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Ellen Pompeo Hilariously Explains Why She Won't Let Her Daughter Watch 'Grey's Anatomy' Yet
“My 15-year-old has seen it. And now my 10-year-old wants to see it, which—she’s not ready—but a lot of kids in her class have seen it.”
“No judgment on other parents, but I don’t want my daughter to see me in my underwear on television just yet, but all her classmates have, so!" she said, eliciting laughter from the studio audience.
Pompeo added:
“That makes for great conversation at pickup.”
You can watch a clip here.
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Grey's Anatomy is currently the longest-running scripted primetime show airing on ABC.
It's also ranked number 10 as most popular in-demand television on streaming platforms, where new generations of fans are discovering the show along with diehards revisiting the series with repeat viewings.
Fans shared their love for the series in response to Pompeo's interview with Kimmel.
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Kimmel started off the segment by acknowledging the show's recent major milestone.
"I couldn't believe this when I heard that 'Grey's Anatomy premiered 20 years ago this month, in March 2005," he apprised the audience.
The cheery response was evidence of the many fans in the audience.
Pompeo joked that she's been told that the show hit the 20th year every year, saying, "I feel like it's been 20 years for the past four years."
Grey's Anatomy, a wordplay on the title of the human anatomy textbook and the series lead character Meredith Grey—played by Pompeo—premiered on ABC on March 27, 2005.
The series from showrunner Shonda Rhimes centers on the surgical lives of interns, residents, and attendings at the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle.
The first season in particular catapulted the careers of Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, and Patrick Dempsey.
Pompeo stepped down from the show for its 19th season but has continued making periodic appearances, citing "financial security" as an incentive for sticking around.
“It’s been really lucrative, and I think financial security is not something that every actress is afforded,” she said, adding, “So I’m very grateful for that.”
The series is currently in its 21st season.
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Harvey Fierstein Speaks Out After His Shows Are 'Banned' From Trump's Kennedy Center
Last month, the uncultured U.S. President became chairman of the Kennedy Center and fired all its board members whom former Democratic President Joe Biden appointed despite the theater palace's history of bipartisan membership.
Trump now has full power to police artistic changes at the formerly esteemed premier performing arts institution.
Here is a clip of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at a press briefing of Trump's takeover of the Kenney Center, "where he hopes to restore arts and culture that embrace American tradition—don't disparage it, as we have unfortunately seen over the last several years."
On Monday, Fierstein wrote, "I have been banned from THE KENNEDY CENTER."
When concerned members from the theater-loving community reached out to ask Fierstein how he felt about Trump's "takeover" of the Kennedy Center, he replied, "How do you think I feel?"
Fierstein, who became the first openly gay actor to win a Tony for playing a gay character in Torch Song Trilogy in 1983, continued to list the shows he's written with LGBTQ+ themes that would no longer be welcome at the Kennedy Center.
"The shows I've written are now banned from being performed in our premiere American theater. Those shows, most of which have been performed there in the past, include, KINKY BOOTS, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, TORCH SONG TRILOGY, HAIRSPRAY, SAFE SEX, CASA VALENTINA, SPOOKHOUSE, A CATERED AFFAIR, THE SISSY DUCKLING, BELLA BELLA and more."
He continued:
"I have been in the struggle for our civil rights for more than 50 years only to watch them snatched away by a man who actually couldn't care less."
"He does this stuff only to placate the religious right so they'll look the other way as he savages our political system for his own glorification."
Fierstein noted that Trump "attacks" free speech, the free press, and the nation's global allies, and that the President's only "allegiance is to himself—the golden calf."
The post concluded with an official response to being asked how he really felt about the situation.
"My fellow Americans I warn you - this is NOT how it begins," he wrote, adding, "This is how freedom ENDS!"
"Trump may have declared 'woke' as dead in America. We must prove him wrong. WAKE THE HELL UP!!!!!"
Social media users joined him in his vexation.
LGBTQ+ community members, allies, and theatergoers answered the call to speak out.
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Trump loyalist Richard Grenell, appointed by Trump as President of the Kennedy Center as well as the first openly gay U.S. Cabinet official, refuted Fierstein's claim, calling it a "total lie."
"Whoever told you this (because you obviously didn’t do your own research) should be fired from your team for purposefully making you look foolish. I, too, have been in the fight for equality for decades," Grenell wrote Thursday morning on X (formerly Twitter).
"You aren’t banned. In fact, come do Hairspray or La Cage here at the Kennedy Center. This is your personal invite."
"Let’s meet. If, however, you can handle diverse opinions and want to be inclusive of everyone, that is," added Grenell.
Fierstein has not yet responded to Grenell's remarks.
Grenell recently lashed out at Lin-Manuel Miranda after Hamilton producer Jeff Seller pulled a run of its Tony-winning musical from the venue due to its new conservative leadership.
Following the announcement of Hamilton's cancellation, Grenell accused Miranda of being "intolerant of people who don't agree with him politically."
Prominent artists like Issa Rae immediately canceled scheduled appearances, and singer/songwriter Ben Folds and American soprano Renee Fleming withdrew as advisers after Trump's appointees to the governing body of the Kennedy Center unanimously elected him as chairman.
On March 6, 2025, the Kennedy Center released a list of 20 canceled or postponed performances since Trump's takeover, citing financial reasons like low ticket sales or "artist availability."
Meteorologist Goes Viral After Donning Iconic 'Clueless' Outfit For Weather Report
Clueless, the 1995 film based loosely on the classic novel Emma by Jane Austen, has turned into a classic of the teen romance genre. The movie is beloved by people across generations, including weather reporter Laura Tobin.
Tobin celebrated the film's new adaptation to London's West End theaters by dressing at Silverstone's character in the iconic yellow and black plaid skirt suit.
She also then worked in as many quotes from the movie as she could into one short weather report.
"So, I know lots of you were totally bugging since we lost the warmth and the sunshine of last weekend, but today is sunshine and showers."
"Now, today some of you said that you got wet yesterday, because you didn’t know it was gonna shower. Like, whatever. I totally told everybody yesterday."
She used some of the film's more iconic turns of phrase in describing the upcoming messy weather.
"Today's weather is like a full on Monet. It's just like a painting. See, from far away, it’s OK, but from up close, ooh, it’s just a big old mess."
People loved that the segment added joy to their day.
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Folks were impressed with her acting chops.
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It appeared from comments that she regularly brings this ingenuity and comedy to the morning weather.
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Some viewers were left a little...clueless.
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Still, in the loop or no, people were just happy to have this segment in their week.
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We love this interest in the nearly 30-year-old movie classic!
