A Katherine Heigl threat to her now-husband about leaving him for John Mayer, pushed the man to marry her. In a new interview, Heigl explained that she lied to Josh Kelley about having a fling with Mayer, which prompted him to propose.
In State of Affairs, Katherine Heigl faces numerous terrorist threats, but in real life, she is the one using threats to turn a boyfriend into a husband.
Last week, Heigl was a guest on The Meredith Viera Show, where she confessed that she lied to Josh Kelley about dating John Mayer, which prompted him to commit.
Josh Kelley and Katherine Heigl met in 2005 after she was cast to play his love interest in the music video for “Only You.” Heigl, who was just friends with Mayer, said:
“Around the same time I met Josh, I also met John Mayer. John Mayer and I are from neighboring towns and knew some of the same people.My Josh had gone off on tour and was playing hard to get. So I didn’t know – are we a thing? Are we a couple?”
The mother of two went on to add:
“These musicians, they are competitive and jealous of each other. [So] over the phone, because he was on tour, I was like, “Josh, I’ve got to be honest. I just want to know where we stand because if not, I might try to pursue something with John”.
The fake threat worked because in 2009, Josh Kelley became Katherine Heigl’s husband and the couple has adopted two children together, Naleigh, 5, and 2-year-old Adalaide. Heigl did come clean at some point. She explained:
“I confessed probably a year into our marriage. I was like, “You got played!”
After the threat revelation, Heigl went on to speak about her reputation of being rude and hard to work with. Heigl, who has a long-running feud with Shonda Rhimes, said:
“I don’t have to think about it. I’m not a rude person.”
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