Ellen Pompeo's trip to the airport got off to a turbulent start thanks to the TSA confiscating her snack. "I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were ...

Ellen Pompeo was detained by TSA for an hour due to organic sunflower seeds in her carry-on bag. TSA suspected a chemical on the packaging of the sunflower seeds, prompting a bomb squad investigation.

Ellen Pompeo was detained by the TSA and "bomb squad" over a "bag of sunflower seeds." The Grey's Anatomy actress has revealed an awkward moment at the airport recently when she set off the alarms ...

Ellen Pompeo says she was held at airport over Erewhon sunflower seeds: 'They brought the bomb squad in' "They literally held me for an hour," the "Grey's Anatomy" star revealed of a flight she ...

Even Dr. Meredith Grey has to worry about TSA. When going through security for a flight back in March, “Grey’s Anatomy” star Ellen Pompeo set off the alarms for a seemingly innocent snack ...

Ellen Pompeo got an unexpected lesson on what snacks are safe to munch on in flight after a recent security debacle. The Grey’s Anatomy star, 55, was stopped by TSA in March for attempting to board a ...

Ellen Pompeo on March 18, 2025. Getty. Snacks are also a must for Pompeo, though she prefers to bring her own. This seemingly innocuous routine, however, would end up getting her detained ahead of ...

Pompeo shares three children – Stella Luna, 15, Sienna May, 10, and Eli Christopher, 8 – with her husband, music producer Chris Ivery, to whom she’s been married since 2007.

Ellen Pompeo says she faced a sunflower seed-related security snafu at the airport, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) brought in a bomb squad to inspect her snack food. The ...

Ellen Pompeo says she was delayed by TSA for an hour after trying to board a flight with a pricey snack that, triggered a bomb squad investigation. The 'Grey’s Anatomy' star joked about the ...

Taylor Swift hadn’t met Ellen Pompeo before inviting her to appear in the “Bad Blood” music video. She was a longtime fan of the show, though, and wanted Pompeo to be a part of the shoot.