Katherine Heigl Will Not Die on Greys Anatomy

Despite the rumors, Katherine Heigl will remain on the next season of Grey’s Anatomy.

“She’s absolutely staying with the show,” ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson said Wednesday at the Television Critics Association’s annual fall preview, putting to rest growing rumors of a fallout between the actress and the show.

In June, Heigl stunned millions of Grey’s fans, publicly snubbing the show’s writers by withdrawing her name from Emmy consideration, saying, “I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination.”

More recently, rumors circulated that Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes was going to kill off her character Izzie with a life-threatening brain tumor.

McPherson says contrary to the rumors, Heigl is returning, and getting a juicy storyline: “There’s an unbelievable storyline for her which is really central to everything that’s going to go on this season. We’re really excited about that.”

The news that Heigl will remain in her contract is bad news for her. Everyone knows she wants off the show so she can pursue big time movie roles. The other actors are probably even more disappointed, since they now have to deal with her ego on the set even longer.