Katherine Heigl smokes electronic cigarettes. The 'Life As We Know It' actress has managed to not smoke a real tobacco-filled cigarette in six months thanks to the devices, which help ease nicotine craves, and now believes that smoking "sucks". She said: "I use an electronic cigarette. I know it's ridiculous, but it's helping me not to actually smoke real cigarettes. You feel like you are smoking, and you get to exhale but it's just water vapour and not nicotine. I've been doing it for six months. Smoking sucks!" ...

Katherine Heigl has revealed her worst date was with a fame-hungry personal trainer. The 31-year-old actress agreed to go out with the gym hunk when she was just 18 and visiting him to lose weight, but the fitness fanatic only asked her out because he wanted to become an actor. ...

Katherine Heigl has donated $1 million to help animals in Los Angeles. The 'Killers' actress has pledged the enormous sum to the city as part of a new initiative to get animals spayed and neutered in honour of her late brother Jason Heigl – who died in a car accident in 1986 when he was a high school student. Katherine told ‘Access Hollywood’: “I said to my mother, ‘I think it’s a really grace-filled way to honour him.’ My mother began the foundation in his name as a way of creating a legacy for this child of hers that didn’t live long enough to do that himself and he also happened to be a real advocate for animals and children and the repressed so it works out beautifully. ...

Katherine Heigl has revealed her daughter’s first word was “Dada”. The 31-year-old actress has revealed 20-month-old adopted Naleigh – who she adopted from South Korea – bonded with her father, Josh Kelly, before anyone else. She explained: "The first thing she said was, 'Dada,' and then she'd call everybody else she loved 'Dada’. She actually attached to Josh much faster." ...

Katherine Heigl had no friends when she moved to Hollywood. The ‘Life As We Know It’ actress – who has 20-month-old daughter Naleigh with husband Josh Kelley – lived with her mother Nancy until she was 22 and admits she had a lonely life. She said: “My mum was my roommate and only friend for a log time because it’s hard to meet people in Hollywood. ...

Katherine Heigl says it’s difficult being a working mother. The 31-year-old actress - who is married to Josh Kelley - found it hard to leave her adopted daughter, 18-month-old Naleigh, to go off and shoot her latest film 'Killers', which also stars Ashton Kutcher. Speaking at the European premiere in London's Leicester Square last night (09.06.10), Katherine told BANG Showbiz: "It's difficult but it's like any working mom I think you have to make some compromises. It's easier said than done, but I knew that I wanted to keep working, I love what I do but it's really hard to leave her – I feel horrible." ...