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Pompeo dismisses Khashoggi as ‘activist’ whose murder was overblown by media
In “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,” published Tuesday, Pompeo said Khashoggi did not deserve to die and called his killing “outrageous, unacceptable, horrific.” However, he then goes on for several more pages mocking the “disproportionate global uproar” over Khashoggi’s death, arguing that Khashoggi was an “activist,” not a journalist, whose death was “hammered” out of proportion by an overly sympathetic media.
“Just as the media spent years trying to drive a wedge between me and President Trump, they spent the ensuing weeks trying to fracture America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia,” Pompeo wrote. “The progressive Left hates MBS, in spite of the fact that he is leading the greatest cultural reform in the kingdom’s history. He will prove to be one of the most important leaders of his time, a truly historic figure on the world stage.”
Khashoggi was killed Oct. 2, 2018, while visiting Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents that would allow him to marry his fiancee, Hatice Cengiz. Saudi agents dismembered Khashoggi’s body inside the consulate, and his remains have never been found.
In the months that preceded that visit, Khashoggi had been writing columns for The Washington Post that were sharply critical of the crown prince, who effectively rules Saudi Arabia and has carried out a harsh crackdown on rivals and dissidents.
Pompeo, who is reportedly exploring a 2024 presidential run, also pushed the claim in his book that Khashoggi was “cozy with the terrorist-supporting Muslim Brotherhood,” a charge that both Khashoggi’s family — and Khashoggi himself, when he was alive — denied repeatedly.
“Jamal Khashoggi was not a dangerous person in any way possible. To claim otherwise would be ridiculous,” Khashoggi’s family told The Post in 2018.
As The Post reported after Khashoggi’s death, that claim was in fact pushed by the crown prince, who spoke by phone with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-national security adviser John Bolton in the days after Khashoggi’s disappearance. The crown prince told Kushner and Bolton then that Khashoggi was a dangerous Islamist and urged Kushner and Bolton to preserve the U.S.-Saudi alliance.
The CIA concluded in 2018 that Mohammed had ordered Khashoggi’s killing, contradicting Saudi Arabia’s insistence that the crown prince had no advance knowledge of the plot. However, in his book, Pompeo — who previously served as CIA director — seems to give Mohammed the benefit of the doubt over the United States’ own intelligence agencies.
“First, contrary to what has been reported, there is nearly zero intelligence that directly links MBS to ordering the murder,” Pompeo wrote. “Second, I met with many people who had ordered killings. Were it to be proven that MBS had ordered this one, it would have meant only that he was one more ruthless leader in a pretty damn ruthless part of the world.”
In a statement Tuesday, Fred Ryan, publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, said it was “shocking and disappointing” to see Pompeo’s book “so outrageously misrepresent” Khashoggi’s life and work.
“His only offense was exposing corruption and oppression among those in power — work that good journalists around the world do every day,” Ryan wrote. “Jamal dedicated himself to the values of free speech and a free press and held himself to the highest professional standards. For this devotion, he paid the ultimate price.”
“It is shameful that Pompeo would spread vile falsehoods to dishonor a courageous man’s life and service — and his commitment to principles Americans hold dear — as a ploy to sell books,” Ryan added.
In November, the Biden administration determined that Mohammed, as a “sitting head of government,” was immune from a civil lawsuit filed in the United States by Khashoggi’s fiancee and a human rights organization he founded.
In a letter accompanying the submission, State Department acting legal adviser Richard C. Visek said the decision was a legal one and that the department “takes no view on the merits of the present suit and reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi.”
Karen DeYoung, Missy Ryan, John Hudson, Souad Mekhennet and Carol D. Leonnig contributed to this report.
Nikki Haley accuses Pompeo of ‘lies and gossip to sell book’ after vice-president plot claim | Books
Nikki Haley said the former secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s claim that she plotted to replace Mike Pence as Donald Trump’s vice-president was “lies and gossip to sell a book”.
The former United Nations ambassador spoke to Fox News on Thursday evening, after the Guardian obtained a copy of Pompeo’s forthcoming memoir, Never Give An Inch, and reported his comments about Haley.
Haley resigned from the Trump administration in October 2018. Before that, Pompeo says, she set up a personal meeting with Trump in the Oval Office without checking with him.
Pompeo writes that John Kelly, then Trump’s chief of staff, thought Haley had in fact been accompanied by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner as they presented “a possible ‘Haley for vice-president’ option”.
Pompeo also writes unfavourably of Haley’s performance as UN ambassador and criticises her resignation.
Speaking to Fox News, Haley said: “I don’t know why he said it, but that’s exactly why I stayed out of DC as much as possible, to get away from the drama.”
She also pointed out that Pompeo says in his book he does not know if the story is true.
Haley and Pompeo are among possible contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, a contest in which Trump remains the only confirmed candidate.
But Haley seems set to run.
She told Fox News: “We are still working through things and we’ll figure it out. I’ve never lost a race. I said that then I still say that now. I’m not going to lose now.”
Haley turns 51 on Friday. In a remark seemingly directed at Joe Biden, who is 80, but also Donald Trump, who is 76, she said: “I don’t think you need to be 80 years old to go be a leader in DC. I think we need a young generation to come in, step up and really start fixing things. Can I be that leader? Yes, I think I can be that leader.”
The former South Carolina governor has attracted support from Kushner’s family. She told Fox News Kushner and his wife were her friends, though she expected they would support Ivanka’s father.
She said: “May the best woman win.”
Pence, the senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley and even the former national security adviser John Bolton are among other possible candidates for the Republican nomination. But two men, Trump and the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, dominate polling so far.
On Thursday, Ben Rhodes, a former foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, wrote: “Pompeo and Haley poised for a real battle to see who can crack 1% in a Republican primary.”
Pompeo’s description of Haley’s supposed meeting with Trump chimed with reports that in 2019 prompted Trump to deny considering replacing Pence as vice-president.
On Thursday, Maggie Haberman, the New York Times reporter and author of the bestselling book Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, noted that Kushner and Ivanka Trump “insisted to disbelieving colleagues and Pence allies that they had no role in the Haley/VP rumors”.
Mike Pompeo slams Chinese President Xi Jinping over COVID spread
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday as he warned COVID could rapidly spread across the globe after China dropped its strict virus measures.
The former Trump official told radio host John Catsimatidis Sunday morning that Xi will “infect millions more” because Chinese residents – who are facing yet another surge in infections – are now free to travel.
He even recalled frightening scenes from Italy in 2020 — before vaccines were developed — where hospitals were overloaded with people seeking medical help due to the disease.
“You remember those pictures from Milan when the hospitals were full, and the morgues were full. We are about to do the same thing again … It sounds like we might have as many as a million – a million, John – a million Chinese people infected,” Pompeo said on the “Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM.
“Fifty percent of their population traveling. There is no reason we should allow the Chinese to do this again, to send Chinese-infected persons around the world knowingly infecting people all across the globe.”
The Chinese government recently lifted its strict COVID policies and are now racing to catch new mutant virus strains that have led to rapidly spreading cases. The country is likely facing 1 million cases daily, according to one analysis, a Dec. 22 Bloomberg report said.
About half the passengers on two flights from China to Milan days ago tested positive for COVID.
The US will start requiring travelers from China to show proof of a negative COVID test before they board a flight beginning Jan. 5.
Pompeo urged world leaders, including the US, to stop Xi from allowing Chinese citizens potentially infect others across the globe.
“Xi got away with this once. I regret that he wasn’t held accountable,” Pompeo said. “He hasn’t been held accountable. We should still do that for the 6 million people who died between the spring of 2020 and today. But he’s doing it again.
“Just as in the spring of 2020 [when] he sent people around the world who he knew were infected, he’s doing the same darn thing again. He’s going to infect millions more. We shouldn’t let that happen.”
Pompeo during his radio interview with Catsimatidis slammed another world leader – Russian President Vladimir Putin as the war in Ukraine is less than two months away from a full year of fighting.
Pompeo doesn’t believe either side is close to striking a deal for peace and eviscerated Putin for the way he’s tried to terrorize Ukrainian citizens.
“I don’t think we are anywhere close to a deal at this point … They both think they can fight and negotiate from a better position,” Pompeo, a possible presidential contender in 2024, said. “Why Putin believes that I don’t understand. Every time he says, ‘I’ll be in a better position a month from now,’ he’s been in a worse position.”
He said Putin’s invasion has led to the deaths of almost 100,000 of his own soldiers while only gaining a small amount of land.
“A few days back, he fired another hundred-plus rockets into major cities, trying to terrorize the Ukrainian people … That is evil. That’s sick,” Pompeo said.
“I hope the Ukrainians will continue to be supported by the Europeans [who] will make sure that …we provide them not only with the weapons they need, [but] the energy and the food they need to continue to fight for their own homeland and their own sovereignty.”
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Ellen Pompeo pens goodbye note to fans after 19 seasons: ‘Eternally grateful’
Ellen Pompeo said Thursday she is “eternally grateful and humbled” by the “love and support” from “Grey’s Anatomy” fans in an emotional goodbye note as she prepares to exit the show after 19 seasons.
Pompeo is one of only three original cast members remaining on the drama series about the work and lives of doctors at a hospital in Seattle that premiered in 2005. Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. are the other two.
“I am eternally grateful and humbled by the love and support you have all shown me, Meredith GREY and the show for 19 seasons!” Pompeo posted on Instagram along with a photo of her casually dressed in front of a neon sign that says, “All you need is Love.”
She continued, “Through it all….none of it …would have been possible without the best fans in the world. You all are RIDERS and you all have made the ride so fun and ICONIC!!”
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Ellen Pompeo said in a note to “Grey’s Anatomy” fans that she is “eternally grateful” for their “love and support.”
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She also assured fans she wouldn’t be a stranger at Grey Sloan Memorial.
“I love you madly and appreciate you right back,” she added. “This isn’t your first time on the rollercoaster… you know the show must go on and I’ll definitely be back to visit. With a lot of love and immense gratitude XoE.”
Pompeo’s last episode will air in February. Her note came a week after the show’s fall finale.
Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) will leave when the show returns in February.
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Through her nearly two decades on the show, Pompeo’s character has been through her share of ups and downs, including going from an intern to Chief of General Surgery at the hospital and marrying fellow doctor Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) only to have him die in a car crash in the 11th season.
The actress also thanked “Queen” Shonda Rhimes after the show’s creator posted her own note on Pompeo’s exit.
Ellen Pompeo is one of only three original cast members still on the show.
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“What a wild ride these past 19 seasons have been,” Rhimes, who left the show in 2017, wrote on her Instagram. “None of it could have been possible without the incomparable @ellenpompeo, the one and only Meredith Grey. This isn’t a goodbye, it’s a see ya later! Can’t wait to see what’s in store for Ellen, Meredith and Grey Sloan Memorial. #greysanatomy.”
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Pompeo’s final official episode will air on Feb. 23.
Ellen Pompeo opens up about Katherine Heigl’s 2009 comments about Grey’s Anatomy
Back in 2009, Katherine Heigl, at perhaps the height of her fame on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, made some then-controversial comments about the show’s grueling working conditions… which Ellen Pompeo has now confirmed.
Pompeo, 52, welcomed another Grey’s Anatomy co-star, Kate Walsh, on her Tell Me podcast, where she addressed the comments for the first time.
The actress, who has played Meredith Grey since the hit series debuted on ABC back in 2005, said Heigl was, ‘100% honest.’
Confirmed: Back in 2009, Katherine Heigl, at perhaps the height of her fame on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, made some then-controversial comments about the show’s grueling working conditions… which Ellen Pompeo has now confirmed
Comments: Pompeo, 52, welcomed another Grey’s Anatomy co-star, Kate Walsh, on her Tell Me podcast, where she addressed the comments for the first time
Heigl was promoting her new movie The Ugly Truth on a July 2009 episode of Late Night with David Letterman, where she added it she just returned to Grey’s and made some controversial comments.
‘Our first day back was Wednesday and it was… I’m gonna keep saying this because I hope it embarrasses them… a 17-hour day, which I think is cruel and mean,’ Heigl said.
The audience didn’t respond to her statement, as she quickly added it was, ‘actually really great to be back because all my friends are there and at this point they’re like family.’
Controversial: Heigl was promoting her new movie The Ugly Truth on a July 2009 episode of Late Night with David Letterman, where she added it she just returned to Grey’s and made some controversial comments
During her latest podcast episode, Pompeo and Walsh reflected on her comments, with Pompeo stating, ‘I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working and she was 100% right.’
Heigl had been branded as ‘difficult’ to work with and is said to have a rather contentious relationship with Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes.
Pompeo admitted that it was a different time when Heigl made those comments, and they would have been received much differently now.
100% right: During her latest podcast episode, Pompeo and Walsh reflected on her comments, with Pompeo stating, ‘I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working and she was 100% right’
‘Had she said that today, she’d be a complete hero. But she’s ahead of her time, made a statement about our crazy hours and of course, let’s slam a woman and call her ungrateful,’ Pompeo said.
She went on, saying that Katherine opening up about the work hours was ‘100% honest’ and was ‘absolutely correct’ about it all.
‘And she was f***ing ballsy for saying it. And she was telling the truth. She wasn’t lying,’ Pompeo said on the podcast.
Hero: ‘Had she said that today, she’d be a complete hero. But she’s ahead of her time, made a statement about our crazy hours and of course, let’s slam a woman and call her ungrateful,’ Pompeo said
Correct: She went on, saying that Katherine opening up about the work hours was ‘100% honest’ and was ‘absolutely correct’ about it all
Heigl played Dr. Izzie Stevens for the first six seasons on Grey’s Anatomy, which made her a household name and propelled her movie career.
She would later return to TV with State of Affairs, Doubt and Suits, while most recently starring on Firefly Lane.
She plays Victoria Woodhull in the upcoming series Woodhull, playing the first woman ever to run for President of the United States in 1872.
Izzie: Heigl played Dr. Izzie Stevens for the first six seasons on Grey’s Anatomy, which made her a household name and propelled her movie career
Coming soon: She plays Victoria Woodhull in the upcoming series Woodhull, playing the first woman ever to run for President of the United States in 1872
Mike Pompeo: US should immediately recognize Taiwan as ‘free and sovereign country’
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The U.S. should immediately “do the right and obvious thing” and recognize Taiwan as a “free and sovereign country,” former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote Thursday night in a series of Twitter messages.
Pompeo’s comments came as he visited Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei – and as war continued to rage in Ukraine late Thursday into Friday, with a fire at a nuclear power plant bringing a potentially frightening new scenario into play, although the fire was later reported to be extinguished.
A possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan has loomed as a possibility in the wake of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, with some foreign-affairs experts arguing U.S. adversaries may be eager to test how willing and able the Biden administration is to respond to acts of aggression.
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But Pompeo warned that Taiwan must not suffer an attack similar to that in Ukraine.
Risk to freedom
“If any of us were mistaken or complacent about the risk to that freedom, I think we need only watch what’s taking place in Europe today to see that this continues to demand deep, concerted, focus[ed] leadership from those of us who cherish freedom,” Pompeo said, according to the Taipei Times.
The world is already watching for whether economic sanctions imposed by the Biden administration and other Western leaders will be enough to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war, now in its ninth day.
“It is my view that the U.S. government should immediately take necessary, and long-overdue, steps to do the right and obvious thing, that is to offer the Republic of China (Taiwan) America’s diplomatic recognition as a free and sovereign country,” wrote Pompeo, 58, a former CIA director and Kansas congressman who is reportedly eyeing the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination.
“This isn’t about Taiwan’s future independence, it’s about recognizing an unmistakable already existent reality,” Pompeo continued. “That reality is, as many of your past & present leaders have made clear, there’s no need for Taiwan to declare independence because it’s already an independent country.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, March 3, 2022. (Mike Pompeo Twitter)
“Its name is the Republic of China (Taiwan). The people and government of the United States should simply recognize this political, diplomatic and sovereignty reality. The Taiwanese people deserve the world’s respect for a free, democratic and sovereign country.”
Deliberate word choice?
In an earlier message that was not part of the thread, Pompeo declared: “It is not provocative to demand freedom.” The comment accompanied photos of Pompeo and wife Susan Pompeo with Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.
Pompeo’s choice of the word “provocative” may have been deliberate. It was the same word that Chinese officials used earlier in the week after a U.S. Navy destroyer passed through the Taiwan Strait last weekend — the second such move by a U.S. military vessel this year.
The destroyer’s journey came just days after China sent nine of its military aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense zone, prompting Taiwan to scramble its air force, the Taiwan Ministry of Defense said.
Pompeo also posted a video in which he praised Taiwan’s leaders as “great, freedom-loving people who understand that the United States and Taiwan have a great relationship [and] it’s important that we keep it.”
China-Russia cabal?
Earlier this week came reports that China was believed to have asked Russia to delay the Ukraine invasion until after the Winter Olympics in Beijing, raising the possibility of broader efforts by China and Russia to confer on their separate military plans.
Susan Pompeo makes a point as former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, and Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu listen during the Pompeos’ visit to Taipei, March 3, 2022. (Mike Pompeo Twitter)
On Wednesday night, Pompeo appeared on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” where he spoke about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He expressed concern that the U.S. military under the Biden administration might become distracted by “woke” concerns such as its use of green energy, rather than its primary mission of keeping America safe.
“I am very worried about ensuring that our military is focused on the things that need to be focused on,” Pompeo told host Laura Ingraham.
He also claimed the U.S. should have prevented the Ukraine invasion “months ago.”
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“We’ve known Vladimir Putin’s intentions for a long time. We saw him building up these forces,” Pompeo said. “
Pompeo’s thread of messages Thursday followed his meeting in Taiwan with Tsai, where the former member of the Trump administration was declared a “close friend of Taiwan” and received its Order of Brilliant Star with Special Grand Cordon for promoting closer ties between Washington and Taipei, the Taipei Times reported.
Pompeo says he is ‘rooting’ for the Biden administration, despite ‘very different worldview’
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Friday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has consulted with him, and while the two have “very different worldview,” they have a “shared desire” to make the United States “strong and great.”
During an interview with Fox News on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Pompeo criticized the Biden administration’s foreign policy approach but said he is only hoping for their success.
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“I am rooting for the Biden administration to be successful — in spite of my critique and my enormous concerns about the policies that they’ve chosen,” Pompeo told Fox News. “I want them to be successful.”
Former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman and former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pompeo told Fox News that “anytime” someone from the Biden administration calls, he is “happy” to speak with them.
“Any time someone from the administration calls and asks, I’m happy to speak to them and give them my views and my thoughts — sometimes a little piece of history, something that I had worked on that they might not have known about — and I did the same thing,” Pompeo explained. “I called on my predecessors, regardless of their party, to inquire about the things that they had worked on and what had worked and what had not.”
Pompeo told Fox News that he has spoken with Blinken and said that the coordination between the Trump administration and the Biden administration is “happening at more junior levels as well.”
“Look, we have very different worldviews and disagreements run deep about how to execute policy,” Pompeo said. “But the shared desire to make our country strong and great is something that I will work on with all.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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When asked to elaborate on the differences between his approach in comparison to Blinken’s, Pompeo pointed to the Trump administration’s Middle East policy and the building of the Abraham Accords — the “historic peace agreement” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that normalized relations and created bilateral agreements regarding investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications, technology, energy, health care, culture, and other areas of mutual benefit.
“They’re trying to cut a deal with Iran — we recognize Israel’s right to have their capital where they want it to,” Pompeo said. “They’re trying to create a consulate back in Jerusalem, those are just, different judgments.”
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But “the most important difference,” Pompeo said, “is that the Trump administration was “fearless about protecting America everywhere in the world.”
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at Jerusalem Post’s annual conference on Oct. 12, 2021 in Jerusalem.
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“We wanted religious freedom to be one of the things that we worked on deeply — they’ve chosen to lead with climate change,” Pompeo said. “Secretary [John] Kerry was the first senior American leader to meet with Xi Jinping. He was the first senior leader to meet with Vladimir Putin.
“When you put climate change at the top of your agenda, when the conversation isn’t about power but about carbon footprint, the world thinks of you in a deeply different way,” Pompeo said. “And I, sadly, think that that change in priorities and a lack of focus on ‘America First’ has driven Vladimir Putin to think that he had this opportunity” in Ukraine.
Ellen Pompeo RETURNS to Grey’s Anatomy for 19TH SEASON… after admitting she stuck to ‘make money’
She famously admitted that she stuck with Grey’s Anatomy to ‘make money’ instead of pursuing a much more diverse and creative career.
And Ellen Pompeo has added even more stability to her life.
The 52-year-old actress has closed a deal to continue as Dr. Meredith Grey for season 19 of Grey’s Anatomy as the series was renewed by ABC according to a Monday report from Deadline.
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She’s back! Ellen Pompeo (seen at The Emmys in September) has closed a deal to continue as Dr. Meredith Grey for season 19 of Grey’s Anatomy as the series was renewed by ABC according to a Monday report from Deadline
Moving on up: Though she has kept the title of doctor on the series, one name will change as she has been upped from co-executive producer to executive producer for the upcoming season
Though she has kept the title of doctor on the series, one name will change as she has been upped from co-executive producer to executive producer for the upcoming season.
They also report that fellow executive producer Krista Vernoff will remain as the showrunner for the highly-successful medical drama.
It is also interesting to note that ABC has also not designated the 19th season as the final one for the show or Pompeo herself as was the case for the Season 18 renewal in May 2021.
Back in August 2020, Pompeo made waves as she admitted the financial security the show has given her has been a major factor for her staying on the show as she said on podcast Jemele Hill Is Unbothered at the time: ‘You know, I made choices to stay on the show.
Keeping it going: It is also interesting to note that ABC has also not designated the 19th season as the final one for the show or Pompeo herself as was the case for the Season 18 renewal in May 2021
Back in August 2020, Pompeo (seen in October) made waves as she admitted the financial security the show has given her has been a major factor for her staying on as she said on podcast Jemele Hill Is Unbothered at the time: ‘You know, I made choices to stay on the show’
‘For me, personally, a healthy home life was more important than career. I didn’t grow up with a particularly happy childhood. So the idea that I have this great husband and these three beautiful children [and] a happy home life was really something I needed to complete, to close the hole in my heart.’
Pompeo is married to 55-year-old musician Chris Ivery and the couple has three children, daughter Stella, 12, daughter Sienna, seven, and son Eli, five.
It was revealed in 2018 that Pompeo had negotiated a salary of $20 million per year, making her one of the highest paid actresses on TV.
She also earns an undisclosed sum for producing the Grey’s spinoff, Station 19.
Raking it in:It was revealed in 2018 that Pompeo had negotiated a salary of $20 million per year, making her one of the highest paid actresses on TV
Pompeo continued, ‘And so I made a decision to make money, and not chase creative acting roles, I don’t like chasing anything ever, and acting to me, in my experience, was a lot of chasing.
‘You’ve got to chase roles, you’ve got to beg for roles, you’ve got to convince people… and although I produce and it’s the same kind of thing, I think I still do it from a place of, I’m never that thirsty because I’m financially set.’
The news comes at an interesting time as last month Pompeo told Insider she has ‘been trying to focus on convincing everybody that [the show] should end.’
Pompeo says she’s often focused on the creative possibilities for the series, whereas others focus on the commercial success.
![Hmm: The news comes at an interesting time as last month Pompeo (seen in October 2018) told Insider she has 'been trying to focus on convincing everybody that [the show] should end'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/10/19/52766309-10387791-image-m-25_1641842833742.jpg)
Hmm: The news comes at an interesting time as last month Pompeo (seen in October 2018) told Insider she has ‘been trying to focus on convincing everybody that [the show] should end’
‘I feel like I’m the super naive one who keeps saying, “But what’s the story going to be, what story are we going to tell?”’ she said. ‘And everyone’s like, “Who cares, Ellen? It makes a gazillion dollars.”‘
The Shonda Rhimes-created show, which is currently in its 18th season, initially hit the air in 2005.
Pompeo previously echoed similar sentiments speaking with Entertainment Weekly in September of 2018, where she said she thought about a ‘change’ in her career.
‘I am really feeling like we have told the majority of the stories we can tell,’ Pompeo said. ‘It’s about time that I mix it up.’
Pompeo plays Dr. Meredith Grey on the ABC medical drama
Pompeo said that she looks to present her three children with ‘examples of other people being active in fighting for things that matter, rather than trying to tell them what to do’
The following month, she appeared on Ellen and said there was ‘no end in sight’ to the hit show and that she wanted to continue because the show was ‘touching lives and making a difference’ with its stories.
The Everett, Massachusetts native was speaking to the outlet about her company Betr Remedies, which works alongside the non-profit organization SIRUM, which focuses on redistributing prescription medications that were not used to communities in need working with charitable pharmacies.
Pompeo told Insider she ‘had no idea how much actual medication goes into landfills’ prior to her work with Betr Remedies, and saw the collaboration ‘as a pretty interesting opportunity to be a part of a startup that was addressing some real issues that we have.’
Pompeo, who shares daughters Stella, 12, and Sienna, seven, and son Eli, four, with husband Chris Ivery, 54, said that she looks to present her children with ‘examples of other people being active in fighting for things that matter, rather than trying to tell them what to do.
‘I like to point out how many good people there are really working hard to try to make significant change in whatever areas they’re passionate about.’