Katherine Heigl Says She ‘Never Saw’ Daughter Naleigh While Working on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’: ‘I Was Always Afraid’
usmagazine.comA difficult time. Katherine Heigl opened up about the difficulties she faced as a mother while working on Grey’s Anatomy — and feeling detached from daughter Naleigh after so much time apart. “I never saw that baby.
I was at work with three triplets who were playing my goddaughter and I spent more time with them than I did with my new daughter and she bonded with my husband,” Heigl, 44, said during the Monday, November 28, episode of The View. “So, I was always afraid that I had missed that opportunity to really bond with her and that she didn’t love me.”The Firefly Lane actress tied the knot with husband Josh Kelley in 2007.
Two years later, Us Weekly confirmed that the pair adopted baby Naleigh from South Korea. The couple shared photos of their then-10-month-old later that month.
Less than a year after bringing their little one home, however, Heigl was “on a plane” and back to “work in Atlanta” for the ABC series. “At the time, becoming a new mother, I was just like, ‘I got it.
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