Katherine Heigls Funny or Die video: amusing or a failed bid for attention?
In the past year or so, Katherine Heigl has taken a bit of a breather from the movie-churning machine and isn’t so “in our faces” at every moment. Sure, she’s preparing to ruin any and all of that good will next year with a terrible Stephanie Plum movie, but Heigl has been fairly lowkey other than that. Her only film this year is the upcoming New Year’s Eve, where she will likely be lost in an ensemble of horrific romcom clichéd proportions. I assume that this is the project that Heigl is seeking to promote with this mostly unfunny FunnyOrDie animal rights PSA, which features the acerbic actress taking a pro-neutering stance and then admitting that, ultimately, she really just hates balls:
She’s trying too hard, right? I appreciate that Heigl is willing to poke fun at her own extra-bitchy reputation, but just like most FunnyOrDie videos, the concept is dragged out in overdone capacity. However, it is mildly amusing that Heigl’s husband, Josh Kelley is a good enough sport to pop in at the end and ask his wife for his testicles for a boy’s night out. Presumably, the guy is very aware of his reputation as a third wheel to diva Katherine and her mother. It probably also doesn’t help matters that Josh is quite often photographed pushing a grocery cart around either. He must really love the hell out of grocery shopping:
In related Heigl news, her former Knocked Up co-star, Seth Rogen, has consciously decided that he has softened his view of Heigl and is not prepared to overlook the fact that she badmouthed the film that made her a star:
Way back in December of 2007, Katherine Heigl made a splash during an interview with Vanity Fair when she said that Knocked Up — the film she co-starred in the previous summer that vaulted her to the A-list — was “a little sexist.” Said Heigl about the Judd Apatow-directed comedy: “It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days. I’m playing such a bitch; why is she being such a killjoy? Why is this how you’re portraying women? Ninety-eight percent of the time it was an amazing experience, but it was hard for me to love the movie.” Four years later, Seth Rogen, Heigl’s Knocked Up co-star, has apparently finally forgiven the outspoken actress.
“I think that at the time I was offended about it, but since then … I mean, you do so much press that, odds are, you’re going to say something f&$%ing stupid every once in a while,” Rogen told Short List while doing press for 50/50. “Of the million things I say every day, 400 of them are stupid as hell. And any one of them might wind up in a newspaper or a magazine at any given time. So at this point I’m much more forgiving of that kind of thing.”
That’s a different tune for Rogen, who, two years ago — in an interview with Howard Stern — seemed far less forgiving of Heigl.
“I gotta say it’s not like we’re the only people she said some batsh-t crazy things about. That’s kind of her bag now,” Rogen said when confronted with her Vanity Fair comments. (Heigl, of course, said many outspoken things about ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ as well.) When Apatow, who was also appearing on Stern’s show, remarked that Heigl had likely been doing many interviews in a row and “slipped,” Rogen retorted, “I didn’t slip and I was doing f&#$ing interviews all day too … I didn’t say sh-t!”
[From From Moviefone]
Once again, Seth Rogen wins my hearts and mind with his words. The guy is just adorable, and he hasn’t lost any of his scruffy appeal by losing a bunch of weight either. In fact, he looks even more cuddly now:
Photos courtesy of Fame
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