“He was really a trooper, I have to say,” Pompeo said of her husband.
Just not Pompeo’s then-boyfriend-turned-husband, Chris Ivery.
“We met in 2002 …
Chris Ivery and Ellen Pompeo.Allen Berezovsky/Getty
It was about six months before I did the pilot toGrey’s Anatomy.
“I remember in the beginning it was really hard for him,” Pompeo continued.
“He was like, ‘Wha–?
Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Karen Neal/Walt Disney Television via Getty
This is not what I signed up for.
You actresses are nuts.
Like I’m supposed to put up with this?”
“‘And then there’s all these guys hanging outside the house with cameras?'”
“It was a lot for him at first.
He was really a trooper, I have to say.”
Pompeo shared the reveal with Brown after the host asked her who her favorite person was.
She obviously picked Ivery.
“I have the best relationship with pretty much all of the original cast.
“I just love them.
Unfortunately, though, the Meredith doll didn’t stay camera-ready.
‘This wig is not going to do!
you’re gonna wanna get my hair people.’
