Ellen Pompeo Hasn’t Spoken to Patrick Dempsey Since He Left ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Ellen Pompeo spoke to Jada Pinkett-Smith on Facebook Watch’s Red Table Talk, where she let fans know that she hasn’t spoken to Patrick Dempsey since he left Grey’s Anatomy in 2015.
But, she states, “He’s a wonderful actor and we’ve made the best TV you can make together. That’s a talented man right there. And he did 11 amazing years.”
Ellen has starred in the show since it premiered in 2005. She went on to explain that it’s not unusual for actors to take a little time for themselves after leaving the program in order to “figure out who you are without the show.”
“Typically when people leave the show they need to refind themselves,” she explained, adding that “the show takes up so much of your life… So we have not spoken but I will always have a place in my heart for Patrick.”