OlderEllen Pompeo: I Sold Vodka at the Age of 15
Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo had a very interesting childhood story to tell on Friday’s The Late Show with David Letterman. Apparently, as a 15-year-old, Ellen sold Vodka to baseball fans at Fenway Park, the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
On selling herself at such a young age: “I made a great living at Fenway when I was 15-years-old. There were lots of guys in the neighborhood and there were always these great job opportunities at the time. They all seemed very nice, innocent and fun!” (The audience laughed because of her suggestive implications.)
On how she got away with selling Vodka in public: “When I was 15, one particular man asked me if I wanted to make some money. He said, ‘All you have to do is sell slush outside of Fenway.’ I thought, ‘Now that sounds easy.’ They’d drive me to Fenway, set me up on the street with this nice cart and nice umbrella. And inside the cart, there were two flavors: lemon and watermelon. And then beside the two flavors was slush inside one of those big ketchup bottles. But there wasn’t ketchup in it, Dave. There was Vodka.”
On how she sold her product: “I used to stand around saying, ‘I got the special slush over here. Special slush!’ I’d [usually] give them one pump but if they gave me a few extra bucks, I’d give them two pumps.”
On not feeling guilty about selling alcohol: “Listen, I just gave them what they want. I had the longest line. There must have been 12 slush carts on the street. No one else had a line. I was the only one!”
On the possibility of being arrested: “I could have been in prison but all of the cops that were standing around didn’t seem to mind. They clearly knew what was going on. I was giving them slush too! You know those Boston police. Have you seen The Departed?”
Watch the video fo Pompeo on Letterman here.
Grey’s Anatomy returns with all-new episodes on Thursday, April 24 @ 9PM ET/PT on ABC.
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i love ellen pompeo i think she is beautiful and down to earth such a great actress and i think that interview was really funny
i bet half the people writing the crap about her isent half as good looking as her. friggen shallow people
I wait all the week to see her interview, I find her funny!!!
Ellen was declared the best dressed by all the media this week, she’s very beautiful!!!!
Thanks, JJ! I just don’t get the need for all of the bashing and negativity around here. I think she looked gorgeous, and it was so nice to see her do an interview again…it’s been way too long! :)
I live in France so I couldn’t watch her interview, she’s endearing, cute and definitely funny!!!!
Elle is radiant, I’m in love with her!!!
Louanne @ 04/05/2008 at 5:45 pm
WOW , 40 hateful comments, I also bet that it the same person.
Your life must be very sad!!!
I watched her interview, she was very funny, she knows who to tell stories!!!
I also love her blouse and pant, Ellen definitely rocks!!!!!
WORD!
Thanks JJ
Let’s waited all week for the most boring interview on the planet. No wonder they haven’t used EP to promote GA, alone, since season two lol. She royally sucks. She is scripted as the posters said. She was trying way way too hard to be funny. And to top it off they didn’t even really promote the show or her opinions on storylines. And she has opinions since she tells them constantly in magazines. Seriously, now I know why she doesn’t do interviews…she royally sucks…..
All the media were dazzled by her beauty and elegance.
Ellen is very amusing and adorable!!
Not everyone has the chance of being born into a wealthy family, she began working young and she knows what a penny represents, I admire her enormously.
LOL @ at SANDRA #44 having to slag off other stars simply to boost Ellen !! Very sad.
It was a dull interview. People are entitled to their opinions. Learn to grow up & respect them.
Was her McFelon with her ?
Someone is bitter that KW hasn’t her show back!!!!
You should read more, all the media talked about Ellen this week!!!!
Thanks JJ, I love her!!!
LOVE HER
THANK JJ
she was amazing. loved the interview. can’t wait for Grey’s to be back.
She’s a very limited actress & only plays a version of herself on Greys.
That’s why she has little of interest to say. Horrible voice too.
love her
wonderful interview, funny stories. thanks Jared for posting it. :D
Sweet bejeebus, look at all these Kate Walsh fans in here trashing EP, they must be very bored coz’ their beloved goddess is a bit out of the media radar these days,don’t worry *******, Kate will be out promoting/saving her Private Anatomy eerrr I mean Private Practice come September.
#58 iliana
You just proved my point about the maturity of Greys fans.
The media talk about the trainwreck that is Britney every minute. What does that prove ?!!
People can hate who they like. If you want to bow down & praise, find a fansite.
Ditto #62 ohsnap!
Who even mentioned KW ???? Only Ellen fans !! Learn to grow up.
Hey the schizophrenic with the 42 names, you should know that when you posts on JJ, as your comment is positive or negative, they don’t care, they are concerned by the number of comments that the thread will be at the end!
Generally Ellen exceeds 100 comments, you just give her 42 as a gift, meaning that the value of her photos increase !! The papz will follow her more and therefore fans will thus have more threads about her!!
Thank you schizophrenic !!!!!
JJ Thanks to publish this interview!!
Ellen is BELLISSIMA
LOVE ELLEN, I COULD LISTEN TO HER TELL STORIES ABOUT HER LIFE ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!
SHE’S REALLY FUNNY :)
I just saw the video and can you say, trying too hard?
I like Ellen, but some of my fellow fans do need to grow up like Matt said & stop bashing other celebrities.
Just because someone dislikes your favorite actor, doesn’t mean they are not entitled to their opinion.
WORD Lucy.
No wonder Ellen fans have a bad name. They should be mature enough to post a nice comment & leave it at that rather than sinking to throwing random insults.
matt no offence but please what exactly is the problem here? pple are unbelievable,hw are we even sure its not u changing diff names? just saying……..lol
What i noticed on jj site is pple bash just every actor, dont know why, its a pity . may god have mercy on haters
She did try too hard. But then she sucks at interviews.
Oh Matty,Matty speak to yourself, I’m not the only one who should learn to grow up here, look at you, your no way better and grown up than me, spending too much of your precious? time writing **** about somebody, and here you are all mighty and feeling superior than the rest of us, well buddy, this might be news to you but were all in the same **** here.We’re all just a bunch of pathetic net addicts who spends too much time in front of the monitor and making hateful comments on anything that we don’t like or we don’t agree. Bwah!
I think she was cute and friendly and natural.
everyone I saw it with was laughed at it and loved her even though some don’t even know grey’s anatomy.
she is honest and doesn’t hide anything I love that about her.
go Ellen!
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