<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> thinks diverse representation has come a long way but that it can always be better.</li><li>She said that many white people still think if they've "checked a box," the work is over. </li></ul><p>Ellen Pompeo thinks that diversity on "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>" has come a long way, but better representation in Hollywood is a constant work in progress.</p><p>The series creator <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-diversity-shonda-rhimes-embarrassed-for-television-2021-11">Shonda Rhimes recently reflected on the show's legacy in an interview with Variety</a>, saying that the medical drama's groundbreaking diverse casting made her "embarrassed for television" because that step should have been taken sooner.</p><p>When asked about Rhimes' comments during an interview promoting <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">her company, Betr Remedies</a>, Pompeo told Insider that making Hollywood a more equitable space is "a huge part" of her job "every single day" and that nonmarginalized people in the industry need to think beyond simply checking boxes for on-screen diversity.</p><p>"I still find that a lot of white people still feel like they've checked a box and they're good," Pompeo said.</p><p>"I can only speak for our show, obviously. I don't work on anybody else's show, but I would say that I am still shocked at where we are," she continued. "And I think that it's a constant. We don't get somewhere and then we're there and then the work is done." </p><h2>'Grey's Anatomy' has made an effort to represent more marginalized groups in the years since it premiered in 2005</h2><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo smiling" height="2083" width="2784" msid="88412848" hostid="261"></div><p>"Grey's Anatomy" broke ground by <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/greys-anatomy-shonda-rhimes-legacy-ending-1235106155/">changing "the faces you see on television,"</a> as Rhimes put it to Variety, back in 2005. That diversity has come further in the nearly two decades since.</p><p>"I think 'Grey's Anatomy' today looks a lot different than it did in the beginning," Pompeo told Insider.</p><p>The show's first LGBTQ+ character, Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez), was introduced on season two in 2006, though she doesn't come out as bisexual until a few seasons later. Over a decade later, in 2018, "Grey's" introduced its <a href="https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/01/greys-anatomy-alex-landi-bio/">"first gay male surgeon,"</a> Dr. Nico Kim (Alex Landi). </p><p>As far as representing other marginalized groups, like people with disabilities, Dr. Virginia Dixon, played by the neurotypical actor Mary McDonnell, was the first doctor with autism and appeared in three episodes. The <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/health_and_wellbeing/autistic-doctors-really-house-good-doctor-greys-anatomy-tv-a9612736.html">portrayal has been criticized</a> by <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/aspergers-diary/200902/when-will-abc-get-aspergers-right">people with autism for many years</a>. </p><p>Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital welcomed its first deaf <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/greys-anatomy-first-deaf-doctor-krista-vernoff-shoshannah-stern-perfect-union-interview-1203502570/">doctor in 2018</a> for several episodes, but the show has portrayed most visibly <a href="https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a36008847/greys-anatomy-azure-antoinette-disability/">physically disabled characters as patients</a>, not doctors or hospital staff, to date. </p><h2>Pompeo wants to see more diversity behind the camera too</h2><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo" height="1727" width="2302" msid="88412850" hostid="261"></div><p>The "Grey's Anatomy" lead hopes to see more diversity behind the scenes, in the rooms where the stories are crafted.</p><p>"It's not enough to just have a Black character on a show or an Asian character on a show or a nonbinary character on the show," Pompeo told Insider. "You then have to back that up and have representation in the writers room to write for that character."</p><p>"You can have 10 nonbinary characters on a show. If there isn't a nonbinary writer to write for those characters to speak to what that really is like, you're only doing a little bit of the work. You're not doing all of the work," she continued. "It's my understanding that people not only want to be seen; they want to be written for by people who know their experience, who can speak for their experience."</p><p>"Grey's Anatomy" introduced the series' first nonbinary character, Dr. Kai Bartley <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/greys-anatomy-er-fightmaster-representation-love-1235110009/">(played by E.R. Fightmaster)</a> earlier in 2021, during season 18. It's unclear whether any of the writers on the series who are writing for Bartley identify as nonbinary.</p><p>"It's work that has to constantly be tended to," Pompeo said. "It's like a garden."</p>

Ellen Pompeo reacts to Shonda Rhimes saying the diversity on 'Grey's Anatomy' makes her 'embarrassed' for TV: 'I am still shocked at where we are'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>While promoting <keyword id="12764186" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="betr-remedies" source="Orion">Betr Remedies</keyword>, <keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> told Insider she's ready for "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>" to end.</li><li>"I've been trying to focus on convincing everybody that it should end," she said.</li></ul><p>"Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo has no idea how <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-terrified-watch-greys-anatomy-daughter-sex-ghost-2021-11">her character Dr. Meredith Grey's story</a> will end, but she knows she'd like everyone to have the answer as soon as possible. </p><p>"I've been trying to focus on convincing everybody that it should end," she recently told Insider while promoting <a href="https://betrremedies.com/">her company Betr Remedies</a>, where she serves as its cofounder and chief impact officer. But Pompeo says she's having a hard time convincing others to pull the plug on a show that has been so successful for nearly two decades.</p><p>"​I feel like I'm the super naive one who keeps saying, 'But what's the story going to be, what story are we going to tell?'" she continued. "And everyone's like, 'Who cares, Ellen? It makes a gazillion dollars.'"</p><p>As she waits for everybody else to agree that "Grey's Anatomy" is approaching its natural end, she's forging a new path for herself outside of the halls of Prospect Studios, where ABC's hit most recently filmed <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-season-18-premiere-date-plot-guest-stars-2021-9">its historic 18th season</a>.</p><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo in navy blue scrubs" height="800" width="1066" msid="88359052" hostid="261"></div><h2>Pompeo is trying to make the world of medicine more equitable when the cameras stop rolling</h2><p>A little bit of <a href="https://www.insider.com/shonda-rhimes-backlash-greys-anatomy-ellen-pompeo-yelled-denzel-washington-2021-11">Meredith Grey's spirit </a>must have seeped into Pompeo's veins after nearly two decades in the role. She told Insider that when the pandemic hit the US, her way of coping with the country's crisis was to start a series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg24TBGECV3esBKVvOy7fwg">Zooms called "Healing Healthcare."</a> </p><p>The series featured Pompeo in conversation with medical workers, talking about issues like "the state of healthcare" and "racism in healthcare." The goal, she said, was to "provide a space for people to have conversations and people to listen to conversations about what healthcare workers were actually going through."</p><p>When Healing Healthcare ended, Pompeo requested that her team help her find ways to continue making meaningful contributions to health equity. The goal of "health equity," according to the Institute of Medicine (via the <a href="https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/insights/why-health-equity-matters-era-health-care-transformation">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>), is to provide "care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status." </p><p>Pompeo's team then introduced her to Betr Remedies cofounders Livio Bisterzo and Jennifer Simone Hoffman. </p><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo Betr Remedies" height="2240" width="2986" msid="88359054" hostid="261"></div><p>Betr Remedies sells over-the-counter medication to the public and works with the non-profit organization SIRUM, whose mission is to donate unused (<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/betr-remedies-announces-new-co-founder-ellen-pompeo-and-its-first-exclusive-national-retail-launch-at-walmart-301419798.html?tc=eml_cleartime">"perfectly safe, unexpired"</a>) prescription medications to underserved communities via charitable pharmacies distributing to people in need.</p><p>Pompeo told Insider she "had no idea how much actual medication goes into landfills" until she started working with Betr Remedies, which also has the goal of reducing medical waste by working with SIRUM.</p><p>"I saw this as a pretty interesting opportunity to be a part of a startup that was addressing some real issues that we have," Pompeo said of her partnership with Betr Remedies. </p><h2>Pompeo's priority now is sharing stories that make an impact — both on 'Grey's Anatomy' and in her other ventures</h2><p>Pompeo says she <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-horrified-by-greys-anatomy-love-me-scene-2021-11">strives to use her platform</a> on-and-off-screen in Hollywood to tell stories about and listen to marginalized voices, particularly on her <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tell-me-with-ellen-pompeo/id1586148064">new podcast "Tell Me With Ellen Pompeo."</a></p><p>But Pompeo, who is a co-executive producer on "Grey's Anatomy" in addition to its lead, told Insider that even though the ABC series is a medical drama, issues like <keyword id="12764187" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pharmaceutical-waste" source="Orion">pharmaceutical waste</keyword> are "very challenging" to talk about.</p><p>So while that subject hasn't been depicted on the series yet, Pompeo notes that the writers do try to shed light on inequality in medicine whenever possible. A "Grey's" storyline that stands out to her as aligning with Betr Remedies' mission happened across seasons 15 and 16 when Meredith commits insurance fraud in order to help a young, uninsured woman receive treatment for cancer. </p><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo" height="1856" width="2475" msid="88359057" hostid="261"></div><p>The mother of three told Insider that while she is "certainly no expert on social justice by any means" she tries to expose her kids to "examples of other people being active in fighting for things that matter, rather than trying to tell them what to do."</p><p>"I like to point out how many good people there are really working hard to try to make significant change in whatever areas they're passionate about," she added.</p>

Ellen Pompeo is very ready for 'Grey's Anatomy' to be over. In fact, she's already forging a new path for herself.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ellen Pompeo bid farewell to "Grey's Anatomy" fans on Thursday after 19 years on the show.</li><li>"I am eternally grateful and humbled by the love and support you have all shown me," she wrote.</li></ul><p>Ellen Pompeo said goodbye to "Grey's Anatomy" fans in a short and sweet Instagram post on Thursday. </p><p>"I am eternally grateful and humbled by the love and support you have all shown me, Meredith GREY and the show for 19 seasons! she wrote. "Through it all….none of it …would have been possible without the best fans in the world. You all are RIDERS and you all have made the ride so fun and ICONIC!!"</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClErNeyv44Y" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Ellen Pompeo (@ellenpompeo)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>It was confirmed in August that Pompeo would be scaling back her role as the titular surgeon at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/ellen-pompeo-reduce-greys-anatomy-meredith-grey-season-19-episode-count-hulu-series-1235084085/">as reported by Deadline</a>. </p><p>In her Instagram post, Pompeo assured fans she'd be back. </p><p>"This isn't your first time on the rollercoaster… you know the show must go on and I'll definitely be back to visit. With a lot of love and immense gratitude XoE" she wrote. </p><p>The Betr Remedies founder <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">told Insider in November 2021</a> that she was trying to convince unnamed people at ABC that the show should end. </p><p>"I feel like I'm the super naive one who keeps saying, 'But what's the story going to be, what story are we going to tell?'And everyone's like, 'Who cares, Ellen? It makes a gazillion dollars,'" she said. </p><p>Her post is a few months early, as "Grey's" fans saw in <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/11/greys-anatomy-ellen-pompeo-exit-last-episode-date-meredith-1235169646/">the midseason premiere</a> trailer that Meredith would be at Grey-Sloan to say goodbye to her colleagues. The episode is set to air on February 23.</p>

Ellen Pompeo says goodbye to 'Grey's Anatomy' fans after a 'fun' and 'iconic' 19-season run

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ellen Pompeo said she "couldn't afford" her Malibu beach home when it originally went on the market.</li><li>She told Architectural Digest she "manifested" owning the house, which she bought in 2013. </li></ul><p>"Grey's Anatomy" <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-ellen-pompeo-show-could-continue-without-her-2022-5">star Ellen Pompeo</a> recently <a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ellen-pompeo-malibu-beach-house">told Architectural Digest</a> she "manifested" the Malibu beach house she bought from "Friends" cocreator Marta Kauffman about a decade ago.  </p><p>The modern, midcentury-style house was on the market in the early years of "Grey's Anatomy" and Pompeo, who reportedly has a passion for real estate and home renovation, went to view the home despite her budget. </p><p>"I knew I couldn't afford it, but I didn't tell anyone that," she confessed to the publication. But when the house went back on the market in 2013, Pompeo was ready to buy it. "I like to say I manifested this house," she said.</p><p>The 3000-square-foot home was built in 1979 by famous architects <a href="https://www.laconservancy.org/architects/buff-straub-hensman">Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman</a>, according to Pompeo and Architectural Digest.</p><p>The actor and <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">Betr Remedies cofounder</a> said in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsYZye1Ykao&amp;t=336s&amp;ab_channel=ArchitecturalDigest">a video tour of the house</a> that when she bought the house, it had to be "completely rebuilt because of the damage that the sea and the salt air does." So, when her construction team took the house down to the studs, "I replaced all the existing walls with glass," she said. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmeDpWO0nw" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Architectural Digest (@archdigest)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Since concluding her longstanding series regular role <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-jesse-williams-sarah-drew-sexual-empowerment-april-kepner-2022-11">on "Grey's Anatomy,"</a> Pompeo has entered "a very exciting phase of my life" that includes "a lot of free time" at her Malibu home before she begins filming a new show for Hulu in March 2023.</p><p>She collaborated with her longtime friend and <a href="https://www.insider.com/design-trends-celebrities-love-that-interior-designers-hate-2019-11">celebrity interior designer</a> Martyn Lawrence Bullard to conceptualize the look of the rooms, many of which feature stunning Brazillian book-match marble. Pompeo's kitchen features her favorite use of the natural stone.</p><p>"I <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-best-recipes-from-celebrity-chefs-by-category-list-photos-review">cook a lot,</a> so I have a lot of rules regarding this kitchen," she said in the video of her house tour. She doesn't like anyone in the kitchen with her while she's cooking because the space is small. So, she put three stools at a counter outside of the kitchen in case one of her children — Stella Luna, 13, Sienna May, 8, and Eli Christopher, 6 — needs to talk to her while she's there. "This is my space," she joked. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cloy8m7pH-W" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Ellen Pompeo (@ellenpompeo)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>When her family is at the beach, Pompeo said she tries to instill in her kids the importance of self-care and an appreciation of nature sans technology. </p><p>"One of my biggest struggles as a mother is getting the kids away from the TV and away from the iPads, right?" she said during the house tour. "So, sometimes I just banish them to those chairs and I make them sit there and watch the ocean," she laughed, pointing to three chairs she set up in her backyard, presumably on a private stretch of beach facing the Pacific Ocean. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrity-parents-who-used-surrogates-2020-5">kids' bedroom in Pompeo's</a> beach house features bean bags covered in Missoni fabric for a bit of fun, and one of her guest bedrooms features photographs of important moments in Black history. </p><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo" height="1856" width="2475" msid="95924030" hostid="261" sizebytes="175746"></div><p>"Obviously, my children are Black and it's really important for me to have lots of representation in the artwork," said Pompeo, who in 2007 <a href="https://people.com/celebrity/ellen-pompeo-quietly-weds-in-new-york/">married Chris Ivery</a>, an executive at the sportswear company Sergio Tacchini. </p><p>Pompeo admitted that her beach house is usually "not very peaceful" because they have a lot of visitors and blast music, and Ivery bartends in their backyard, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-pina-colada-recipes-2014-5">making pina coladas</a>. </p><p>Watch Pompeo tour her beach home for Architectural Digest below. </p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsYZye1Ykao" frameborder="0"></iframe>

'Grey's Anatomy' star Ellen Pompeo originally 'couldn't afford' the Malibu beach house she bought from a 'Friends' co-creator

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11995416" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shonda-rhimes" source="Orion">Shonda Rhimes</keyword> said her daughter Harper thinks it's "horrifying" her mom created a show her friends watch.</li><li>"Her mother wrote a show that tells all her friends what to think about love and sex," Rhimes said. </li></ul><p>Shonda Rhimes recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fshonda-rhimes-on-her-most-important-rules-of-negotiating-11647865638">told WSJ Magazine</a> that her 19-year-old daughter Harper has "never" watched "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>," the <a href="https://www.insider.com/shonda-rhimes-facts-2020-12">hit ABC medical drama Rhimes created</a>. According to Rhimes, Harper actually finds it "horrifying" that her mother created a show her friends watch over and over again.</p><p>"Grey's Anatomy" was the first show Rhimes created for <keyword id="11896774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="abc" source="Orion">ABC</keyword> and the catalyst that led to her eventually taking over the network's entire Thursday night line-up. But Rhimes said she takes it as "the best compliment ever" that her daughter has never seen it.</p><p>"I think about it like, her mother wrote a show that tells all her friends what to think about love and sex," she said. "So she's not interested in watching it, and I think that that's a very good thing."</p><p>Rhimes has three daughters, but Emerson is eight and Beckett is nine, so Harper's sisters are "far too young to watch it or even care," according to the showrunner.</p><div type="image" title="Shonda Rhimes smiling." height="2608" width="3471" msid="90406058" hostid="261"></div><p>Harper, Emerson, and Beckett are not the only people with a strong connection to "Grey's Anatomy" that have never seen an episode. </p><p>Ellen Pompeo, who has played Dr. Meredith Grey for 18 seasons and counting, <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-watched-a-handful-of-episodes-2022-2">told Insider in November</a> promoting <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">her company Betr Remedies</a>, that she had only seen "six or seven" episodes of the series altogether and that most of the episodes she has watched are from the later seasons. </p><p>The actor has said on her <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-horrified-by-greys-anatomy-love-me-scene-2021-11">"Tell Me With Ellen Pompeo" podcast</a> that she doesn't think her 12-year-old daughter Stella Ivery is old enough to watch the medical drama yet. </p><div type="image" title="Shonda Rhimes and Ellen Pompeo" height="1371" width="1828" msid="90406059" hostid="261"></div><p>Rhimes has long moved on from ABC, handing "Grey's" showrunner duties to Krista Vernoff and signing a deal with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/shonda-rhimes-is-ready-to-own-her-s-the-game-changing-showrunner-on-leaving-abc-culture-shock-at-netflix-and-overcoming-her-fears-4079375/">Netflix in 2018</a>. <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/inventing-anna">"Inventing Anna"</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/bridgerton">"Bridgerton"</a> are two of the hit shows Rhimes has produced for the streamer so far.</p><p>"Grey's Anatomy" airs  Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.</p>

Shonda Rhimes says her 19-year old daughter has 'never' seen 'Grey's Anatomy' and called that 'the best compliment ever'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> told <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">Entertainment</keyword> Tonight that it's possible "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>" could continue without her. </li><li>"We're gonna try to keep it going for the young people," she said. </li></ul><p>"Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo <a href="https://www.etonline.com/ellen-pompeo-on-whether-or-not-she-can-see-greys-anatomy-continuing-without-her-exclusive-184551">recently told Entertainment Tonight</a> that she might be able to imagine a version of <keyword id="11896774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="abc" source="Orion">ABC</keyword>'s hit medical drama that goes on without her. </p><p>"Listen, the show speaks to a lot of people and the young people love the show. It's inspired so many generations of healthcare workers," the actor, who has played general surgeon Dr. Meredith Grey for <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/greys-anatomy-renewed-season-19-ellen-pompeo-returning-1235069645/">18 seasons and counting</a>, said.</p><p>"So, I think for the young people, it's a really good piece of content and we're gonna try to keep it going for the young people," Pompeo added. "Not necessarily with me, but you know, keep it going beyond me." </p><p>Pompeo, who was celebrating the show's 400th episode, said it felt "exhausting" to have filmed so many hours of television. </p><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo" height="2024" width="2698" msid="91776485" hostid="261"></div><p>The "Tell Me With Ellen Pompeo" podcast host previously told Insider in November while promoting <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">her company Betr Remedies</a> that she's been "trying to focus on convincing everybody that it should end" for some time now. </p><p>"I feel like I'm the super naive one who keeps saying, 'But what's the story going to be, what story are we going to tell?'" she continued. "And everyone's like, 'Who cares, Ellen? It makes a gazillion dollars.'"</p><p>It's understandably hard to picture "Grey's Anatomy" without Pompeo — her character's name is in the title. But the show has inspired two spinoffs ("Private Practice," which ended in 2013, and "Station 19," which is still airing on ABC) since it premiered in March 2005, so it is possible that the world of Grey Sloan could move on without Meredith. </p><p>Pompeo also told Insider in November that she loves that fans are equally invested in characters outside of Meredith — like <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-jesse-williams-sarah-drew-return-season-18-finale-2022-4">Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) and April Kepner (Sarah Drew)</a>, who are returning to "Grey's" for the show's landmark 400th episode. </p><div type="image" title="Sarah Drew, Jesse Williams, and Ellen Pompeo" height="1500" width="2000" msid="91776487" hostid="261"></div><p>"I'm always open to any idea. I know <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-spinoff-ellen-pompeo-sarah-drew-jesse-williams-2021-12">people love 'Japril,'" she said</a> when asked about a possible <keyword id="12793985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spinoff" source="Orion">spinoff</keyword>, referring to the couple by their nickname. "<keyword id="12020197" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sarah-drew" source="Orion">Sarah Drew</keyword> and Jesse are both great to watch, but whatever Jesse wants and whatever Sarah wants, if they wanted to do it, then I would be so happy for the fans." </p><p>In a <a href="https://www.insider.com/japril-jesse-williams-sarah-drew-fans-earned-greys-anatomy-spinoff-2022-2">joint interview with Drew</a> in December, Williams told Insider, "If it's a matter of fan love, we would already be in episode eight" of a spinoff. </p><p>All fans can do at this point, he said, is "keep plugging away and screaming about it."</p><p>"Grey's Anatomy" airs its 400th episode and season 18 finale on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.</p>

'Grey's Anatomy' star Ellen Pompeo says the show could continue without her: 'We're gonna try to keep it going'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> defended <keyword id="12265695" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="katherine-heigl" source="Orion">Katherine Heigl</keyword>'s past controversial comments about "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>."</li><li>On Wednesday's episode of her <keyword id="11918054" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="podcast" source="Orion">podcast</keyword>, she said Heigl was "ballsy" for calling out long hours. </li></ul><p>On Wednesday's episode of her <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kate-walsh/id1586148064?i=1000558123325">"Tell Me With Ellen Pompeo"</a> podcast, Ellen Pompeo <a href="https://www.insider.com/katherine-heigl-wanted-out-greys-anatomy-shonda-rhimes-2021-10">defended her former "Grey's Anatomy" costar Katherine Heigl</a> for past public comments Heigl made about the long working hours in the early years of the hit medical drama. </p><p>Around the 7:20-mark of the episode, Pompeo spoke with her <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-addison-meets-dereks-kids-ultimate-forgiveness-2021-10">guest Kate Walsh</a> (who was also a series regular on the show and who will guest star on the upcoming May 5 episode of "Grey's Anatomy") about how long hours on any set in Hollywood are hard for the cast and crew alike.</p><p>"I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working and she was 100% right," Pompeo told Wash. "And had she said that today, she'd be a complete hero. But she's ahead of her time, made a statement about our crazy hours and of course, let's slam a woman and call her ungrateful." </p><div type="image" title="Kate Walsh, Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl." height="2050" width="2734" msid="90965732" hostid="261"></div><p>Heigl made the statements Pompeo is presumably referring to on a 2009 episode of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILvCnoHCpMs&amp;ab_channel=ManneetKaur">"The Late Show With David Letterman"</a> while filming the sixth season of "Grey's Anatomy." It ended up being her last season on the show.  </p><p>"I'm gonna keep saying this 'cause I hope it embarrasses them," Heigl told Letterman at the time. She proceeded to say she just worked a "17-hour day," which she described as "cruel and mean."</p><p>Heigl's comments were widely reported on at the time because they came about a year after she withdrew her name from Emmys consideration in 2008.</p><p>She said in a <a href="https://ew.com/article/2008/06/12/katherine-heigl-declines-emmy-consideration/">statement to Entertainment Weekly</a> at the time that she didn't feel she "was given the material" worthy of the honor of an Emmy nomination. She exited the show in 2010 after being a series regular since the pilot episode in 2005.</p><p>On her podcast, Pompeo said Heigl was being "100% honest" and was "absolutely correct" about the hours they were working at the time. </p><p>"And she was fucking ballsy for saying it," Pompeo continued. "And she was telling the truth. She wasn't lying."</p><div type="image" title="Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo." height="1795" width="2393" msid="90965734" hostid="261"></div><p>Pompeo is currently starring on the 18th season of <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-ellen-pompeo-jesse-williams-naked-2022-4">"Grey's Anatomy" and serves as co-executive producer</a> on the show. She told Walsh that she's thankful that she's been able to cut back on her filming hours over the years. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">Betr Remedies cofounder</a> offered insight into why actors agree to consistently work such long hours in the first place. "Also, when you're younger, you're so excited to be there and you're so happy to be invited to the party that you're willing to do whatever it is they're asking you to do," Pompeo said. </p><p>She said she <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-shonda-rhimes-daughter-has-never-watched-2022-3">thinks that younger generations</a> of actors are getting better at setting boundaries for themselves. </p><iframe frameborder="0" height="175" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kate-walsh/id1586148064?i=1000558123325"></iframe><p>"Grey's Anatomy" season 18 returns with new episodes on ABC on May 5. </p>

Ellen Pompeo says Katherine Heigl was 'ballsy' and 'ahead of her time' when she called out the 'insane' hours she worked filming 'Grey's Anatomy'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> said on her podcast that she's "not even close" to remembering every episode of "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>."</li><li>Pompeo has played the series' titular character Meredith Grey for 18 seasons, since 2005. </li></ul><p>Ellen Pompeo said that she doesn't remember the vast majority of the "Grey's Anatomy" episodes that she's starred in, and hasn't "seen most of them."</p><p>In an <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tell-me-with-ellen-pompeo/id1586148064">episode of her podcast, "Tell Me with Ellen Pompeo," released on Wednesday</a>, Pompeo told guest <keyword id="12069592" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="martha-stewart" source="Orion">Martha Stewart</keyword> that she's watched little of her 18-season run on the series. <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">Pompeo has played the series' titular character, Dr. Meredith Grey</a>, since its 2005 pilot episode. In that time, she's also directed two episodes of the series, <a href="https://www.bustle.com/p/the-greys-anatomy-episodes-directed-by-cast-members-prove-that-these-stars-are-so-much-more-than-just-actors-8896480">Bustle reported</a>. </p><p>"I have been doing ["Grey's"] — this is my 18th season, and it's 392 episodes," Pompeo told Stewart. When Stewart asked her if she remembered all of the episodes, Pompeo told her that she didn't — "not even close."</p><p>"I haven't really seen most of them, I've watched only a handful," Pompeo said on the podcast. "The few times I've directed, I've gone back and watched some old episodes. My intention is always to keep the spirit of the early days. That's really the hard work, is to try to keep that sort of DNA, which is hard but gives us a goal at least to strive for."</p><div type="image" title="Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo" height="2000" width="2666" msid="89785596" hostid="261"></div><p>Pompeo previously told Insider in a November interview promoting <a href="https://betrremedies.com/">her company Betr Remedies</a> that she had likely only seen "six or seven episodes" of the series altogether — and from the show's first 10 seasons, only its pilot. </p><p>"The few episodes that I've seen have been really since the advent of social media," Pompeo told Insider. </p><p>Scenes from "Grey's Anatomy" have gone viral on platforms like TikTok. One season two sequence in which Pompeo's character Meredith begs her boyfriend Derek Shepherd to "pick me, choose me, love me" over his then-wife Addison is a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/So-Pick-Me-6616272155440646917">popular TikTok audio that's been used in tens of thousands of videos</a>, as is a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/somebody-SEDATE-ME-6972835970638973702">different scene from the show's second season</a> in which Sandra Oh's character Christina Yang screams, "somebody sedate me."</p><p>Pompeo <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-horrified-by-greys-anatomy-love-me-scene-2021-11">previously said on her podcast that she was "horrified" by the "pick me" scene</a>, and later discussed her reluctance to film it after her 12-year-old daughter, who came across it on TikTok. </p><p>"That scene in particular, isn't it interesting, right? How the times have changed. I didn't really like that scene when I did it back then. I didn't feel comfortable with it," she told Insider.</p><p>"Now it's so interesting, with the evolution of pop culture and evolution of culture — thank God we're seeing these things," Pompeo told Insider. "I only remember that scene so much from social media. I've never really gone back and watched the show."</p><p>"Grey's Anatomy" returns from its midseason hiatus on Thursday at 9/8c on <keyword id="11896774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="abc" source="Orion">ABC</keyword>. </p>

Ellen Pompeo says she's only watched a 'handful' of the 392 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes she's been in — and she's 'not even close' to remembering every one

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> would support a possible "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>" <keyword id="12793985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spinoff" source="Orion">spinoff</keyword> with <keyword id="12020198" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jesse-williams" source="Orion">Jesse Williams</keyword> and <keyword id="12020197" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sarah-drew" source="Orion">Sarah Drew</keyword>.</li><li>"I get it. I'd watch it," she told Insider.</li></ul><p>"Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo recently told Insider that she's been <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">"just trying to focus on convincing everybody"</a> that the show should come to a natural end soon. But that doesn't mean she's opposed to having some of her former co-stars take over the spotlight in more spin-off shows of the medical franchise. </p><p>Pompeo was speaking with Insider to promote <a href="https://betrremedies.com/">her company Betr Remedies</a>, which sells over-the-counter medication to the public and works with the non-profit organization SIRUM, whose mission is to donate unused prescription medications to underserved communities via charitable pharmacies.</p><p>On "Grey's Anatomy," Dr. Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) left Seattle at the end of season 17 to do similar (fictional) work in Boston, helping marginalized people receive better medical care as the head of his family's Catherine Fox Foundation. Jackson's ex-wife April Kepner (Sarah Drew) went with him so they could raise their daughter Harriet together. </p><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo smiling" height="2083" width="2777" msid="88438634" hostid="261"></div><p>A possible <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-jesse-williams-exit-time-for-japril-spinoff-opinion-2021-5">spin-off featuring Jackson and April in Boston</a> is something fans have long hoped for, and Pompeo said she supports the idea.</p><p>"I'm always open to any idea. I know people love '<keyword id="12154124" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="japril" source="Orion">Japril</keyword>,'" she told Insider, referring to the characters' fan-given couple nickname and adding that <a href="https://www.insider.com/jesse-williams-sarah-drew-greys-anatomy-wedding-interruption-japril-2021-12">they have "good reason" to feel the way they do</a>.</p><p>"Sarah Drew and Jesse are both great to watch, but whatever Jesse wants and whatever Sarah wants, if they wanted to do it, then I would be so happy for the fans," she continued. "I get it. I'd watch it."</p><p>Pompeo said Williams is "like a brother" to her and "pretty busy," so she wants to be "super supportive of all of his new things." </p><div type="image" title="Grey's Anatomy season 17 episode “Look Up Child”" height="1503" width="2000" msid="88438636" hostid="261"></div><p>Pompeo went on to say she's humbled that audiences still want more shows centered around "Grey's Anatomy" characters. "I'm also super grateful that the fans want a 'Japril' spin-off. Thank you to those loyal fans who still have ideas for our show and want to see new things," she added.</p><p>Drew and Williams have both expressed willingness to move forward with a spin-off should the opportunity arise.</p><p>"How cool would that show be?" Drew said in <a href="https://www.insider.com/sarah-drew-greys-anatomy-return-japril-endgame-interview-2021-5">May during a roundtable interview that Insider attended</a>, enthused about the idea of a story that focused on "<a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-reacts-shonda-rhimes-diversity-legacy-tv-2021-12">racial justice in the medical field.</a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/jesse-williams-greys-anatomy-japril-spinoff-possibility-tribeca-interview-2021-6">Williams also expressed excitement about the idea</a> to Insider's Caralynn Lippo on the red carpet at Tribeca Festival's closing night in June.</p><p>"It's a really interesting premise. We would kill it," he said, adding, "I won't say it's not a possibility. I sure as hell won't say that."</p>

Ellen Pompeo supports fans who want Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew to star in a 'Grey's Anatomy' spinoff: 'I get It. I'd watch it.'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> told Insider she invited <keyword id="12361720" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="scott-speedman" source="Orion">Scott Speedman</keyword> on "Grey's" to "send the female fans wild."</li><li>Speedman told Insider the "Hollywood heartthrob" label used to bother him, "but not anymore."</li></ul><p>Sparks are flying between <keyword id="12217092" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="meredith-grey" source="Orion">Meredith Grey</keyword> (Ellen Pompeo) and Nick Marsh (Scott Speedman) on "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>" this season.</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">Pompeo told Insider</a> during an interview to promote <a href="https://betrremedies.com/">her company, Betr Remedies, in November 2021</a> that she invited her real-life friend Speedman back to play her love interest because she knew he would send sparks flying in fans' hearts, too.</p><p>Pompeo, who has been playing Meredith for <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-watched-a-handful-of-episodes-2022-2">18 seasons and counting</a> and is also a co-executive producer on the show, said that she was struggling to find a way to top all of the <a href="https://www.insider.com/patrick-dempsey-cried-while-filming-last-greys-anatomy-cameo-2021-4">returning guest stars on season 17</a> when an idea came to her. </p><p>Inviting Speedman back to reprise his role as Nick was "the only thing I could think of that would really send the female fans wild and really be super fun," Pompeo said.</p><p>Speedman had only appeared on one episode of "Grey's" in season 14 prior to becoming a series regular on the current season, but it was a memorable guest spot for fans who instantly noticed the chemistry between Pompeo and Speedman.</p><p>Speaking with Insider in a separate interview on Wednesday, Speedman chuckled when he heard Pompeo's logic for asking him back. He said that when he was younger, he viewed the "Hollywood heartthrob" label as "a bit of a hindrance," but "not anymore."</p><div type="image" title="Scott Speedman on &quot;Grey's Anatomy.&quot;" height="2004" width="2672" msid="89836904" hostid="261"></div><p>"As you get older, you don't take it as seriously, and you just sort of more have fun with it and know that it's part of the job and it comes with the territory," Speedman said. "You can kind of just forget about it and do your job and have fun."</p><p>As for that heat we feel between the two actors? They feel it, too. </p><p>"I can tell when I really have <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-spinoff-ellen-pompeo-sarah-drew-jesse-williams-2021-12">electricity with someone.</a> It's quite obvious to me," Pompeo told Insider in November. </p><p>Speedman echoed that on Wednesday: "Chemistry is a real thing. Sometimes it's because you trust each other and you understand the other person's a good actor and you sort of have a bond outside of the work."</p><p>Asked to describe the feeling on-set in <a href="https://www.insider.com/jesse-williams-sarah-drew-greys-anatomy-wedding-interruption-japril-2021-12">particularly charged moments</a> between Nick and Meredith, he compared it to "an athlete getting into his own groove, playing a sport."</p><p>"You just sort of get out of your head and can drop into the words a little easier and not being self-conscious," he continued, noting that it's an "easy" thing to do with Pompeo because she knows the character of Meredith "so well." </p><div type="image" title="Scott Speedman on &quot;Grey's Anatomy&quot;" height="1080" width="1440" msid="89836905" hostid="261"></div><p>So, what does Nick bring into Meredith's life that she hasn't been able to find since her husband, Derek Shepherd, died on season 11 of "Grey's Anatomy"?</p><p>Speedman said Nick "allows her" an escape from the grind of her life in Washington. "And, I think for the first time in a while, she feels like she can trust somebody who's her equal match," he said. </p><p>As for what's to come throughout the rest of season 18 for the new couple, Speedman said, "I can't give you any spoilers because I don't have any," but teased that distance might begin to put a strain on the new relationship because Nick is based in Minnesota and Meredith will not move her kids away from Seattle. </p><p>"I think both of them have to take a look in the mirror and think about what they want and where they're going to be together or not," he said. "So I think that'll play into the last part of the season."</p><p>"Grey's Anatomy" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on <keyword id="11896774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="abc" source="Orion">ABC</keyword>. </p>

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