Ellen Pompeo said goodbye to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital on Thursday, February 24, 2023.
The star played Meredith Grey on Grey’s Anatomy and had been with the show since it aired in 2005.
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Why is Ellen Pompeo leaving Grey’s Anatomy?
Ellen Pompeo’s character, Meredith Grey, was officially written out of the cast halfway through season 19.
While many fans were upset to see her leave, Pompeo isn’t saying goodbye forever.
She will remain on board as an executive producer and is contracted to complete the season in voiceovers as the show’s narrator.
Pompeo spoke with Drew Barrymore in a December episode of The Drew Barrymore Show about her decision to leave the show.
She said: “I feel super happy, but listen, the show has been incredible to me and I’ve loved a lot of the experience.”
“Listen, it’s just, I gotta mix it up a little bit.”
The show’s leading lady of 19 seasons followed up by pointing out that most people only have their kids in their houses for the first 18 years.
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She compared herself to a kid and her leaving the show to “going away to college.”
How does Meredith Grey leave the show?
Pompeo’s character Dr. Meredith Grey leaves the show when she accepts a job in Boston, Massachusetts.
This puts her on the opposite coast of Grey Sloan, which is in Seattle, Washington.
While many fans speculated that Grey could have been killed off (she just came out of a coronavirus-induced coma), that wouldn’t have left room for Grey to pop up in future episodes if Pompeo and Shonda Rhimes, the show’s creator, agreed to it.
It is also believed that Pompeo will show up in at least one more episode of season 19, as she was slated for eight episodes, and the show’s winter premiere on February 23 marked her seventh.
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What is Ellen Pompeo doing next?
Pompeo told Barrymore: “I have a lot that I’m doing.”
“I have three kids and so I take care of them, and it’s really important for me to be around for them and be more present for them.”
“I’m gonna do a limited series for Hulu in the spring, which is a very cool, kind of crazy true story.”
The series Pompeo is signed on for with Hulu is reportedly about adoptions.
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