'Grey's Anatomy' Star Ellen Pompeo on What's Next for Meredith After McDreamy

The actress opens up about Patrick Dempsey and the show.

ByABC News
April 27, 2015, 1:45 PM

— -- Warning: Spoiler Alert!

"Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo spoke out today about the death of Patrick Dempsey's character on the show last week.

After 11 years playing Pompeo's love interest, Dempsey was written off and the actress gave a little insight into her character's future.

Her character Meredith was married and had kids with Dempsey's McDreamy on the show.

"I have always said what keeps me going in the fans," she wrote on Twitter. "Knowing we move you and inspire you. There are so many people out there who have suffered tremendous loss and tragedy. Husbands and wives of soldiers, victims of senseless violence and parents who have lost children. People who get up each day and do what feels like is the impossible. So it [is] for these people and in the spirit of [resilience] I am honored and excited to tell the story of how Meredith goes on in the face of what feels like the impossible."

She continued, "I hope you will join me on her journey."