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Ellen Pompeo Reveals Which Grey\u2019s Anatomy Storyline She Was \u201cDeeply Against\u201d<\/p>\n
Ellen Pompeo<\/strong><\/a> may need to get her blood pressure checked after this recent airport experience.<\/p>\n The Grey’s Anatomy<\/em> star revealed that she was recently detained by\u00a0the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) while trying to catch a flight\u2014all because of a salty snack she was bringing on board.<\/span><\/p>\n “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,” she told Travel + Leisure<\/a><\/em> in an interview published May 29. \u201cThey literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in.”<\/p>\n And Pompeo couldn’t believe that her seeds\u2014purchased from the upscale Los Angeles grocer known for the Hailey Bieber<\/strong> smoothie\u2014prompted such a serious response.<\/p>\n “And I was like, what is happening? Is this a joke?” she recalled. “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!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n