Originally appeared on E! Online

Ellen Pompeo may need to get her blood pressure checked after this recent airport experience.

The "Grey's Anatomy" star revealed that she was recently detained by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) while trying to catch a flight — all because of a salty snack she was bringing on board.

"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," she told Travel + Leisure in an interview published May 29. “They literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in."

And Pompeo couldn't believe that her seeds — purchased from the upscale Los Angeles grocer known for the Hailey Bieber smoothie — prompted such a serious response.

"And I wa

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