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This week, Sadaf and Sarah discuss one of Hollywood's most maligned actresses, Katherine Hegl. In 2007, Katherine was poised to be the Next Big Thing. Thanks to her role in the hit comedy Knocked Up - and her Emmy win for Grey's Anatomy - industry experts called her the next Julia Roberts. But that didn't happen! After telling Vanity Fair that Knocked Up was "a little sexist" and her high-profile decision to withdraw from contention at the 2008 Emmys, Katherine was labeled "difficult" and became a Hollywood pariah. But in a world where famous men make far more egregious errors without seeing their careers destroyed, is what happened to Katherine justified? Sadaf and Sarah make the case for why Katherine Heigl deserves a comeback...

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Katherine Heigl's 2008 Vanity Fair Profile

Katherine Heigl's 2021 Washington Post Profile

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Ellen Pompeo Defends Katherine Heigl 12 Years Later

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