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Shonda Rhimes slams Katherine Heigl in new interview

Katherine Heigl probably isn't getting an invite back to ShondaLand anytime soon.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Shonda Rhimes -- the creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" -- commented on how "Scandal" production runs smoothly and the cast is tight knit by saying, "There are no Heigls in this situation." Ouch.

Rhimes later added this about her "no a------s policy: "I don't put up with b------- or nasty people. I don't have time for it."

Heigl famously dissed "Grey's Anatomy" in 2007 when she withdrew her name from Emmy consideration because she hadn't been given the material "to warrant an Emmy nomination." She eventually departed "Grey's" in 2010 and is now appearing on the upcoming NBC series, "State of Affairs."

Rhimes, meanwhile, also commented in the THR interview about the uproar surrounding a New York Times article that described her as an "angry black woman."

"Some really amazing articles were written that had the conversation that I've been trying to have for a very long time, which, coming from me, makes me sound like I'm just, 'Rrrraw!' " she said, mimicking a roar. "In this world in which we all feel we're so full of gender equality and we're a postracial [society] and Obama is president, it's a very good reminder to see the casual racial bias and odd misogyny from a woman written in a paper that we all think of as being so liberal."

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