Ellen Pompeo is opening up about the heartbreaking exits of her Greys Anatomy co-stars Sandra Oh and Patrick Dempsey. In a recent chat with Dax Shepard, the actress revealed that Sandras death in the show hit her harder than Dempseys.

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Greys Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo looked back on how both Sandra Oh and Patrick Dempseys exits from the show affected her. The 51-year-old star chatted with Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert podcast, revealing that Sandras exit weighed on her more than Patricks exit did. Ellen admitted that she had a fear about Sandra leaving and wondered if there even was a show without Sandra? She added that if she had left along with Sandra, she worried about being typecast.

Ellen went on, saying, Sandra is a different kind of actor. You never doubt whether Sandra Oh is gonna work again, right? Shell work forever, right? But for me, I had to think, Am I gonna work again? Or am I going to be so typecast?

However, with Patricks exit, Ellen was determined to stay and prove that she could carry the show without the man. I couldve left because the man left, which is not a story that I want to tell. Like, Hes not here anymore, so I have to go. So that story then becomes, What can I do without the man? Because they had put that in my head for so long that I was no good without him, she says.

Ellen added that she stayed and one of the reasons was that she wanted [to] prove to [herself] that they were wrong in all of the things they put into [her] head over all of those years.

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Ellen Pompeo REVEALS that Sandra Ohs exit from Greys Anatomy hit her harder than Patrick Dempseys - PINKVILLA