Katherine Heigl responds to reporter who tells her ‘I’ve heard you’re very rude’

Katherine Heigl responded to a journalist's question who tells her they'd heard that she was 'rude'.

The star had been doing an interview back in 2014 when the reporter conducting the interview asked her a rather blunt question.

As the incident unfolded, the host asked Heigl: "I've heard rumours that you're very rude - what are your thoughts?"

Heigl can be seen to nod slowly as though she knew that this question had been coming.

Even this question had roots going back further still, to a cover interview that Heigl had done with Vanity Fair back in 2008.

This saw Heigl trash talk a role she had in the film Knocked Up in 2007 co-starring with Seth Rogen.

The movie follows an unlikely couple navigating an unexpected pregnancy, with slacker Ben (Rogen) and career-oriented Alison (Heigl) having to find a way to square their differences.

Knocked Up ran up 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and pulled in a $219.1 million at the box office, but Heigl criticised its portrayal of the female characters.

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She said at the time: "It was a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys.

She added: "It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days. I’m playing such a b*tch; 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.”

Tough criticism, but still something an actor can say about a role they've performed but it was that criticism that prompted such a question.

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She replied: "You know what, I've been saying I don't think I am, but I'm going to be really honest right now: I'm not.

"I know I'm not. I don't need to think about it. I'm not a rude person, I'm not an unkind or mean person."

She continued: "I would never go out of my way or consciously hurt anyone's feelings or make them feel bad or uncomfortable or not be professional and do my job - I like my job.

"But I will continue to stand up for myself. And I'm not going to stop standing up for my right to be heard, my right to be treated respectfully and professionally in return, my right to draw boundaries.

"I am a strong woman and I'm not going to apologise for that."