‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Ellen Pompeo Reveals ‘Uncomfortable’ Sex Scene That Made Her Cry, Details Fight for Equal Pay: ‘I Am the Disney Princess of That Franchise’

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Emily Longeretta While Ellen Pompeo views her former “Grey’s Anatomy” costar T.R. Knight as one of her closest friends, their love scene during Season 2 was one of her least favorite memories on set. “TR and I are such good friends and we had to do a love scene and we were both crying,” Pompeo said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, recounting the love scene between Meredeth and Geroge O’Malley in Season 2. “The scene was so uncomfortable and awkward.

He didn’t want to do that, I didn’t want to do it. When we filmed it, it was so bad. And then the network said there was too much thrusting.” She continued, “In your worst nightmare to have to do it one time, we had to reshoot that shit… I’ve never watched that scene.

I’ve never seen it. I don’t know how it was shot or covered or how it was edited but I’m full-on in tears the whole entire scene and those are real tears.

There was a lot of stuff that I didn’t want to do at the time.” During the episode, Pompeo also talked about her decision to step away from the show; while she is still a supporting character and a producer on the ABC drama, she’s turned her attention to her new drama, “Good American Family,” which debuts on Hulu on Wednesday. “I didn’t know what I was going to do.