The big news around the campfire yesterday was Katherine Heigl saying she won't be chasing down an Emmy nomination. "I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization" she decided against competing, Heigl said in a written statement provided by her publicist, Melissa Kates, who was contacted by the AP.

Boom. Shockwaves. People are now saying that Heigl has taken her career and flushed it down the toilet. Commenters at the Huffington Post are using words such as "ingrate," "petty" and "ungrateful." One refers to her comments as "outrageous." That commenter is, of course, talking about all the statements Heigl has made in the past as well.

"I'm going to be really honest right now, he needs to just not speak in public. Period," Heigl was quoted saying with regard to one time "Grey's Anatomy" co-star Isaiah Washington after it came out that he was using gay slurs to describe fellow co-star T.R. Knight.

Then there was that Vanity Fair article in which she described her feature film break-out role in Knocked Up as "a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days. I'm playing such a bitch; why is she being such a killjoy? Why is this how you're portraying women? Ninety-eight percent of the time it was an amazing experience, but it was hard for me to love the movie."

The consensus seems to be people think Heigl is playing with fire in terms of her career. Getting a bit too big for her britches. People seem to shoot down the sexist bit, but then it continues to pop up. Charges of sexism targeted several reviews for the recent release of Sex and the City. David Poland (a man I can't believe anyone listens to) comments on Heigl's Emmy-turn-down saying she will soon have to resort to "almost-40 topless work, hoping to remind Hollywood that they really wanted to bang this blonde just a few years before."

I guess sexism still is alive and well.

Will Heigl's comments change anything? If it is true why don't larger stars such as Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep or Jodie Foster say something?