Would Katherine Heigl receive the same backlash if she complained about Grey's Anatomy today?

The Washington Post

Heigl abstaining from Grey's awards consideration in 2008 because she “did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination" helped bolster her reputation that she was "difficult." "It was a spate of comments and actions that many decided collectively painted a picture of the worst kind of woman: a difficult one," says the Los Angeles Times' Ashley Spencer in a profile of Heigl. “At the time, I was just quickly told to shut the f*ck up," says Heigl, who admitted the "difficult" label took a toll on her mental health. "The more I said I was sorry, the more they wanted it,” she said. “The more terrified and scared I was of doing something wrong, the more I came across like I had really done something horribly wrong.” Spencer adds: "But as the years have passed and the world has changed, there seems to be a growing realization that maybe, just maybe, the Heigl backlash outweighed the crime. In a post-#MeToo world, in a post-Trump world, is it not laughable that so much grief was given to a woman for speaking her mind?"