talk and no act”.
I actually like her but she should be enjoying a much, much better career than she is. She’s not special enough in any way to offset her bitchiness (see: Sharon Stone for how Diva is done).
sirsnarksalot, GREAT point about all her hard work for animals–that’s a HUGE plus for KH!
Whatever it is, I won’t be watching it simply because she’s in it. She peaked with Roswell as far as her acting skills go. She’s not very convincing playing humans and she comes off as a stuck-up bitch with more ego than talent. The poor man’s Natalie Portman.
So she’s pulling a “Sarah Michelle Gellar”. Let’s see if it will work better for this one that it did for the other.
she does hang out with her mom way too much. watching her bitch on letterman about shooting a 16 hour day the first day back for a new season of greys anatomy was so awful. hearing a working actor bitch about working-no one will have sympathy for you.
follow johnny depp’s rule: don’t explain, don’t complain
I can’t help myself but I just love her. I’ve got no idea why. Maybe because it’s because she doesn’t give a hoot about how she’s supposed to ‘behave’ as a working actress. It’s also possible I like her because she insulted the very thin skinned (albeit talented) Judd Apatow. Someone will hire her. She’s out an about a lot, isn’t easily forgotten on screen and has a great 50s style, happy face.
I love her in movies, too.
I actually like her and want her to do well
Same here. I think she’s very appealing and is great in a romcom.
I swear I saw her in that Nyquilzzz commercial last night, has anyone else see that?
It’s some blonde waking up toward the end and I thought ‘why is KH in this commercial, is she broke?’
Maybe she should stick to tv.
Another mediocre actress w/ a stank attitude.
Two words…Shelly Long! The grass ain’t always greener!
Her mother took her really far but its time to call in professional management and a very strict PR professional to take over.
The bottom line is she is a silly, spoiled, catered to brat that never got or understood the memo “dont bite the hand that feeds you.”
My acting coach always said “Just show up, know your lines, be grateful and be easy to work with and you will get hired again.” Why is that so difficult?
I knew leaving Grays was a MASSIVE mistake to leave and, as well, to leave in such a s**t manner.
All those people she insulted on “her way up” and not going to help her now. Hywd is a very small town. She played her cards really stupidly. I have a feeling shes one of those people that you cant tell anything to and who always knows best.
Personally, I thought she was OK on TV I never felt she was movie material. In addition to that her bitchy personality jumps off the screen shes just not likeable. I have no idea how her poor husband tolerates her.