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Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl is speaking out about her escape from Hollywood after discovering she was in need of “somewhere to escape to.”
Heigl is most notably recognized for her appearances in “27 Dresses,” “The Ugly Truth,” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”
The 44-year-old currently resides full-time in Utah. (Trending: Democrat Hoax Unmasked In Brilliant Takedown)
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“I think some people are mountain people, and I think some people are beach people,” Heigl said this week.
“I’m sort of a mountain person and have always been that way. And my mom realized, because we went out to LA when I was 17 and hustled and hustled for years, right?”
“And I think she realized at a certain point that I needed somewhere to escape to and kind of clear my head, and that grounded me.” (Trending: Illegal Alien Arrested For Disturbing Crime After Biden Release)
“So we started trying to find, and dreaming about trying to find, that perfect place. And we found Utah, and then I started making enough money to be able to afford to do that.”
While originally a second home, Heigl’s husband would later influence her to make the permanent switch to Utah.
“We built these houses in Utah that we expected to be more kind of vacation homes, or when I could get away from the hustle and all the work. And we just started spending more and more time there,” she explained. “And it was my husband who finally made it his primary residence on his driver’s license and stuff. And we went. ‘Yeah, I think this is our primary residence. We live here now.'”
Heigl went on to describe the move’s impact on the family as a whole. (Trending: Democrat Abruptly Leaves Party, Joins GOP)
“I think my children sometimes wish they were in more of a hubbub exciting city,” Heigl said.
“But I said to them, ‘I understand that you are sacrificing that in some ways but I still think it was the right choice for our family, because I am more centered and aware of what’s going on in your life.'”
“It’s a smaller town, I know who your friends are, who you are spending time with, I know what’s up with school. It’s just easier to keep my finger on the pulse,” she added.
Heigl made the switch to the mountains following her exit from “Grey’s Anatomy,” stating she wasn’t sure how to raise her kids while living in Los Angeles.
It was reported that Heigl and Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Shonda Rhimes didn’t get along well, ultimately leading to Heigl’s departure.
“I was up here in my head, in my gut, in my mind, in my life. I was just vibrating at way too high of a level of anxiety,” Heigl said of her choice to leave the show. “For me, it’s all a bit of a blur, and it took me years to learn how to deal with that, to master it.”
“I can’t even say that I’ve mastered it, but to even know to work on it, that anxiety and fear – and stress is stress. And if you leave stress too long, unmanaged and unaddressed, it can be debilitating.”
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