In a recent appearance on Call Her Daddy, Ellen Pompeo opened up about her fight for pay parity with co-star Patrick Dempsey during their time on Grey's Anatomy. She acknowledged the different landscape of television at the time, where Dempsey's previous experience gave him a higher salary. Although she recognized his star power, she argued that her role as the titular character deserved equal pay. Over time, she became the highest-paid actress in a drama series after Dempsey's departure, highlighting her eventual recognition in the industry.
"To be completely fair, the television game was so different then. He had done 13 pilots before me. Nothing personal to him, just in general..."
"It’s just, being that I was the namesake of the show, I deserved the same and that was harder to get."
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