Now, though, current showrunner Krista Vernoff, who was the show’s head writer during Heigl-gate, has revealed that they had big plans for the character before having to write Izzie out quickly.
Katherine Heigl was one of many fan favorites during her time on Grey’s Anatomy, and she even won an Emmy in 2007 for her role.
Unfortunately, that was basically the beginning of the controversial end for the actress and her time on the series, as she’d withdraw her name from Emmy consideration the following year, with a public slam to the writers of the show and what they’d given her to work with as Izzie being her reason.