2/13/2009

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Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" sets the the record straight.

Stephanie DeLuca

Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey's Anatomy, wants to stop all the false rumors once and for all. T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl are not leaving "Grey's Anatomy."  
  
"That was a very interesting rumor," Rhimes said Thursday night at the 40th NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles. "And it's not true."  
  
One of the cast members, James Pickens Jr., made a recent comment to the press saying Heigl and Knight were not longer going to be a part of the show.  
  
"That was absolutely taken out of context," Rhimes told People magazine. "Things happen, and  I think rumors become fact very easily. And you know I don't like to tell you what's going to happen on the show  but that is a rumor," she emphasized.  
  
Pickens wanted to wish the two the best for whatever the future has in store.  
  
"We've been living with these rumors for a long time," He said before the NAACP's awards show. "When the question was posed to me, I was more trying to congratulate Katie and T.R. on whatever they were going to do. But yeah, I don't have any special info about it either way."  
  
Grey's Anatomy took home three NAACP awards, including Chandra Wilson winning for outstanding actress in a drama series. According to People magazine, Wilson said she is ecstatic for the upcoming 100th episode.  
  
"We're laughing at the rumors, as we always do," Wilson said before the ceremony. "Stories come out, and \[there are\] these big quotes, and we go, 'But that's not exactly what I said.' So, we're busy doing our jobs, doing our work."