{"id":144328,"date":"2025-06-04T04:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T04:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/ellen-pompeo-says-she-was-detained-by-tsa-bomb-squad-over-sunflower-seeds-national\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T04:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T04:40:26","slug":"ellen-pompeo-says-she-was-detained-by-tsa-bomb-squad-over-sunflower-seeds-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/ellen-pompeo-says-she-was-detained-by-tsa-bomb-squad-over-sunflower-seeds-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Pompeo says she was detained by TSA, bomb squad over sunflower seeds &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ellen-pompeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellen Pompeo<\/a> revealed that she was just lately detained by the Transportation Security Administration when she was attempting to catch a flight, all on account of a snack she was bringing on a aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy,\u201d Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/ellen-pompeo-family-travel-airport-security-11743064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">informed Travel + Leisure in an interview<\/a>. \u201cThey literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old actor mentioned she couldn\u2019t consider what was occurring and thought it was a joke at first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said it was most likely a chemical on the packaging of these super expensive, fancy, organic, clean sunflower seeds. My protein on the plane!\u201d she mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo mentioned she requested the TSA brokers whether or not they might simply throw out the sunflower seeds, however they mentioned they wanted her to attend for the bomb squad to evaluate them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI almost missed the flight. It was really like no one would ever believe this! I was texting my publicist saying, \u2018I might not get on this plane, and you\u2019re never gonna guess why,&#8217;\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo additionally admitted that she is a nervous flyer and tries to lie low on flights so followers don\u2019t acknowledge her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople recognize my voice, so I try not to talk,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cI try to use sign language with my kids. The minute I open my mouth, everybody turns.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11090700_683fa8a32a4ae\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11090700\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11090700\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11090700_683fa8a32a4ae\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Good American Family: Ellen Pompeo\u2019s 1st project since leaving Grey\u2019s Anatomy'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/fs6yu6tvwa-nikrdql782\/TMS_ELLEN_POMPEO_STILL.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/fs6yu6tvwa-nikrdql782\/TMS_ELLEN_POMPEO_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/fs6yu6tvwa-nikrdql782\/TMS_ELLEN_POMPEO_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/fs6yu6tvwa-nikrdql782\/TMS_ELLEN_POMPEO_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">5:25<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Good American Family: Ellen Pompeo\u2019s 1st venture since leaving Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the primary time a celeb has had a run-in with TSA over gadgets of their baggage earlier than a flight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National information<\/h2>\n<p>For information impacting Canada and all over the world, join breaking information alerts delivered on to you once they occur.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2017,\u00a0<em>The Flight Attendant<\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Kaley-Cuoco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaley Cuoco<\/a> mentioned she received stopped by safety for having two wine openers in her baggage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe were travelling to Australia and Karl (Cook) ends up getting the pat-down every time we go through security,\u201d Cuoco mentioned of her now ex-husband\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=omdov-S2tSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an look on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a>.\u201dHe\u2019s so unassuming, there\u2019s no purpose why he needs to be getting a pat-down.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_683fa8a32a6e0-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_683fa8a32a6e0\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10979583\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/playlist\/10979583,9942388,5226434,2807170\/?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fmedia.globalnews.ca%2Fvideostatic%2Fnews%2Fklpd2tmb7p-5qf3zenkd8%2FTMS_BASED_ON_A_TRUE_STORY_STILL.jpg%3Fw%3D1200%26%23038%3Bquality%3D70%26%23038%3Bstrip%3Dall#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_683fa8a32a6e0\" data-displayinline-playlist=\"10979583,9942388,5226434,2807170\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Based On A True Story: Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina on their amazing chemistry'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/klpd2tmb7p-5qf3zenkd8\/TMS_BASED_ON_A_TRUE_STORY_STILL.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/klpd2tmb7p-5qf3zenkd8\/TMS_BASED_ON_A_TRUE_STORY_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/klpd2tmb7p-5qf3zenkd8\/TMS_BASED_ON_A_TRUE_STORY_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/klpd2tmb7p-5qf3zenkd8\/TMS_BASED_ON_A_TRUE_STORY_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">5:44<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Based On A True Story: Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina on their superb chemistry<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\"&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11209209\/jonathan-joss-king-of-the-hill-dead-shooting\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jonathan-joss.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Jonathan Joss, \u2018King of the Hill\u2019 actor, killed in Texas shooting\" data-title=\"\">Jonathan Joss, \u2018King of the Hill\u2019 actor, killed in Texas taking pictures<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11208742\/bc-alberta-pipelines-saskatoon\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6a14aec52409c87184c8b840aa45e6757fa90140038ac88e7edea4dad5e6597c.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Pipeline policy divides B.C., Alberta as premiers meet with Carney in Saskatoon\" data-title=\"\">Pipeline coverage divides B.C., Alberta as premiers meet with Carney in Saskatoon<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cSo the final journey, I stroll in and he mentioned, \u2018Something bad is going to happen. I know something bad is going to happen,&#8217;\u201d she said, before noting that she told him everything was going to \u201cbe fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuoco said the woman working at the airport asked who had the Gucci purse and she said it was hers, thinking she was going to \u201cget a compliment on my purse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe goes, \u2018We need to look through your bag.\u2019 And I&#8217;m going, \u2018It\u2019s Gucci,&#8217;\u201d Cuoco mentioned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She mentioned the TSA agent went by way of her bag and located a wine opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike the arms one, like a rabbit. And I was like, \u2018Oh, my God! That\u2019s a weapon,&#8217;\u201d she mentioned, including that her ex-husband had already been taken to \u201canother room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(I&#8217;m going,) \u2018Sorry, I don\u2019t know why I carry a wine opener.\u2019 So then in my huge bag, I&#8217;ve all these little baggage. She goes, \u2018We need to search the rest of the bags,&#8217;\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>She said that once the TSA agent started going through all of her bags, she found a second wine opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow subconsciously I stuck it in there,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, my God, I\u2019m going to be on a no-fly checklist.\u2019 She goes, \u2018You can\u2019t have these on the aircraft.\u2019 I&#8217;m going, \u2018I do know, I do know. I similar to alcohol.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Grey\u2019s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo revealed that she was just lately detained by the Transportation Security Administration when she was attempting to catch a flight, all on account of a snack she was bringing on a aircraft. \u201cI had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were probably [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[5134,4536,1765,192,11521,9682,6621,11523,11522],"class_list":{"0":"post-144328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bomb","9":"tag-detained","10":"tag-ellen","11":"tag-national","12":"tag-pompeo","13":"tag-seeds","14":"tag-squad","15":"tag-sunflower","16":"tag-tsa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}