The actrs also took time to advote for Gay-Straight Allianc schools.
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- ELLEN POMPEO EMOTNALLY REVEALS HOW 'GREY'S ANATOM' Y HELPED A GAY TEENAGER COME OUT TO HIS PARENTS
- WATCH: ELLEN POMPEO GETS EMOTNAL OVER “GREY’S ANATOMY” IMPACT ON GAY FANTHE ACTRS ALSO TOOK TIME TO ADVOTE FOR GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC SCHOOLS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY LAMAR DAWSONOCTOBER 25, 2018/9:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:665PX;WIDTH:1201PX;}THEELLENSHOW/YOUTUBEBY LAMAR DAWSONOCTOBER 25, 2018 / 9:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WATCH: ELLEN POMPEO GETS EMOTNAL OVER “GREY’S ANATOMY” IMPACT ON GAY FAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-25T13:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-25T13:11:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAMAR DAWSON","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREY'S ANATOMY STAR ELLEN POMPEO STOPPED BY THE ELLEN DEGENER SHOW TO ASSURE FANS SHE WILL RETURN FOR SEASON 16. ONE REASON WHY THE ACTRS SAYS SHE'S "GOTTA KEEP DOG" THE H MEDIL DRAMA IS BEE OF THE IMPACT HAS HAD ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POMPEO TEARED UP AS SHE TOLD DEGENER ABOUT A GAY ACTOR WHO ONCE GUT STARRED ON THE SHOW TELLG HER HOW THE SERI HELPED HIM E OUT TO HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE FIRST EPISO I DIRECTED, A TEENAGER WAS THE SHOW AND HE WAS GAY, AND HE PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER," SHE RELLED. "AFTER WE HAD FILMED THE WHOLE ENTIRE EPISO, HE SAID TO ME: 'YOU KNOW, MY WHOLE LIFE, I’VE WATCHED THIS SHOW WH MY PARENTS, AND I’VE SORT OF ED THE SHOW AS A WAY TO TELL MY PARENTS THAT I WAS GAY, AND TO SHOW MY PARENTS THAT 'S OKAY, THAT I’M NOT DIFFERENT, THERE’S NOTHG WRONG WH ME.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POMPEO, WHO WAS RECENTLY HONORED WH A GLSEN RPECT AWARD REGNN OF HER ADVOCY FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY, ALSO TOOK TIME TO ADVOTE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF STUNTS FORMG GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC AT THEIR SCHOOLS TO ENURAGE EQUALY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"GLSEN'S REARCH SHOWS AN CREASE VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ TEENS SCHOOL—AN CREASE OF 65 PERCENT," SHE SAID. "SOMETHG WE N ALL DO IS SET UP GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE CLUBS THE SCHOOLS. THERE IS SOMETHG WE N DO TO HELP THE KIDS THAT THE REARCH SHOWS THIS IS EFFECTIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ELLEN POMPEO DISCS HER UPBRGG, SUPPORT FOR GAYS, LOVE FOR CHRIS IVERY
- IS ELLEN POMPEO GAY?
ELLEN POMPEO EMOTNALLY REVEALS HOW 'GREY'S ANATOM' Y HELPED A GAY TEENAGER COME OUT TO HIS PARENTS
* ellen pompeo gay *
“A teenager was the show, and he was gay, and played a gay character on the show. After we had filmed the whole entire episo he said, ‘My whole life I’ve watched the show wh my parents and I’ve sort of ed the show to tell my parents I’m gay, ’ ” she said, before tearg up. Grey’s really helped my parents to unrstand what havg a gay son meant and that wasn’t necsarily a bad thg.
Last weekend, Pompeo was honored wh a GLSEN Rpect Award om the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network for strivg for genr pary Hollywood. “If you’re not old enough to vote, that is somethg that you n do that will make a real difference and really help kids, ” she told young viewers, while urgg them to get volved wh their gay-straight alliance groups schools.
One reason why the actrs says she's "gotta keep dog" the h medil drama is bee of the impact has had on teared up as she told DeGener about a gay actor who once gut starred on the show tellg her how the seri helped him e out to his fay.
WATCH: ELLEN POMPEO GETS EMOTNAL OVER “GREY’S ANATOMY” IMPACT ON GAY FANTHE ACTRS ALSO TOOK TIME TO ADVOTE FOR GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC SCHOOLS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY LAMAR DAWSONOCTOBER 25, 2018/9:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:665PX;WIDTH:1201PX;}THEELLENSHOW/YOUTUBEBY LAMAR DAWSONOCTOBER 25, 2018 / 9:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WATCH: ELLEN POMPEO GETS EMOTNAL OVER “GREY’S ANATOMY” IMPACT ON GAY FAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-25T13:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-25T13:11:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAMAR DAWSON","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREY'S ANATOMY STAR ELLEN POMPEO STOPPED BY THE ELLEN DEGENER SHOW TO ASSURE FANS SHE WILL RETURN FOR SEASON 16. ONE REASON WHY THE ACTRS SAYS SHE'S "GOTTA KEEP DOG" THE H MEDIL DRAMA IS BEE OF THE IMPACT HAS HAD ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POMPEO TEARED UP AS SHE TOLD DEGENER ABOUT A GAY ACTOR WHO ONCE GUT STARRED ON THE SHOW TELLG HER HOW THE SERI HELPED HIM E OUT TO HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE FIRST EPISO I DIRECTED, A TEENAGER WAS THE SHOW AND HE WAS GAY, AND HE PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER," SHE RELLED. "AFTER WE HAD FILMED THE WHOLE ENTIRE EPISO, HE SAID TO ME: 'YOU KNOW, MY WHOLE LIFE, I’VE WATCHED THIS SHOW WH MY PARENTS, AND I’VE SORT OF ED THE SHOW AS A WAY TO TELL MY PARENTS THAT I WAS GAY, AND TO SHOW MY PARENTS THAT 'S OKAY, THAT I’M NOT DIFFERENT, THERE’S NOTHG WRONG WH ME.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POMPEO, WHO WAS RECENTLY HONORED WH A GLSEN RPECT AWARD REGNN OF HER ADVOCY FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY, ALSO TOOK TIME TO ADVOTE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF STUNTS FORMG GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC AT THEIR SCHOOLS TO ENURAGE EQUALY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"GLSEN'S REARCH SHOWS AN CREASE VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ TEENS SCHOOL—AN CREASE OF 65 PERCENT," SHE SAID. "SOMETHG WE N ALL DO IS SET UP GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE CLUBS THE SCHOOLS. THERE IS SOMETHG WE N DO TO HELP THE KIDS THAT THE REARCH SHOWS THIS IS EFFECTIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
"The first episo I directed, a teenager was the show and he was gay, and he played a gay character, " she relled. "After we had filmed the whole entire episo, he said to me: 'You know, my whole life, I’ve watched this show wh my parents, and I’ve sort of ed the show as a way to tell my parents that I was gay, and to show my parents that 's okay, that I’m not different, there’s nothg wrong wh me. '"Pompeo, who was recently honored wh a GLSEN Rpect Award regnn of her advocy for the LGBTQ muny, also took time to advote for the importance of stunts formg Gay-Straight Allianc at their schools to enurage equaly and acceptance.
"Somethg we n all do is set up Gay-Straight Alliance clubs the schools. The anizatn, which fds mentors for gay and lbian youth, is certaly lucky to have a famo and posive prence like Ellen Pompeo.
The Grey's Anatomy leadg lady sat down wh Us Weekly at the event to talk about why she r about the e, and what she would do if she was the mother of a gay child.
ELLEN POMPEO DISCS HER UPBRGG, SUPPORT FOR GAYS, LOVE FOR CHRIS IVERY
US: Growg up, did you have gay people your life? And when I left Boston at 20 years old, I went to South Beach wh all of my gay iends. Always very close wh the gay muny.
And a lot of those people were iends of my sister, Kathleen (I have three sisters), who had all the gay iends.
I was lerally raised by gay men.
IS ELLEN POMPEO GAY?
And a lot of other people: my grandmother, my nts and uncl, but I spent a great al of time wh a lot of gay men. US: How did affect you to hear the kd of language, that word, that obvly a lot of gay youth hear every sgle day? I don't know what is to be gay.
US: Cher is famo for havg said how, spe havg tons of gay iends and fans, she didn't take so well when Chasty me out of the closet. How would you feel if your child was gay?