Belief her, she used to play a health care provider.
Katherine Heigl poked enjoyable at her “Grey’s Anatomy” days in a brand new advert for bladder leak merchandise.
The “Firefly Lane” actress, 46, performs herself within the 60-second spot that dropped Monday for the model Poise, which makes ladies’s incontinence merchandise.
Within the industrial, Heigl is seen having lunch with a buddy and her pal’s 10-year-old son.
After Heigl tells a joke, her buddy laughs — a bit too onerous — and turns into visibly mortified.
“I peed,” she admits to Heigl.
“Happens to the best of us,” the “Grey’s Anatomy” alum responds, brushing it off.
The incident is sufficient to distract the 10-year-old from his pill and declare, “That’s so embarrassing,” prompting Heigl to highschool the kid.
“You’re gonna deny your mother a moment of mirth just because she got the giggle dribble? And, by the way, it’s kind of your fault,” she tells the child, who then asks why he’s responsible.
“Well, I’m so glad you asked,” she says. “You see, when we have kids, the pelvic floor or the muscles and ligaments that help support the bladder can weaken. And then, of course, with perimenopause and menopause, there’s a reduction in estrogen, which can cause further control issues.”
“But luckily, I have a Poise,” she provides, pulling out one of many model’s merchandise.
“Perfect for my leaking bladder,” the mother says to her son, clearly attempting to make him uncomfortable.
“You’re embarrassing yourselves,” he tells her.
“No, we’re embarrassing you,” the mother replies, delighted.
Heigl says embarrassing one’s kids is “part of a mother’s purpose in life.”
The buddy then places jokes apart and asks Heigl, “By the way, how did you know all that stuff?”
“Well, I used to be a doctor,” the actress responds deadpan, alluding to her time taking part in Dr. Izzie Stevens on “Grey’s Anatomy” from 2005 to 2010.
“No, you didn’t,” the child tosses again, resulting in a stare-off between the 2 that closes the industrial.
In coordination with the advert launch, Heigl spoke about her personal expertise with perimenopause and “the giggle dribble” in a brand new interview printed on Wednesday
Perimenopause, which accurately means “around menopause,” refers back to the interval wherein ladies start the transition to menopause. Additionally known as the menopausal transition, perimenopause can begin at completely different ages, per The Mayo Clinic.
“When I talk with my friends, we all laugh about it,” Heigl instructed Folks.
“So I was like, ‘Oh no, that won’t do,’” she continued. “I am not okay with anybody out there feeling any kind of shame or embarrassment around this because [perimenopause] is such a natural progression of female existence and I want us to not take it too seriously and to be able to laugh about it.”
“I will happily get loud about this if it will help other women feel comfortable,” she added.
A mom of three, Heigl shares two adopted daughters — Naleigh, 15, and Adalaide, 12 — and a son —Joshua, 7 — with husband Josh Kelley.
