After her tumultuous departure from Shonda Rhimes ABC hit, Grey's Anatomy, and foolishly bashing the only movie that anyone every liked her in as "sexiest", Knocked Up starlet Katherine Heigl can't seem to shake the image of being difficult to work with no matter how many frustrated interviews she gets threw. Heigl recently defended her attitude and intentions when repeatedly asked about people's perceptions of her being rude, as just sticking up for herself. However, all the proud posturing has done nothing for the ratings of her new NBC TV show, State of Affairs. Although the ratings improved from their all time low, they are hardly worth writing about as millions of viewers seem to switch the channel after they realize its Voice lead in has gone off the air.
No matter how plainly you try to ask former Hollywood up-and-comer Katherine Heigl why she provokes the people in the business that afford her the opportunity to work, all she seems to hear is an attack on feminism.
When talk show host Meredith Vieira asked Heigl about the innumerable reports that she is rude, following her problems on Grey's Anatomy and publicly accusing Knocked Up of being "sexiest," she went off on some rant about her daughters not wanting her to say sorry or something like that (via ET Online):
"I don't have to think about it. I'm not a rude person.
"I am a strong woman and I'm not going to apologize for that. And I'm not going to on behalf of my daughters.
"We should all have the basic human right to say, 'Hey, no, I'm sorry, I'm not comfortable with that,' or, 'I don't like that' or, 'This is not OK for me' without it making me...I can't say the word, but, a 'B' word."
Right, but wouldn't it be a whole lot less painful for everyone is Katherine realized all these parts went against her code of ethics after she read the script instead of after she cashed the paycheck?
Regardless of Katherine's oscillating morals and attempts to put the internet in its place, it hasn't translated into any real ratings gains for her new show, State of Affairs.
While Variety reports that the Heigl's new show improved dramatically from the week before when the Ferguson decision had the nation glued to the news, last weeks' 8.4 million viewers is even less that the paltry ratings share it debuted with back in November (via Daily Mail):
"The new broadcast series earned a Nielsen rating of 8.6 million viewers with a 2.2 rating among the 18-49 demographic.
"The numbers are not considered that impressive considering it followed popular reality singing show The Voice as it tallied 11.13 million viewers overall."
It's almost as though people would rather hear and apology rather than being told that they ae wrong for being insulted in the first place...a sentiment that Katherine should easily be able to relate to these days.
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