Former ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Writer Elisabeth Finch Posts Apology In Response To Peacock Doc About Her: “I’m Sorry Feels Like The Smallest Words Compared To What I’ve Done”
Former Grey’s Anatomy scribe Elisabeth Finch has posted an apology in response to today’s premiere of Anatomy of Lives, a Peacock docuseries about her “rise and fall” on the ABC series.
The streamer said the series features some of Finch’s “closest contacts, many speaking for the first time.” It used a Vanity Fair article as source material that chronicled Finch’s lies while writing for the Shonda Rhimes series.
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In a lengthy Instagram post, Finch wrote today that “I lied about so much; things so many people have been devastated by in real life. I’m sorry feels like the smallest words compared to what I’ve done, yet they are the truest. I trapped myself in the addition of lies, betraying and traumatizing my closest family, friends and colleagues. I’m making amends and expressing my genuine remorse as best I can when people are ready.”
Finch, who is best known for penning “Silent All These Years,” a 2019 episode about a rape victim that also featured Finch in a non-speaking role as a nurse, left Grey‘s in 2022 after revelations about her behavior behind the scenes became public. Among the allegations were how she lied about her medical history, like how she was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, how she lost a kidney and part of her leg but was then misdiagnosed and how she had endured verbal and sexual abuse by a male director while writing for The Vampire Diaries.
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In a 2022 interview, Finch admitted: “I know it’s absolutely wrong what I did. I lied and there’s no excuse for it. But there’s context for it. The best way I can explain it is when you experience a level of trauma a lot of people adopt a maladaptive coping mechanism. Some people drink to hide or forget things. Drug addicts try to alter their reality. Some people cut. I lied. That was my coping and my way to feel safe and seen and heard.”
Anatomy of Lies is directed and executive produced by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall. It is produced by Vanity Fair Studios and Dorothy St. Vicki Cooper, Melanie Archer and Julia Nottingham of Dorothy St. Pictures; Helen Estabrook, Sarah Amos, Claire Howorth and Samantha Smith of Vanity Fair Studios serve as the executive producers.
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