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Shonda Rhimes Says Daughter Thought She Worked in a Hospital, Rejects Pressure to Explain Family-Building

She uses a new podcast interview to emphasize that the origins of her three children are beside the point.

Overview

  • Rhimes discussed motherhood and her career on the Oct. 8 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.
  • She said her oldest daughter believed she worked in a hospital because she spent so much time on the Grey's Anatomy set.
  • Rhimes explained she became a parent as Grey's Anatomy launched, calling the overlap both challenging and rewarding for a working mother.
  • She said she once felt compelled to justify adoption and surrogacy and now stresses that how her children joined the family is not the issue.
  • Rhimes noted her family initially had questions about adoption and surrogacy but fully embraced her daughters, and she has shared that one younger daughter began watching the series in 2024.