Ellen Pompeo expressed her deep opposition to a storyline in Grey's Anatomy Season 21 where her character, Meredith Grey, discovers that Dr. Evynn Moore lied to keep her wife on the liver transplant list. Pompeo felt that the Meredith she developed would have collaborated to find a way to secure the liver, criticizing the system rather than exposing the lie. Despite this, the storyline was meant to further Meredith's relationship with Dr. Nick Marsh. Ellen emphasized her commitment to maintaining the show's integrity and Shonda Rhimes' legacy, acknowledging the importance of caring deeply for the show's quality. Her outspoken nature stems from her dedication to the show's success, despite her not officially leaving the series yet.

Ellen Pompeo was against a storyline in which her character, Meredith Grey, informs authorities about Dr. Evynn Moore's deception to keep her wife on the liver transplant list, a move she felt was out of character for Meredith.

Pompeo argued that Meredith would have historically been more inclined to find a way to work the system to secure the liver, as she has a history of subverting the system for patients' benefits.

Her emotional reaction to the storyline was tempered by Lena Waithe, who explained that the plot served to advance Meredith's relationship with Dr. Nick Marsh.

Ellen Pompeo's vocal criticism is rooted in her deep care and commitment to maintaining the quality and legacy of Grey's Anatomy, which she sees as part of her responsibility.

Despite her disagreements with certain creative decisions, Pompeo remains dedicated to keeping the show true to its original vision and has not officially exited the series.

Ellen Pompeo is revealing the Grey’s Anatomy story line this season that she was “deeply against.”

The story in question was when her character, Meredith Grey, learns that Dr. Evynn Moore (Lena Waithe) lied to keep her wife on the liver transplant list.

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“I don’t always have a say in the choices the character makes. And writers will initially service a plot before they might stop to think, ‘Would the Meredith Grey that [Ellen] built — would she make that choice?’ I recently had this happen this past season where I was deeply against a choice that Meredith was making,” Ellen told Variety. “My problem with that storyline was the Meredith Grey that I’ve created would have always been like, ‘I’m pissed that you lied, [but] let’s figure out how to game the system together to get you this f-cking liver. F-ck the system. The system is broken.’”

She continued, “Instead, Meredith chooses, for some reason, to be mad and snitch and tell UNOS and tell the board that she lied and that she shouldn’t get the liver — when Meredith has subverted the system for 20 years to do the right thing. She’s done free surgeries, whatever it takes, to actually heal and help people.”

Ellen said she had a bit of an “emotional outburst” about it, and it was actually Lena who helped her see that the story was being told to help along Meredith’s relationship with Dr. Nick Marsh (Scott Speedman).

“I think at the end of the day, Meg [Marinis], who’s the showrunner, Debbie and Shonda all recognize that all of my outspokenness about the creative on the show is all out of a place of caring deeply about the show. I see my job as trying to keep Shonda Rhimes’ legacy as good and solid as we can and the minute you stop caring or phoning it in or getting lazy, we’re not really doing what we’ve been paid to do,” she said.

Ellen previously revealed why she hasn’t officially exited Grey’s yet.