Ellen Pompeo explains why she doesn’t want her 10-year-old daughter watching ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

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appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”While Pompeo was happy to celebrate the show one year after kicking off its historic 20th season, she was clear that it was still too soon for her youngest daughter, Sienna, to tune in.“My 15-year-old [Stella] has seen it, and now my 10-year-old wants to see it,” Pompeo told Jimmy Kimmel. “She’s not ready, but a lot of kids in her class have seen it.”“No judgment on other parents,” the “Good American Family” actress added. “But I don’t want my daughter to see me in my underwear on television just yet.”“But all her classmates have so… That makes for great conversation at pick-up.”Pompeo married Chris Ivery in 2007.

The actress and her music producer husband have two daughters and a son, Eli, 6.The “Grey’s Anatomy” star stepped back from the Shonda Rhimes-created hit during the show’s 19th season.

Her last episode as a series regular premiered in February 2023, per The Hollywood Reporter.Pompeo said she was “super happy” about her decision to step back from “Grey’s” after nearly 20 seasons because it gave her more time to spend with her three kids.“I have three kids and so I take care of them,” she told Drew Barrymore in December 2022, “and it’s really important for me to be around for them and be more present for them.”Pompeo’s exit marked the latest departure of a fan favorite, with some viewers asking if it’s time to pull the plug on the beloved medical drama.“Grey’s Anatomy isn’t the powerhouse it used to be,” Lynette Rice, who wrote the book “How to Save a life: The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy,” exclusively told The Post ahead of the show’s Season 21 premiere in September. “But that doesn’t make it any less valuable to ABC.”“It makes me a little sad that ABC is squeezing every last.