Grey's Star Heigl: Gizzie Was "a Ratings Ploy"

Maybe T.R. won't want to buy that tux just yet. In a deliciously candid interview with Vanity Fair, Katherine Heigl admits that, like many a Grey's Anatomy fan, she has scratched her head over the Izzie-George romance. "That was kind of a big change for Izzie, wasn't it, after she was so up on her moral high ground," muses the actress. "They really hurt [Callie], and they didn't seem to be taking a lot of responsibility for it. I have a really hard time with that kind of thing."So why even go there? Heigl, who herself admits, "I don't really know Izzie very well," also states, "it was a ratings ploy. It was absolutely something that shocked people [and] wasn't predictable." Noting that Grey's is now in its fourth season and less able to surprise, she surmises, "Business is business... but I want there to be some cooperation between the business and the creative end, so there's some way of keeping it real." Because lord knows, Gizzie has been unreal!

TV GuideNews Dec. 3, 2007 at 5:05 p.m. PT