Ellen Pompeo’s Husband’s Reaction to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Sex Scenes

Awkward. Most Grey’s Anatomy followers love a steamy scene, however Chris Ivery has a unique perspective. Ellen Pompeo revealed that her husband doesn’t love seeing his spouse make out with the recent docs at Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital.

“Poor man had no concept what he was moving into,” Pompeo, 51, mentioned on the “Ladies First With Laura Brown” podcast on July 27.

The actress, who has performed Meredith Gray for 17 seasons, met her future husband about six months earlier than filming the pilot of Gray’s Anatomy. Although they’d grown up in the identical space of Massachusetts, the document producer, 54, and actress crossed paths in a Los Angeles Complete Meals. As soon as the hit present began airing, Ivery needed to watch his spouse steam up the small display screen with the likes of Patrick Dempsey and Chris O’Donnell.

“I keep in mind at first it was actually exhausting for him,” the chief producer recalled. “He was like, ‘This isn’t what I signed up for. You’re kissing a man — You go to work and make out with that. I like Patrick and every little thing, he’s an excellent dude, however like actually?’”

Pompeo defined the paparazzi consideration additionally regarding her husband. Pre-social media, she mentioned about 30 or 40 photographers could be ready outdoors her home.

“It was so much for him at first. He was actually a trooper, I’ve to say,” the Boston native commented. “He’s my favourite individual.”

Ivery caught it out although. The couple married in 2007 and share three youngsters, Stella, 11, Sienna, 6, and Eli, 4.

Regardless of her husband’s dislike of steamy scenes, Pompeo has remained on Grey’s Anatomy as a result of it’s good for her household to have a dependable schedule (to not point out the $20 million yearly salary).

“I made decisions to remain on the present. For me, personally, a wholesome dwelling life was extra essential than profession,” the mom of three mentioned on the “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered” podcast in August 2020. “I didn’t develop up with a very completely happy childhood. So to have a contented dwelling life was actually one thing I wanted to finish to shut the outlet in my coronary heart.”

She continued, “And so I decided to generate income, and never chase artistic performing roles.”

Because the ABC drama heads into its 18th season, Pompeo has brazenly expressed how troublesome it may be to maintain Gray’s Anatomy attention-grabbing.

When a fan negatively reviewed the most recent season through social media, the main woman had no bother swallowing the criticism.

“All good! Seventeen seasons we can’t please everyone all the time,” she wrote through Twitter in June. “It’s positively not straightforward preserving it going and preserving it nice… I get it… thanks for checking it out anyway… and thanks in your suggestions it issues …sending you’re keen on.”

Gray’s Anatomy season 18 is predicted to return to ABC this fall.

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