Katherine Heigl is setting the record straight about her 2008 squabble with Greys Anatomy .

The actor upset the shows writers and producers that year after opting out of Emmy consideration for her performance as Dr. Izzie Stevens but on Fridays episode of Shannen Dohertys Lets Be Clear podcast, Heigl disputed the suggestion that shed turned down a nomination.

I didnt turn it down, she said. You have to submit yourself. You have to submit your work, and then they deliberate and then they decide if they want to give you a nomination. I just didnt submit my work that year.

She later added: I was trying to have some integrity. I wasnt trying to be a dick.

Heigl, who was one of the leading stars of Greys Anatomy, had said at the time that she wasnt given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination. Her statement was especially notable since she had won an Emmy for her performance on the series one year earlier.

The show bent over backwards to accommodate her film schedule, and then she criticizes the show for lack of material? a Greys Anatomy insider told Entertainment Weekly after her statement was released. Its an ungrateful slap in the face to the very writers responsible for her Emmy win in the first place.

On Lets Be Clear, Heigl seemed regretful about her 2008 comments. She suggested that she should have said nothing instead, since her remarks created such a maelstrom.