Ellen Pompeo Details Being Detained by the TSA Over Peculiar Item: 'They Brought the Bomb Squad In'
Ellen Pompeo recently had an intense run-in with the TSA.
The 55-year-old actress described an incident she had at an airport in March, where she was detained for an unusual reason.
“I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy. They literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in. And I was like, what is happening? Is this a joke? They said it was most likely a chemical on the packaging of these super expensive, fancy, organic, clean sunflower seeds. My protein on the plane!” she told Travel + Leisure.
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While the Grey’s Anatomy star was eventually dismissed, she was instructed to wait for quite some time until the bomb squad cleared her.
“I almost missed the flight. It was really like no one would ever believe this! I was texting my publicist saying, ‘I might not get on this plane, and you’re never gonna guess why,’” she added.
Around a month later, Ellen ended up getting her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.