Why Ellen Pompeo Couldn’t Continue Watching ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ With 12-Year-Old Daughter Stella

Mum-of-22 Sue Radford has shared an upsetting update regarding her daughter Tillie's health as she confirms she will need more surgery.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter It’s the most wonderful time of the year: “Actors on Actors” season, that is! Season 18 of the beloved Variety series, which celebrates the biggest stars in this year’s Emmys race, reached new heights on social media with over 85 million total views across platforms. This round’s pairings included Jenna Ortega with Elle Fanning, Pedro Pascal with Steven Yeun and a highly-anticipated “Grey’s Anatomy” reunion for Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo. Once again, the series took over TikTok during its two-week run, racking up over 66 million views and gaining over 100,000 new followers on the entertainment trade’s account. Top performing videos on the platform include Ellen Pompeo’s realization that Meredith Grey was the original “pick me girl,” Jeremy Allen White’s curiosity over Jennifer Coolidge’s most iconic “White Lotus” line and Jenna Ortega’s emotional appeal for kindness on social media. 

Dierks Bentley is getting candid about parenting his 14-year-old daughter.The country singer took to TikTok Sunday to share an awkward moment while shopping with his daughter, Evie. Taking a break from CMA Fest over the weekend, Bentley and his daughter took a trip to the mall, where they did some shopping inside Aerie, American Eagle's intimate apparel and lifestyle retailer.«What are these?» Evie asks her dad, as she attempts to grab a hot pink bra hanging on one of the store's many racks.«I believe that's a bra,» the «Gold» singer replies.

Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor had a family outing at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City!On Sunday, the stars were joined on the red carpet for the premiere of with their 21-year-old daughter, Ella. The family coordinated their looks with Stiller wearing a relaxed black suit, and Taylor and Ella wearing black dresses for the occasion. Ella stood in between both of her parents as the trio smiled for the camera. Stiller, 57, and Taylor, 51, are also parents of Quinlin, 17, who did not attend the film's premiere with his family.Taylor stars in the short film, which is described via the film festival's website as a film about «a young alcoholic woman who agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner.

Ellen Pompeo might star in Grey’s Anatomy, but she isn’t quite down for revisiting her earliest seasons on the show in the present.

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are out in full force!On June 11, Heidi Klum shared a stunning selfie featuring three generations of Klum women, including her mother, Erna Klum, and her 19-year-old daughter, . Leni is the eldest of four children Klum shares with her ex-husband Seal, having been by the “Kiss From a Rose” singer when she was five years old. The shared the rare photo of the blondes with three heart emojis in the caption.

just made a rare red-carpet appearance with her 15-year-old daughter, , at the 2023 French Open. On June 10, the 42-year-old founder attended the women's singles final in a striped shirt dress with a key-hole cutout and a pair of white platform sneakers. Honor, meanwhile, dressed more relaxed in a muted yellow summer shorts set with a matching button-up and her own pair of white trainers. Honor is the eldest of between Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren, however, the teenager looked more like one of her mom's Dark Angel clones with their matching middle parts and strong Alba genes. Jessica Alba and Honor Marie Warren attend the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros on June 10, 2023.Jessica Alba attends the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros on June 10, 2023.While seated in the stands, the pair were photographed taking a selfie during the nail-biting match between Karolina Muchova and Iga Swiatek.

Ellen Pompeo thought it would be a lovely idea: introduce  to her 12-year-old daughter, Stella, and bond by re-watching the show that launched her career. But just a few episodes into binging reality set in — she couldn't stomach it.Pompeo shared that tidbit with Katherine Heigl during their one-on-one interview for 's «Actors on Actors» series.

—now her 12-year-old daughter Willow is joining her onstage.On June 7, the mother-daughter duo performed their single “Cover Me in Sunshine” during the first night of Pink's Summer Carnival 2023 Tour, which kicked off in the UK. “So proud of Willz to get up on stage w/ mama ,” proud father and husband Carey Hart wrote on Instagram alongside of the moment.

Grey’s Anatomy almost wasn’t Grey’s Anatomy.

Former “Grey’s Anatomy” co-stars Ellen Pompeo and Katherine Heigl are together again — not in Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, mind you, but in a new joint interview for Variety.

It’s the reunion we’ve all been waiting for!

Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo sat down together for the first time in eight years to talk all things "Grey's Anatomy" and how their lives have evolved since. The hit ABC drama has been airing since 2005, making it the longest-running scripted primetime show for the network. "Grey's Anatomy" was renewed for a 20th season in March.

Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series.The pair’s interview, which went live Tuesday, most notably featured details about Heigl’s sudden departure from the hit drama, which, at the time, gave her a reputation for being “difficult.”“I was so naive,” admitted the “Firefly Lane” actress, who said onlookers often make her “the bad guy.” “I got on my soapbox and I had some things to say, and I felt really passionate about this stuff. I felt really strongly.

Katherine Heigl is speaking out about the controversy surrounding those interviews which led to her being labelled difficult.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Grey had many love interests over 19 seasons of “Grey’s Anatomy,” from Patrick Dempsey’s Derek Shepherd to Scott Speedman’s Nick Marsh, but such constant relationship conflict ultimately became a source of frustration for the actor. During a “Grey’s” reunion interview with Katherine Heigl as part ofVariety’s “Actors on Actors” series, Pompeo lamented over Meredith’s lack of growth in her love life. “When you stay on a show and with a character that long…for me, I really need to make sense of things and I really need to see evolution and growth,” Pompeo said. “And with network television specifically, there has to be some consistency for the audience. The audience wants familiarity. The writers get stuck in the consistency of something, and it’s harder, which I always would argue against and say, ‘We have such an incredible fan base. They’re so loyal. They’ll literally come along with us no matter what we do.’ I think it’s okay for Meredith to stop making bad decisions.”

Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo have officially reunited!

When Ellen Pompeo sees Katherine Heigl before our photo shoot, she offers a greeting worthy of Barbra Streisand. “Hello, gorgeous!” Pompeo exclaims, giving Heigl a hug. And suddenly, it’s like no time has passed since “Grey’s Anatomy” premiered as a midseason replacement in 2005 — after ABC executives considered not airing the show at all — in the time slot after “Desperate Housewives.” Ultimately, these two women somehow not only surpassed the ladies of Wisteria Lane, they redefined pop culture. Throughout this reunion, we seriously take you back to the first days of TV’s longest running primetime medical drama. As “Grey’s Anatomy” became an overnight sensation, Pompeo and Heigl were launched into the stratosphere of fame together, for better and for worse. On the plus side, the Shonda Rhimes-created series revolutionized television, with women and actors of color leading the show. Yet the sudden, sometimes toxic attention — as well as spending those long days and nights on the infamously grueling set during the early years — taught both of them hard-won lessons. “If you cannot stand up for yourself in this industry, very few people will stand up for you,” Heigl says to Pompeo. “So you’d better learn how to, and you’d better be OK with them not liking you for it. ”