Giving Tumors as Revenge Edit
Katherine Heigl's Emmy Snub Punishment

Katherine Heigl, 29, says she withdrew herself from receiving an Emmy her Grey’s Anatomy role because she doesn’t feel she deserves it.

“I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention,” Katherine Heigl said of her role as Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy.

Now the writers—and Shonda Rhimes, the show’s producer—want revenge. Apparently in the new season, Katherine Heigl’s character will discover she has a brain tumor.

“It’s their way of screwing with her,” Us mag said. “She won’t know whether she’s going to live or die.”