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Having become the perpetual subject of rumors for her unhappiness on the set, Katherine Heigl is finally leaving Grey’s Anatomy after five seasons and change. Series creator Shonda Rhimes has agreed to release the actress from her contract. So why now, after she’s been disgruntled with the series for over two years? Because after taking more than half the current season off to make another movie and hang with her adopted daughter , Heigl was scheduled to return March 1. She did not show. Katherine Heigl’s tenure on Grey’s Anatomy has climaxed. A Heigl source claims that Katherine “was at home and ready to return to work.” Another insider, however, “insists that it’s much more complicated than that.” Whatever happened, Heigl and ABC mutually decided that the best solution would be to part ways now, rather than waiting for the end of the current season. Therefore, you’ve officially seen the last of Dr. Izzie Stevens. Clearly, no love is