“Grey’s Anatomy” star Ellen Pompeo said she was detained by TSA in March while trying to board a flight because of a snack.

“I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy,” she told Travel + Leisure in an interview published Thursday. “They literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in.”

Pompeo said she was surprised that the seeds she bought from a high-end Los Angeles grocery store triggered such a strong reaction from airport security.

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