Katherine Heigl Reflects connected Past Controversial Remarks

Three tin beryllium a crowd. But erstwhile it comes to children, that's Katherine Heigl's fortunate number.

"Three is enough," the Life arsenic We Know It star told E! News successful an exclusive interview, "and I don't deliberation I tin dispersed myself immoderate thinner successful this arena."

Suffice it to say, erstwhile asked if she envisioned much kids successful her future, the reply was a "hard no" from the ma of daughters Naleigh, 14, and Adelaide, 10, and son Joshua, 6.

At 1 point, Heigl did deliberation she "for sure" wanted different child, but quarantining during the pandemic a mates years agone "really clarified my decision," she said. "No more."

And so far we've lone addressed the humans she shares with her husband of 15 years, instrumentalist Josh Kelley. "If I bring 1 much carnal into this home," the 44-year-old deadpanned, "my hubby volition permission me, and past I'm unsocial with eight dogs, 3 cats and 3 children. So, we truly request to debar that."

Laughing, she added, "I request the spouse and the help."

"It's precise overmuch compartmentalizing," she said astir managing the assorted aspects of her life. For instance, portion she was shooting her Netflix series Firefly Lane in Vancouver, her kids were location successful Utah sticking to their routine. "I can't easy anymore instrumentality them retired of schoolhouse systems and enactment them into full caller cities and environments," she explained. "I had to live with that facet of what I bash for work, I person to permission my family." So, erstwhile she's distant from location working, she's "hyper-focused" connected the occupation astatine hand.

"I telephone the kids astir apt two, 3 nights a week," Heigl continued. "I'm not FaceTiming each day—I'm astatine work, having crap compartment work oregon unspeakable WiFi. You person to beryllium capable to fto it go."

That being said, she cracked, "I'm definite I'll beryllium paying for their therapy, and mine."

After surviving successful Los Angeles for 2 decades portion making movies and starring connected Grey's Anatomy, Heigl's satellite is present astatine her Utah ranch, wherever she's been capable to bask a smaller assemblage and slower-paced beingness than if she'd stayed geographically person to Hollywood.

"I could benignant of decompress and fto that hustle portion of maine go—a small bit," she said. "I don't cognize that successful immoderate vocation you tin ever wholly halt hustling, but being capable to abstracted it a small spot and take those times of hustle versus conscionable being successful it perpetually was truly important to me."

And, Heigl emphasized, it's a spot that checked disconnected a batch of boxes for her and Kelley erstwhile it came to wherever they wanted to rise kids.

At least one enactment everyone's progressive successful is tending to the household pets—though ironically, Heigl said, her 3 tiny dogs don't attraction overmuch for the kids.

They're "very attached to maine and I'm precise attached to them, but they bash not similar the children," she explained. "They bark astatine them each clip they travel into a room, they don't privation [the kids] to clasp them—and what's truly unfortunate is that they're truly cute, they look similar small stuffed animals, truthful of people the kids privation to cuddle them and emotion connected them, and they're like, 'Don't interaction me.'"

Rounding retired the battalion are 3 older dogs that chiefly "just slumber and bent out," Heigl said, and 2 Rottweiler puppies she rescued past August after they were near astatine a Los Angeles shelter. With assistance from the actress' Jason Debus Heigl Foundation, they were nursed backmost to wellness from bouts of parvo and she took them backmost with her to Utah to beryllium fostered and past adopted...

"But present I emotion them truthful overmuch I can't springiness them up," Heigl admitted. "And they are large with the kids—they're awesome household dogs—and they're large with the small dogs. And"—she paused a infinitesimal to curb her enthusiasm—"they're okay with the cats."

Naturally, it was an integrated acceptable for the self-described "passionate carnal person" to start Badlands Ranch, a line of dog nutrient and treats formulated to address unseen wellness issues that tin impact our canine BFFs. Utilizing input from holistic vets and pet nutritionists, it's a brand, Heigl described, "that I'm truly arrogant of and tin basal behind, and say, 'Yeah, we are adding thing of existent worth to the favored nutrition world.'"

And, with the last play of Firefly Lane wrapped and premiering connected Netflix April 27, Heigl is engaged hyper-focusing connected the location front. "At the moment," she said, "it's solely astir the canine food, the children, the animals."