Actress Brooke Smith, who plays the newly-gay Dr. Erica Hahn on the ABC series Grey’s Anatomy, has been abruptly fired from the show, presumably because Grey’s Anatomy has gone too gay for prime time. According to E! Online

Insiders connected to the ABC series that some of the gay-themed storylines are being downplayed and even erased from upcoming scripts. Grey’s has included a prominent bisexual/lesbian storyline this season in the blossoming relationship between Hahn (Smith) and Callie (Sara Ramirez). The storyline will end in this Thursday’s episode, which will be Smith’s last appearance on the series.

But executive producer Shonda Rhimes denied the too-gay claims in the following statement:

“Brooke Smith was obviously not fired for playing a lesbian. Clearly it’s not an issue as we have a lesbian character on the show—Calliope Torres. Sara Ramirez is an incredible comedic and dramatic actress and we wanted to be able to play up her magic. Unfortunately, we did not find that the magic and chemistry with Brooke’s character would sustain in the long run. The impact of the Callie/Erica relationship will be felt and played out in a story for Callie. I believe it belittles the relationship to simply replace Erica with ‘another lesbian.’ If you’ll remember, Cristina mourned the loss of Burke for a full season.”

I believe another factor in the impromptu firing is that producers finally realized that “ugly” does not equal “ratings.” Tack on the word “lesbian” to “ugly” and you’ve got yourself a bonafide Nielsons disaster. Unless Grey’s planned on working in a storyline with the Elephant Man’s long-lost twin sister, I’d say Brooke Smith already reached the apex of her career rubbing lotion on its skin from the bottom of a well.

Now, for some not-ugly Vida Guerra ass-action:

Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl — who won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series last year — has effectively removed herself from this year’s list of Emmy contenders. Why? Because she’s so much fucking better than you, that’s why. Us Weekly quotes her as saying:

“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, I withdrew my name from contention. In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials.”

So, in short, Katherine’s saying she would clearly win again despite the donkey-dickery of the shitty writers for the show, because her supreme acting awesomeness is so unparalleled on primetime television. I see. On that same note, I would add that I would totally have won a Pulitzer by now if it weren’t for always having to write about stupid twats who they’re so fucking awesome all the time. Ironic twist of fate, isn’t it?

On the set of “The Ugly Truth” June 3rd: