Patrick Dempsey Jokes About Ellen Pompeo's Grey’s Anatomy Exit

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Ellen Pompeo's Heartfelt Message to Grey's Anatomy Fans Amid Exit

Patrick Dempsey thinks helium knows the real reason wherefore Ellen Pompeo left Grey's Anatomy.

The actor, who starred successful the ABC aesculapian play for its archetypal 11 seasons, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nov. 17 to gag wherefore Pompeo's character, Meredith Grey, would really depart Grey Sloan, which was her location for the erstwhile 19 seasons.

After Kimmel quipped that Pompeo near because she "got caught stealing Band-Aids from the set," Dempsey had a speedy response.

"Did she really?" helium asked the precocious nighttime host. "Finally, they caught her."

But Dempsey continued the bit, asking Kimmel, "Can you ideate what she would person successful her house, now, from 19 seasons? A afloat infirmary successful the basement!" The 2 yet decided that if they get injured, they'll beryllium calling Pompeo first.

In reality, Pompeo "scaled back" her Grey's Anatomy role in season 19, appearing in just 8 of the season's 20 episodes. Her final appearance is acceptable to beryllium Feb. 23. But the histrion already has her next gig lined up: She'll beryllium starring and enforcement producing successful a Hulu constricted bid based connected the true story of a Midwestern mates who thinks they adopted a young miss with a uncommon signifier of dwarfism—until they recognize she's been hiding thing from them.

During Dempsey's Kimmel appearance, helium reminisced connected his clip on Grey's, revealing that he's met fans of the amusement who've gone connected to go real-life docs.

"I have," helium told the host. "I've met them, who person said it was due to the fact that of the show, they've gone done aesculapian schoolhouse and present they're practicing. That's however agelong the show's been on. And that's the top happening astir the show."