KING'S
KING'S WIFE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN MAKING IT HAPPEN. 4@WAS A CALL FROM MARY HERRMAN
GOING WE NEED SOME HELP BACK
HERE TO BRING ATTENTION TO
GETTING THE CHURCH TO WEAR
MASS.
CAN YOU HELP US?
AND AT THAT POINT I STARTED
LOOKING THROUGH SOME
PHOTOGRAPHS AND I4@ CAME ACROSS
THIS PICTURE OF ELLEN POMPEO
AND MYSELF ON THE SET OF GRAY'S
AND THAT'S WHEN I REACHED OUT
TO ELLEN WHICH SORT OF STARTED
THIS WHOLE THING.
SO HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MARY
HARMON AND EVERYBO4@DY4@ BACK HE
,THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO
ENCOURAGE ME TO SORT OF PUT A
MESSAGE OUT TO GET PEOPLE TO
WHERE MASS IT NEVER WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
SO WHAT CAME OF THAT CAMPAIGN?
DID THEY WIND UP USING THEY
ENDED UP USING IT DOWN HERE.
WE ENDED UP HAVING A PICTURE
OF ME WITH A MASK ON AND JUST A
GENTLE REMINDER TO, YOU KNOW,
BE CONSIDERATE TO OTHER PEOPLE
AND TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THESE
ASSISTED LIVING HOMES THAT ARE
SO VULNERABLE AND WE NEED TO
PROTECT YOU4@ KNOW, LET'S KEEP A
MASK ON.
ALL RIGHT.
SHOULD WE GET POLITICAL AT ALL?@
SURE.
ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE
MIXED MESSAGES FROM ABOVE THAT
THE W4@HITE HOUSE ABOUT MASK
WEARING4@.
4@YEAH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
VERY EARLY ON, YOU KNOW, I
REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE4@ THAT I
KNEW THAT WERE IN THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY THAT WERE WITH THE
CDC.
THEY JUST WEAR A MASK.
WASH YOUR HANDS IF YOU CAN GET
YOUR FAMILY TO DO THAT, YOU'RE
GOING AND BE RELATIVELY OK AND
THAT'S YOU KNOW WHAT I FOCUSED
ON AND THEN YOU STARTED TO SEE
IT4@ BECOMING P4@OLITICIZED AND
THAT'S WHEN YOU HAD TO DO
SOMETHING.
AND IF YOU CAN USE YOUR
PLATFORM4@ FOR SOMETHING THAT'S
POSITIVE AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL4@
GOOD, THAT'4@S WHAT WE CAME
THAT'S WHEN ELLEN AND I GOT
TOGETHER AND WE'RE LIKE WHAT
CAN WE DO TO HELP US SITUATION?
WELL, ELLEN SAID, OH, I WAS
GONNA CALL YOU ANYWAY4@.
SO WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?
IT WAS REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE WE
WERE ALL SORT OF RED AROUND THE
SAME TIME REACHING OUT BECAUSE
I'D BEEN TRACKING THE SHOW AND
I KNEW THEY WERE GIVING MASS
AWAY AND WE WERE WORKING ON4@
THAT STUFF MAKE4@ SURE PEOPLE
COULD GET THE EQUIPMENT THAT
THEY NEEDED.
SO IT WAS STARTING4@ TO COME
TOGETHER AND THEN4@ THERE WAS
JUST SORT OF THE INCENTIVE.
4@OK, WHAT CAN WE DO TO TO MAKE
AN IMPACT HERE TO GET PEOPLE TO
LISTEN TO THE SCIENCE AND TO
PUT ON A MASK.
AND IT HAPPENED AT THE RIGHT
TIME4@ AND CLEARLY IT HAD A
STRONG IMPACT THIS LAST WEEK.
WELL, SO THEN SHE SAYS HOW4@
STRONG IMPACT THIS LAST WEEK. WELL, SO THEN SHE SAYS HOW4@4@ ABOUT YOU COME BACK TO GRACE4@
SAYING YOU SAID I'M DEAD.
I WAS LIKE4@, WELL HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO DO IT?
WHAT'S THIS SEASON GOING TO BE?
BECAUSE AS WE'RE WALKING WE'RE
CATCHING UP HAD BEEN A NUMBER
OF YEARS.
WE ARE4@ REALLY YOU CAUGHT UP
WITH EACH OTHER AND I THINK
WE'RE EVEN AT WHAT HEIGHT IS
GOING TO BREAK THE NEXT SEASON
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO FOCUS ON
YOU'RE GONNA.
YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH CAUVIN
AND SHE GOES, HEY, I JUST HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH KRISTA AND
SHE WANTS TO DO SOME STUFF AND
I HAVE SOME IDEAS.
WOULD YOU BE OPEN AND COME BACK
AND I'M LIKE HOW ARE WE GONNA
DO THAT?
BECAUSE IF I GO IF I'M IN A
COVERED COMA, THAT'S WHEN YOU
WOULD COME BACK AND WE'D HAVE4@
BECAUSE IF I GO IF I'M IN A COVERED COMA, THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD COME BACK AND WE'D HAVE4@I
WAS LIKE IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU WERE ON FOR LIKE TWO4@
SPLIT SECONDS IN THE LEFT IN
THE LAST EFFORT, RIGHT.
SO THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE.
OH, THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE.
I'M NOT OKAY.
I'M NOT SURE HOW IT PLAYS INTO
THE OVERALL SEASON BUT I KEEP
COMING BACK AND VISITING HER4@
AND TALKING TO HER AT CRITICAL
MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF THE THIS SEASON.
I IT THAT LIKE FOR YOU4@ IT WAS
SO SURREAL T4@O BE HONEST WITH
YOU.
IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS REALLY4@
SURPRISING HOW OPEN AND IN AND
EXCITED EVERYBODY WAS4@4@ REALL
IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS REALLY4@ SURPRISING HOW OPEN AND IN AND EXCITED EVERYBODY WAS4@4@ REALLT
WAS VERY HEALING.
THE DYNAMICS HAD SHIFTED A4@ LOT
ON THE SET.
DEBBIE ALLEN HAS COME IN AND
REALLY HAS BEEN THE SHOW RUNNER
AND SHE BRINGS THAT SENSE
OF THEATER4@ IN THE DANCE
COMMUNITY AND THE4@ ARTISTS IN
AND KEVIN MCKIDD WAS THERE
SHOOTING AN EPISODE AS WELL.
SO WHEN THE ACTORS CROSS OVER
AND BECOME DIRECTORS, THE WHOLE
ATMOSPHERE CHANGES.
THERE'S JUST AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT'S UNSPOKEN, A GREAT
CONNECTION AND WE JUST REALLY
ENJOYING THE MOMENT AND
WONDERING IF WE COULD PULL THIS
THING OFF IF WE WERE GONNA BE4@
ABLE TO KEEP IT SECRET.
AND HOW GRATEFUL4@ WE WERE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE THIS MOMENT WHERE
WE ALL COULD COME BACK TOGETHER
WAS REALLY NICE, REALLY VERY,
VERY EXCITING.
YOU SAID HEALING.
YE4@AH, I THINK THAT'S AN
INTERESTING WORD HERE BECAUSE I
THINK YOU GO ON A RIDE LIKE
THIS4@ WITH SOMETHING THAT'S SO
SUCCESSFUL FOR SO LONG.
IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE PROFOUNDLY@
AND IT'S EXHAUSTING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ELLEN HAD
TALKED ABOUT THE HOURS IN4@ THE
ENVIRONMENT.
IT JUST WASN'T CONDUCIVE FOR A
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND I THINK
THAT'S CHANGED, YOU KNOW, IN A
VERY POSITIVE4@ SENSE.
GOOD.
DEMPSEY CALLED IT CATHARTIC4@ AD
HE SAYS HE'S REALLY GLAD TO
HAVE SOME CLOSURE ON THAT