Ellen Pompeo On How She Distracts Chris Ivery During Grey's Anatomy
I guess even the best jobs have their drawbacks.
Ellen Pompeo, who's featured on the cover of December's Allure magazine, dishes on how she attempts to keep her fiance, Chris Ivery, from watching her steamy sex scenes on Grey's Anatomy:
"I thought I was being really clever in distracting him right at 9:00 and I asked him if he could help me with the laundry so that he wouldn't see that portion of the show. Then, 20 minutes later, he realized, 'The show's on and we're not watching it.'"
"That's when I said, 'That's okay, we can get to it.' He said, 'Oh well, I have it TiVo'd so we're okay.' I knew [the steamy scene with Patrick Dempsey] was right in the beginning, so I thought, 'If I can just sort of preoccupy him for 15 minutes, I'm good.'"
Funny stuff. Obviously Ellen and Chris have been able to work around the steamy aspect of her occupation. Below are two scans from the article. Click to enlarge (as well as with the cover photo above)!
November 27th, 2006 1:59 PM
Ellen pompeo is super gorgeous and very down to earth! I love her!!! i really think that she deserves a better boyfriend... chris ivery is...i dont khow not for her...
Maria
November 27th, 2006 2:30 PM
When I first read this article at the book store, I didn't know what to think of it. I still feel that she can come off a bit snobby sometimes/kind of full of herself but she seems like a really great person who realizes that she isn't the only one that has gone through things.
I was a little surprise that during the interview, they kept talking about what she was eating and then on top of that she seemed to be constantly defending her weight through out half of the interview. She shouldn't have to because it clear that she is naturally a thin person and people are picking on her about that becaues they know it gets to her and they're just jealous. I think she looks great and healthy.
November 27th, 2006 6:54 PM
I agree about her weight. I was always skinny no matter how much I ate...I hate that she feels she has to gain weight. You can tell she is just thin because of he body chemistry not sick with an eating disorder. I love her and I think she was not trying to say pity me because she knows others have had bad lives too.
Loved the part where she talks about her audition for Greys and how she read with Dempsey and she said she had never seen any of his movies. She also says that there were all these other males reading for the part and they were blown out of the water by McDreamy...loved it.
I wonder what that pilot was that she read for that she didn't get...some kind of CIA show?
November 27th, 2006 7:13 PM
I am not to sure what she is wearing but I am not that crazy about it. She is really skinny but she doesn't look unhealthy she's really pretty. Now what concerns me is she feels the need to keep Chris from seeing her intimate scenes with Patrick. It's part of her job and he should be able to except it. They are only acting plus you know how many people are watching while you tape a scene like that.. She has said before that Patrick, Jill, Chris, and her were all great friends and excepted it as what they do now it's not alright go figure.
November 28th, 2006 11:36 AM
I didn't understand why she says that either about not wanting her boyfriend to see her in some of the steamy scenes with Patrick.(Even though we are talking about McDreamy, ...ha) I know Kathyrn (Izzie) implied that her boyfriend didn't like those scenes either. I'm thinking, ......THAT IS WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING..... IS ACT!! Naturally, Ellen and Patrick are great together and has great chemistry! Ellen has said that in several interviews and articles! I think that Ellen and Patrick are truly great friends on and off screen and I think thats great! I am sooooo glad that they are back together as a couple on GA! Personally, I wish they were a real life couple!
November 29th, 2006 10:38 PM
Who wants to see your girlfriend getting it on with somebody else? Wouldn't top my list of things to do. Even if she were acting.
And, why isn't Chris Ivery okay? Are you implying it's because he's Black? older? an artist? As long as she's happy, why do you care?
December 5th, 2006 11:07 AM
i also agree about her wight. i think she looks very healthy and natural and shes totally beautiful. i just think shes great.
and i really think shes happy with chris ivery. good for her.
December 9th, 2006 11:00 PM
i think ellen's wieght is fine...she shouldnt have to gain weight just because people think shes to skinny
and patrick and ellen are awsome together. if they are anything like they are on the show in real life, they should be a couple (in my opinion) Greys anatomy is kind of getting more medical then romantic...i think they need somthing to happen with merideth and derek...something really good
March 13th, 2007 11:25 PM
i don't think she is like super skinny. she is skinny but i wouldn't jump to conclusions that she's like starving herself. when i hear people say that about her it upsets me because usually when someone sees someone from hollywood & that their "skinny" they think ohh they must starve themselves. i like her & chris together at first i was surprised but she's happy & thats what matters.i just hate that he has an earingx]
March 22nd, 2007 9:37 PM
that guy is to ugly for her!!! she could do WAY better than him
July 28th, 2007 8:28 AM
I think this coupling puts Ellen in league with Brittany and Lyndsay Lohan ...... "Ivery, 38, served 14 months in prison for postal theft and credit card fraud after a 1994 conviction"........ she must have insecurity issues.....
August 11th, 2007 8:53 PM
Hey Oddcouple: Maybe Ellen is simply a woman in love with a man. Why must we always attempt to analzye celebrity love affairs? We don't know these people. Ellen may be an American princess, of sorts, but we simply do not know her.
November 14th, 2007 6:44 PM
Hey, as long as the two of them are happy that's all that matters. I can't believe some of the cruel comments people have left on here. This is their time to CELEBRATE and be happy, they just got married!
November 19th, 2007 8:43 AM
Older? Chris Ivery and Ellen Pompeo are the same age. Both are equally attractive in my opinion. As for his conviction: we can't help who we love....so if she loves him, why would anyone else care?
January 28th, 2008 7:18 PM
I agree. I think she could have done better. He is so not good looking.