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Even At The Oscars, Only A Bummed Cigarette Could Cool Katherine Heigl's Nerves
Posted by Molly Friedman at 3:00 AM on February 27, 2008
Katherine Heigl never struck us as the calm-as-a-cuke type, but she may have taken the whole Nervous Wreck facade a wee too far at Sunday's Oscars. Arriving with her momager, "Katie" completed her quite successful red carpet waltz, topping many best-dressed lists along the way. But apparently the Best Makeup presenter rushed off to the loading dock in a huff seconds after telling the audience just how nervous she was, to have one of her favorite guilty pleasures. After a stagehand asked her what was wrong, Heigl sputtered:
"It's finally over...I just need a cigarette."
But her frustration didn't start with the nicotine cravings. After said carpet walk, in which her red dress took the spotlight despite her heavily pancaked makeup job and older person `do, Heigl dashed to the bathroom only to find it occupied. Her complaint to Momager Heigl? "Great. One more thing I have to be nervous about." Yes, Katie, having to wait nearly five minutes for a potty break and being given the opportunity to present an Oscar certainly warrant diva behavior bordering on Mariah Carey nervous breakdowns. Poor, poor thing.
- OSCAR MOMENTS YOU DIDN'T SEE ON TV [NY Daily News]
- BACKSTAGE AT THE OSCARS [The Envelope]
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SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 4:35 AM 27/2/08
"It's finally over...I just need a cigarette." = Things Josh Kelly is getting tired of hearing.
SteamyMcFirecrotch
SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 5:19 AM 27/2/08
@nick_r: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. (sniff.)
SteamyMcFirecrotch
nick_r
Posted 5:19 AM 27/2/08
@SteamyMcFirecrotch: Okay, spill it. Is Lisanti feeding you material from the sidelines?
nick_r
Miss Anne Thrope
Posted 5:19 AM 27/2/08
Could she be more overexposed? I think an OD is next.
Miss Anne Thrope
SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 5:19 AM 27/2/08
And if I bothered to take my time, I would have said:
"I'll take 'Things Josh Kelly is getting tired of hearing' for $1,000 Alex"
(Or a similar $20,000 Pyramid reference.)
SteamyMcFirecrotch
Molly McAleer
Posted 6:36 AM 27/2/08
@JudgeFudge: I am ashamed to admit that in my TiVo farming, I have come across many a clip of Heigel stocking up on smokes. From what I can tell, she usually buys 2 packs of American Spirit Lights at a time. (And I say that as a 100% judgement-free pack-a-dayer. Marlb Lights, thanksferasking...)
Molly McAleer
JudgeFudge
Posted 6:36 AM 27/2/08
I know that Katherine Heigl is photographed with cigarettes a lot, but she still kind of seems like your co-worker that just started smoking a week and a half ago. That girl that smokes 5 Marlboror ultra-lights a day, but who's always saying "God I would Kill someone for a cigarette right now".
JudgeFudge
azi
Posted 7:44 AM 27/2/08
As a pack-a-dayer I kind of wish people would lay off of her. TMZ is always showing shots of her smoking and waggling it's figurative finger. Annoying.
azi
winniecooper
Posted 8:49 AM 27/2/08
She was just annoyed because her husband wasn't within easy emasculating reach.
winniecooper
Miss d
Posted 12:20 PM 27/2/08
For a Mormon - she sure is following scripture...
Miss d
OldTowneTavern
Posted 12:20 PM 27/2/08
@winniecooper: I can't wait until she and Michelle Obama go on their "Take My Husband... Please" tour.
OldTowneTavern
Trixie from Toronto
Posted 2:49 PM 27/2/08
My nagging dislike of Katherine Heigl erupted into full-blown loathing when she felt the need to share with a billion people how nervous she was to be presenting. Hey -- idiot -- we DON'T CARE! Present your award and get off the stage! It's not about you!
Trixie from Toronto
DrFeelgood
Posted 4:00 PM 27/2/08
Katherine Heigl, not professional.
Cameron Diaz, professional.
"Oh, I can do this" ;-)
DrFeelgood
raincoaster
Posted 4:56 PM 27/2/08
Cigarette quotes are an Oscar tradition. Last year Johnny Depp, asked what he was thinking, said, "Vanessa and I are just wondering when it's going to be over and we can have a cigarette." Make of that what you will...
raincoaster