Grey's Anatomy Star Ellen Pompeo joins #selfies posters on Instagram. This Meredith Grey star is enjoying a lull as her almost decade-old series is on hiatus. She also likes re-tweeting sentiments posted to Twitter, especially the funny ones. Time for fans to wit up and tweet. Your status might be the next on Ellen's feed. Now what did Ellen say about hating medical shows?

Grey’s Anatomy Star Ellen Pompeo Says She ‘Hated Medical Shows;’ Joins #Selfies Posters on Instagram (PHOTO: Ellen Pompeo via Instagram)

Ellen Pompeo may be the center of the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital universe as Meredith Grey. But that extends only within the limits of ABC's hit drama series, "Grey's Anatomy." In real life, however, Ellen is just another mom trying to be good for her kid. On Twitter, her bio simply reads, "Professional assistant to Stella Luna Ivery." That's pretty grounded, huh.

Ellen makes sure she connects to fans and stays relatable outside Meredith Grey's scrubs. She did just that with a #selfies post on Instagram over the weekend. Her photos help series fans tide themselves over as Grey's Anatomy Season 10 won't air until September.

#selfiesunday instagram.com/p/aEpvaREAc2/

— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) June 2, 2013

Fans are obviously important to Ellen. When she's amused by certain Grey-related tweets, she doesn't mind re-tweeting and even tagging Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. Here's an example: "I wanna see the episode where a patient comes in with a wound from a golf ball from the doctors on the roof," Twitter user @cassseyy posted, drawing Ellen's attention and RT.

My mom just had to remind me Meredith Grey wasn't a real person... @ellenpompeo — Emily McMahon (@emilymcmahon_) May 23, 2013

What awaits Meredith Grey on Grey's Anatomy Season 10? A lot of things are in store for the new mom. Those who have seen the GA9 finale know she's named her baby after Bailey. On the dark side of the updates, her father figure, Richard Webber, may or may not have died from electrocution.

In an interview with Parade.com, Ellen was quoted as saying she "hated medical shows." Apparently, she was asked to name her favorite medical dramas. Here's what she said:

"To be honest, I hated medical shows. They make me super anxious. I don't particularly like medical shows at all. I never have. The show that was really big at the time for my generation - before I started Grey's - was ER. That was on forever, but I've never seen one episode!"

What do MerDer fans make of that statement?

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