What seemed like an assuming snack led Ellen Pompeo to getting screened by travel officials. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star told Travel + Leisure last month that she was searched while boarding a ...

A bag of sunflower seeds. “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,” Pompeo said.

Ellen Pompeo says she faced a sunflower seed-related security snafu at the airport, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) brought in a bomb squad to inspect her snack food.

Ellen Pompeo says she faced a sunflower seed-related security snafu at the airport, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) brought in a bomb squad to inspect her snack food.

Ellen Pompeo says she faced a sunflower seed-related security snafu at the airport, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) brought in a bomb squad to inspect her snack food.

The Grey’s Anatomy star set off alarms while going through airport security in March because of something she had purchased from the trendy, upscale Los Angeles grocery store, Erewhon. “I had ...

“I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon,” Pompeo told the outlet. “They literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in.” Pompeo, 55 ...

Ellen Pompeo was detained by the TSA and "bomb squad" over a "bag of sunflower seeds." The Grey's Anatomy actress has revealed an awkward moment at the airport recently when she set off the alarms ...

Ellen Pompeo revealed the unsuspecting item that got her detained by TSA in a new interview. Speaking with Travel + Leisure, the Grey's Anatomy star shared her must-haves for flying, including the ...

Martha Stewart is joined by Ellen Pompeo and Snoop Dogg at the grand opening of The Bedford by Martha Stewart. Pompeo was recently detained for expensive Erewhon pumpkin seeds (Denise Truscello ...