Katherine Heigl never struck us as the calm-as-a-cuke type, but she may have taken the whole Nervous Wreck facade a wee too far at Sunday's Oscars. Arriving with her momager, "Katie" completed her quite successful red carpet waltz, topping many best-dressed lists along the way. But apparently the Best Makeup presenter rushed off to the loading dock in a huff seconds after telling the audience just how nervous she was, to have one of her favorite guilty pleasures. After a stagehand asked her what was wrong, Heigl sputtered:

"It's finally over...I just need a cigarette."

But her frustration didn't start with the nicotine cravings. After said carpet walk, in which her red dress took the spotlight despite her heavily pancaked makeup job and older person `do, Heigl dashed to the bathroom only to find it occupied. Her complaint to Momager Heigl? "Great. One more thing I have to be nervous about." Yes, Katie, having to wait nearly five minutes for a potty break and being given the opportunity to present an Oscar certainly warrant diva behavior bordering on Mariah Carey nervous breakdowns. Poor, poor thing.

OSCAR MOMENTS YOU DIDN'T SEE ON TV [NY Daily News]
BACKSTAGE AT THE OSCARS [The Envelope]

9:00 AM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Molly Friedman
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CourageousCoward at 09:14 AM on 02/26/08
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"It's finally over...I just need a cigarette." = Things Josh Kelly is getting tired of hearing.
CourageousCoward at 09:21 AM on 02/26/08
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And if I bothered to take my time, I would have said:

"I'll take 'Things Josh Kelly is getting tired of hearing' for $1,000 Alex"

(Or a similar $20,000 Pyramid reference.)
Miss Anne Thrope at 09:41 AM on 02/26/08
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Could she be more overexposed? I think an OD is next.
nick_r at 09:56 AM on 02/26/08
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@SteamyMcFirecrotch: Okay, spill it. Is Lisanti feeding you material from the sidelines?
CourageousCoward at 10:06 AM on 02/26/08
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@nick_r: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. (sniff.)
JudgeFudge at 10:23 AM on 02/26/08
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I know that Katherine Heigl is photographed with cigarettes a lot, but she still kind of seems like your co-worker that just started smoking a week and a half ago. That girl that smokes 5 Marlboror ultra-lights a day, but who's always saying "God I would Kill someone for a cigarette right now".
Molly McAleer at 10:55 AM on 02/26/08
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@JudgeFudge: I am ashamed to admit that in my TiVo farming, I have come across many a clip of Heigel stocking up on smokes. From what I can tell, she usually buys 2 packs of American Spirit Lights at a time. (And I say that as a 100% judgement-free pack-a-dayer. Marlb Lights, thanksferasking...)
azi at 12:14 PM on 02/26/08
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As a pack-a-dayer I kind of wish people would lay off of her. TMZ is always showing shots of her smoking and waggling it's figurative finger. Annoying.
winniecooper at 01:27 PM on 02/26/08
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She was just annoyed because her husband wasn't within easy emasculating reach.
OldTowneTavern at 04:05 PM on 02/26/08
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@winniecooper: I can't wait until she and Michelle Obama go on their "Take My Husband... Please" tour.
Miss d at 04:50 PM on 02/26/08
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For a Mormon - she sure is following scripture...
Trixie from Toronto at 07:23 PM on 02/26/08
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My nagging dislike of Katherine Heigl erupted into full-blown loathing when she felt the need to share with a billion people how nervous she was to be presenting. Hey -- idiot -- we DON'T CARE! Present your award and get off the stage! It's not about you!
DrFeelgood at 08:04 PM on 02/26/08
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Katherine Heigl, not professional.
Cameron Diaz, professional.
"Oh, I can do this" ;-)
raincoaster at 09:23 PM on 02/26/08
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Cigarette quotes are an Oscar tradition. Last year Johnny Depp, asked what he was thinking, said, "Vanessa and I are just wondering when it's going to be over and we can have a cigarette." Make of that what you will...