“It was the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking — if you can even call it that — that I’ve ever seen.”

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However, she also called it a cult classic she's proud of.

Fox later acknowledged that she was "terrible" in the film: "It’s my first real movie, and it’s not honest and not realistic. The movie wasn’t bad; I just wasn't proud about what I did."

However, Heigl has spoken more recently about the backlash she received for this comment and her comments on Knocked Up. "I may have said a couple of things you didn't like, but then that escalated to 'she's ungrateful,' then that escalated to 'she's difficult,' and that escalated to 'she's unprofessional,'" she said. "What is your definition of difficult? Somebody with an opinion that you don't like? Now, I'm 42, and that shit pisses me off."

"But it was definitely an experience for me to make that movie,” she said. "I had never done anything like it before. I probably will never do anything like it again because I don’t make sense in that world. And I know that now. But sometimes in this industry, you sign on to something, and it’s one thing, and then as you’re making it, it becomes a completely different thing, and you’re like, Wait, what? But it was a real learning experience, and of course, it’s not nice to be a part of something that’s ripped to shreds, but I can’t say that I don’t understand.”