The Everett native told Travel + Leisure that she almost missed a flight after a bag of sunflower seeds set off the airport’s security alarms. The post Mass. native, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Ellen Pompeo said she was detained by TSA over her sunflower seeds appeared first on Boston.

Pompeo said that she even offered to throw the seeds away, but was told that TSA needed her to wait for the bomb squad to assess the unopened bag. "I almost missed the flight. It

Ellen Pompeo has revealed that she was detained by TSA and had a bomb squad called in after she attempted to board a plane with sunflower seeds in her carry-on luggage back in March.