Ellen Pompeo Discusses Taylor Swift’s ‘Big Check’ for Charity
During an interview with The Jennifer Hudson Show, actress Ellen Pompeo shared a story about a generous donation from Taylor Swift.
The Grey’s Anatomy actress discussed the volunteer work she and her husband did at the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. After working with her on the “Bad Blood” video, the singer wrote her a check for a major donation.
“At the time, Chris and I we do a lot of volunteering for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles here,” Pompeo stated.
She continued, “They have an amazing program at Children’s where they make music for the babies in the NICU. For the parents who have to go to work all day and can’t be with the kids, they record their voices singing nursery rhymes or telling them stories, and they play it for the babies in the day when the parents can’t be there. The babies respond to it, and it makes their outcomes more positive.”
“I went and did the video,” she shared. “It was the easiest thing, like an hour or two.”
After working on the video, the actress recalled going out on a limb and asking the singer for a donation for the musical program at Children’s Hospital.
“It’s a really nice program, but they need the money to run it,” she stated. “I asked Taylor, ‘Could you write me a big old check for Children’s?’ and she knew me all but 20 minutes and that girl wrote me the biggest check without blinking an eye.”
The pop star is a longtime fan of Pompeo, going as far as naming one of her cats after her iconic character, Meredith Grey. The “You Belong With Me” artist described her love for the medical drama in an older interview recirculating on social media.
“I love Grey’s Anatomy because I think it’s the best example of dry, sarcastic humor I’ve seen mixed with drama, because in life there’s humor and there’s drama,” she mentioned.
Pompeo is currently promoting her latest project, Hulu’s Good American Family, a limited series based on the adoption of Natalia Grace.
Check out her full interview with Jennifer Hudson below.
