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Katherine Heigl
Actress Katherine Heigl has been modeling since she was nine, and when she
started working this year with Seventeen, we fell in love with her--so much, in fact, that
we invited her to a kickoff party in New York for our 50th anniversary (watch for our
knockout anniversary issue in October!). At the party, it turned out we weren't her only
admirers: Someone else seemed to fall in love with her, too. Let's just say his first name
is Joey....Whoa!
Okay. I can't resist asking about Joey Lawrence. What's up with you two?
We met at Seventeen's 50th anniversary party and it was really weird because he came up
to me and I couldn't believe it. I was like, "This guy is actually talking to
*me*." I shook his hand, but I don't like to fawn all over guys and be like,
"Omigod, it's Joey Lawrence." So I was kind of like, "Yeah, nice to meet
you, whatever..." and then I walked away. Then Janice Grossman, the publisher,
reintroduced me to Joey. We exchanged phone numbers and then we just talked there for
about an hour. And then he started calling me every single night.
Have you guys had a first date yet?
When I took a trip to L.A. we went out, even though I'm not supposed to date until I'm
16.But my mother made a special exception |
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because she had a talk with Joey--Just
kind of a "my daughter's not really supposed to be dating but because I like you, you
can take her out" talk. My mom says it was because he was nice and responsible and
because he appreciated and respected my values. 
What makes you so compatible?
He's just like me. Neither of us drinks or smokes or gets into that whole Hollywood
scene--we try to keep it pretty normal. And both of our parents are really into our lives
and are big supporters of us--and we're both really into our families.
Tell me about your family. Does everyone get along?
I have two brothers and one sister. Holt is 25, Jason is 23, and Meg is 18. I get along
really well with everybody because we basically stay out of each other's way. My sister,
Meg, went to college in Idaho this year. We didn't get along until she went away, and then
I realized how much I missed her and how boring it was around here without her. Now we get
along really well.
Everyone's living at home right now and we have these
big family dinners and we all joke around--Jason used to hang me over the banister by my
feet when I was little and the other day he did it to me again. I was like, "I
thought we got over this." |
