Ellen Pompeo revealed that she was detained by the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) for bringing a fancy snack on board.

The Grey’s Anatomy star said the agency called the bomb squad after they detected the healthy food in her carry-on bag in March.

“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 on Thursday (May 29).

“They literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in.”

Ellen Pompeo almost missed a flight after being detained by the TSA and the airport bomb squad

Ellen explained that it wasn’t the actual contents of the package that triggered the TSA alarms.

“I was like, what is happening? Is this a j

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