We Need Some Actors, STAT: 'Grey's Anatomy' Minus Both McDreamy AND Grey?

If your heart doesn’t skip a beat when hearing that Ellen Pompeo is (likely) not returning to Grey’s Anatomy, perhaps the thought of losing McDreamy will cause palpitations.

While it’s not clear whether or not the leak was intentional, Patrick Dempsey’s publicist has been working the damage control after Dempsey told Italian Vogue he plans to leave "Grey’s Anatomy" after season eight.

"It's gonna be my last," Dempsey said. "I do not know what's going to happen to the other characters, but for me it's done. (It will be) bittersweet because it's been a great part of my life. But I can't see me doing it anymore."

As PopEater  reports, Dempsey’s publicist said he was only referring to "the fact that his contract is up at the end of the next season, and that no one knows what the future holds."

Two weeks ago, "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes told TV Line that she is approaching the coming season as if it might be the show's "last hoorah."

"It might be the last hurrah for a lot of them; you never know. I really don't know and I don't presume to know. Everybody has an individual choice to make and I get that.... All the originals are in play."

Would you watch "Grey's Anatomy" without Ellen or McDreamy, or should the show simply make a graceful exit?