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Grey's Anatomy stars haven't spoken since Patrick Dempsey left

Photo credit: ABC
Photo credit: ABC

From Digital Spy

For more than a decade, Grey's Anatomy fans were invested in Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd's relationship.

But while actors Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey had huge chemistry on screen, you may be a little disappointed to know that they've not kept in touch since Dempsey departed in 2015.

Speaking on Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, Pompeo reserved high praise for her former co-star.

Photo credit: ABC Studios
Photo credit: ABC Studios

"We haven't spoken since he's left the show," she said.

"I have no hard feelings towards him. He's a wonderful actor, and we made the best TV you can make together. That's a talented man right there. He did 11 amazing years.

"Typically, when people leave the show, they need to sort of re-find themselves, who they are without the show, because the show takes up so much of your life. You need that time to figure out who you are without the show.

"So, we have not spoken, but I will always have a place in my heart for Patrick."

Derek was killed off in 2015 as he was involved in a car accident.

In 2016, Dempsey said that he felt he stayed on the hit medical drama for too long.

"It was time for me to move on with other things and other interests," he said. "I probably should have moved on a couple of years earlier. I stayed a bit longer than I should have."

Grey's Anatomy airs on ABC in the US and on Sky Living and NOW TV in the UK.


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