Ellen Pompeo Explains Why She Hasn’t Exited ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Permanently
Ellen Pompeo is explaining why she hasn’t permanently left Grey’s Anatomy, and still appears on a part-time basis.
If you don’t know, Ellen, who has portrayed the show’s namesake, Meredith Grey, since season 1, stepped away from her full time role during season 19. The show was just renewed for season 22 by ABC, but Ellen will still be taking on part-time duties.
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While speaking with El País, Ellen explained why she hasn’t left permanent, sharing, “That would make no sense, emotionally or financially. The show was streamed more than a billion times in 2024. More than a billion times. The companies that own the show and stream the show make a lot of money from our images and our voices and our faces.”
“If I were to walk away completely, everybody gets to make money from my hard work for 20 years and I wouldn’t make any money. To me, it doesn’t make any sense that everybody [else] gets to profit off of my hard work. And emotionally, the show means a lot to people. I want to have an attitude of gratitude toward the show,” she continued.
And about why she signed on for another series – Good American Family – after exiting Grey’s full time, she explained, “Well, this is a limited series, so I won’t appear as this character again. I was just looking for something that was very different from Meredith Grey, and this offer presented itself.”
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