--- ---  # _Grey's Anatomy_ Star Patrick Dempsey Discusses Show's Shocking Twist by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Apr 24, 2015 3:39 AM UTC  File Photo of Patrick Dempsey as he stars as "McDreamy" in Greys Anatomy. File Photo of Patrick Dempsey as he stars as "McDreamy" in Greys Anatomy.Scott Garfield—ABC via Getty Images by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Apr 24, 2015 3:39 AM UTC Amid Thursday’s devastating _Grey’s Anatomy_ revelation, _Entertainment Weekly_ [sat down](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/23/patrick-dempsey-interview) with Patrick Dempsey, the man in the middle of the drama, to talk about his 11 years on the show and hear from behind the scenes of the explosive episode. “Things happened very quickly, where we were like, ‘Oh this is where it’s going to go.’ It just sort of unfolded in a very organic way… It happened very quickly,” Dempsey said in the interview. Executive producer Shonda Rhimes also released a [statement](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/23/shonda-rhimes-patrick-dempsey-shepherd-dead) to console fans. Read the full interview with Dempsey from our partners at _Entertainment Weekly_ [here](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/23/patrick-dempsey-interview). Grey's Anatomy: Patrick Dempsey Discusses Latest Shocking Twist ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3833988/greys-anatomy-patrick-dempsey-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3833988/greys-anatomy-patrick-dempsey-interview/"},"headline":"Grey's Anatomy Star Patrick Dempsey Discusses Show's Shocking Twist","datePublished":"2015-04-24T03:39:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:38:49.669Z","description":"\"It just sort of unfolded in a very organic way\"","url":"https://time.com/3833988/greys-anatomy-patrick-dempsey-interview/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","Interview","Seattle","entertainment","Grey's Anatomy","shonda rhimes","doctors","drama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96fb28ee1f651a2f/6987ecaea988cae3e26b05a1/patrick-dempsey-greys-anatomy-mcdreamy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96fb28ee1f651a2f/6987ecaea988cae3e26b05a1/patrick-dempsey-greys-anatomy-mcdreamy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Scott Garfield—ABC via Getty Images","caption":"Scott Garfield—ABC via Getty Images","creditText":"Scott Garfield—ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3833988/greys-anatomy-patrick-dempsey-interview/","name":"Grey's Anatomy Star Patrick Dempsey Discusses Show's Shocking Twist"}}]}] ```