Am I the only one who consistently feels sorry for Josh Kelley? Like, whenever Katherine Heigl opens her big bitchy mouth, I think “Poor Josh.” Whenever I see photos of Heigl’s latest fashion and/or hair disaster, I think “Poor Josh.” And when I read this latest story – about Katherine and her BFF mom – I thought “Seriously, poor Josh.” You see, Katherine is a mother-lover. There’s nothing wrong with it, per se. I’m really close to my mom too, and we go shopping together and gossip and go to movies. Katherine has a similar relationship with her mom – only she takes to the next level, and it’s getting kind of creepy. It’s not just that Katherine’s mom Nancy is her BFF – Nancy is also Heigl’s manager and producing partner. And Nancy also lives a few seconds away from Josh and Katherine’s house. And Nancy spends the night at their house all the time. And Nancy won’t ever let her daughter and her husband be alone, EVER.
Katherine Heigl’s meddling mom is wrecking her marriage! Heigl’s husband Josh Kelley has complained that Heigl’s mom Nancy spends so much time at their LA home that it’s ruining their love life, sources say.
“Josh is a patient guy, but he’s fed up playing second fiddle to his mother-in-law,” an insider divulged. “Nancy lives around the corner from Katherine and Josh in her own place, but she spends so much time at their home that she may as well move in. She often stays overnight and knocks on their door pretty much every day she’s in town.”
Nancy even vacations with the couple, and Josh claims it’s hurting their romantic life, the source said.
“Josh told Katherine that they need more quality time together – without her mother,” says the insider. “He demanded Katherine spend more time with him and less with Nancy – period. He loves his mother-in-law, but this is a real problem for him and it’s becoming a major issue in their marriage.”
To make matters worse, Nancy is also her daughter’s manager, and has produced two of Heigl’s films.
“Katherine and Nancy aren’t just mom and daughter, or even best friends for that matter. They’re business partners who live and breathe every aspect of each other’s lives.”
The mother and daughter are so close they even got matching haircuts!
“It’s all too much for Josh… he’s become increasingly irritated by Nancy’s influence. Josh feels as if he’s married two women – Katherine and her mom.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition]
I think it’s probably a particularly touchy subject considering that Katherine and Nancy don’t have even a typically tight mother-daughter relationship/friendship. They’re business partners, and Nancy has a vested interest in Katherine financially. I’ve felt for a long time that Katherine and Nancy need to part ways professionally – Nancy is not helping Katherine’s career, at all. Heigl needs a team of professionals, she needs to be represented by someone who has the balls to tell her to STFU and BE a professional. Nancy is obviously not doing that.
But… I doubt Nancy and Katherine are going to part financially any time soon, so in the meantime, POOR JOSH.
Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.
seriously wtf is that pleated skirt with the leather jacket? Is she riding a Harley or going to easter sunday services? This woman seriously needs a stylist and while she’s at she should bring her look a like mom also a what not to wear candidate…poor Josh
I don’t think parents should ever manage their kids – they usually have no experience, and are too emotionally invested. Leave it to the pros.
I image Heigl to be difficult to live with, with or without her mother always there.
I love my mom too but that’s way too much. Poor Josh!
Unnamed vague ‘insider’ quotes? From the National Enquirer? Dismissed!
That’s crazy.. Run Josh!
This is a terrible situation and Heigl is blind if she doesn’t realize it. Her marriage will come apart, she’ll be alone, and Mom is just a poor substitute for a husband and family!
Poor Josh? He puts up with it so he owns the problem. I doubt this was something that just started. It’s probably been going on since the beginning so Josh does have some blame in the matter getting so far out of hand. Nancy probably went on his and Katherines first date with them.
If Josh doesn’t like it, he needs to put his foot down to his wife and MIL and demand change. And if Katherine can’t see that it’s hurting her marriage to disregard her husbands feelings,nor Nancy see that it’s unhealthy to be so involved in their daily lives to the extent that she is, then Josh needs to leave. I expect Katherine will be a no boundries having mother with her daughter too unless Josh demands differently.
I really like her jacket…oh yeah, and poor Josh. (Just joshin’)
So Katherine is a Mama’s boy, huh? I sometimes enjoy her bitchiness but I would HATE having my mom in so many aspects of my life.
Joshy needs to masculinely slam that manicured fist on the table.
Ugh, what’s worse, the pleated skirt/leather jacket combo or the mom jeans/animal print combo? They’re both in dire need of some taste. And the matching haircuts are just beyond weird. I’m close to my mom too, but good lord, we’re not interested in tagging along on each others vacations!
The dude should already get a medal for sticking with Heigl this long. I can’t imagine having to deal with her mom too…She should do whatever he wants to fix things cause I highly doubt she’ll find another guy of his quality to put up with her.
I love my mom dearly(a million times over)…but I’d keep my business and relationship with my mom and separate.
My marriage and mom’s involvement are kept mutually respectfull
This woman used to be gorgeous before she ruined her hair and managed to make herself look like a 45 year old soccer mom. Has she gained some weight as well? If I were Josh, I would be way more sad about her transformation from “Most Desirable Woman” to this than the nosy mother in law.
KH is supposed to be a major piece of work. Perhaps this will be the added push that he needs to realize he should get out.
These people and their unhealthy parent relationships (Justin Timberlake, Usher, Heigel, Jessica Simpson, Lohan, and the list goes on). I think Usher is a recovering one though. When are these people going to tell their parents to park it.
I hate myself for loving the green leather jacket.
i can’t stand her.i think she’s a snotty bitch and her outfit in that first pic is a hot mess.i bet she’s always in charge at the house
I don’t feel bad for him, he chose her.
Her knock knees bother me. I can’t tell they are there in these pictures but I know they are there!!! lol.
Poor Josh!
that story is creepy and familiar. Did you hear about the groom demanding his mother be vacationing on his honey moon, because she was to ill to be alone? but she seemed well enough to go on honeymoon.
Nosy mom needs a boyfriend and a hobby!
So it has absolutely nothing to do with her innate bitchiness? Doubtful.
So THIS is the reason she is sporting that Walmart dye job and doing all those painful rom-coms.
You don’t just marry the person, you marry the family. He didn’t know this going in?
That would be “poor Joshua” – that’s what she calls him. I feel sorry for him, he doesn’t stand a chance and he’s SO cute!
@TG :“These people and their unhealthy parent relationships […] Usher…”
Usher’s Mum was right, though! She told him not to marry the Foster Beast and make her his manager, but would he listen…
The poor man is married to Dame Heigl….. Now, should anyone blame her mother it’s in trouble? Really?
*sigh* Poor, ahem, “Joshua.” I just realized that he looks JUST like this guy I dated in college (really, though, doesn’t he look like a guy EVERY girl dated in college?). He could do better than that snotty bitch.
My guess would be that if her marriage is in trouble, it’s primarily because she’s a self-important, narcissistic bitch who insists on continually biting the hand that feeds her. The mother-in-law issue is secondary.
I’m super close to my mother too. She is my best friend, and the person I trust and respect the most in this world. As an adult, though, I’ve learned that there are other people who can look out for me with similar caring and concern as my mother. It might even be better for me to listen to their advice, as they are not biased toward me like my mother. Katherine needs to be more trusting of her hubby, and of others. Her mother is not the only person who has her best interest at heart.
I actually thought she looked surprisingly good in that top photo. Her hair looked normal, and that’s the best I’ve seen a midi skirt look (I’m not a fan of that length.) Maybe sleeker boots, but still, better than she usually does.
Two words re mom managers: Dina Lohan.
I think this is just the usual trash story you post. This from the National Enquirer “article” is just a joke. Another reason to bash Heigl since that is one of the major missions of this site it seems. Katherine, Josh and her mom have a great relationship. Josh has even tweeted about how annoyed he is by these untrue stories that there is a problem with his mother in law and them. It is sad there is the press hate campaign – and that is what is against Heigl. She has been turned into this witch like person when it couldn’t be further from the truth.
I remember reading a story from a pretty reputable site (Deadline, maybe? Or The Hollywood Reporter?) that Katherine Heigl made absolutely outrageous demands from the studio when she was making one of her crap movies- she wanted them to pay the lease on a car for her mother, and give her mother a huge per diem, and some other things I can’t remember. Basically, she was asking the studio to cover her mother’s living expenses, which was described as a really amateur and unprofessional move.
Her mother doesn’t have the first idea how to manage her career/public image- which is why Katherine Heigl is pretty universally reviled and her newest film, the Stephanie Plum movie, has been postponed until it can be dumped early next year.
@Lucy2 – “I don’t think parents should ever manage their kids – they usually have no experience, and are too emotionally invested. Leave it to the pros.”
I agree. Personally, I think business with family is NEVER a good idea.
I have the same sort of hyper close relationship with my mom… She’s my best friend, & we share pretty much everything (within reason of course. There are still TMI boundaries.) But I was really lucky that she didn’t have much trouble adjusting to my being an adult (after being ridiculously overprotective all my life). … So I can understand.
But Katherine is a married woman who owes her husband her support. She’ll have to decide how important her marriage is to her… Josh needs to know she supports him or it’s never going to work.
I’ve thought these two were over-involved for ages. Heigl’s mom might be the worst momager of them all. It’s probably why Heigl keeps getting those old lady haircuts, too.
Don’t blame the mother, she can only do what Katherine allows. If he’s smart he’ll run. The situation won’t change.
@sorrento LOL that’s exactly what I thought! And the length of the top over that skirt added with the high boots just makes her legs look stubby.
But seriously, if my mom and I were business partners, I would take pains not to hang out with her on my off-hours, so to speak. There has to be some separation or you’ll end up hating each other.
Never mix family and business. It’s always a really, really bad move.
the skirt is like clinging to her thighs in the last picture and makes them look hyooge.
I seriously covet that jacket and holy cow, how much does Katherine look like her mom? OT – it’s never a good idea to have a family member all up in your marriage or mix family and business. Assuming this is true, it will not end well for Katherine and Josh.
I’m very close to my Mom but she respects boundaries and would never come between me and my mate. But at the same time, I love to spend time with her, so, its essential that my partner is comfortable with that.
When I was young I made the same mistake with my mother. It did not end up well for my marriage. Now I would never do that again. My mother lived her life. I need to live mine now.
poor josh is right, didn’t she ask him out or marriage? that man has a problem with this loud mouth witch, you just know she is wearing the pants in that house…again poor josh, but he is the blame for not speaking up.
Remember when the cops came to her door and she answered in a bikini? Either the paps just happened to be there or it was just an excuse to remind producers she has a body she is so proud of.
Whether the story if true or not, it is still a disaster in the making for her mom to continue to manage her. I agree, she hasn’t done a great of it and KH needs to look for better management. But, I don’t think KH wants someone who will tell her the unvarnished truth about the things she says and does. She wants mommy to tell her how she can do no wrong.
She is a helicopter mother, always hovering!!!