Since joining the show as a writer in 2014, Finch has produced 172 episodes of the hit ABC series and has a writing credit on 13 of them. Finch later met with Rhimes herself, who then hired Finch, according to Vanity Fair. Still stubborn as hell.'Ī development executive at Shondaland noticed the essay and showed it to the then-showrunner of 'Grey's Anatomy' as a potential hire for the ABC medical drama's eleventh season. 'Yes, I was down 17 pounds, bald, vomiting relentlessly, but I was still living alone.

'I watched the producers' cuts under a fog of Demerol, punched up dialogue about vampire-werewolf hybrids with a shunt in my spine,' her essay read, per Vanity Fair. I loved the show from day one and had the honor to write for it since season 11,' Finch said in part in a statement to Insider, sent by her lawyer in April. 'I will always remain one of 'Grey's Anatomy's biggest fans. Yet two weeks after the initial report that Disney was expected to begin an internal investigation into the claims of Finch's faked ailments, the writer took a leave of absence. 'Grey's Anatomy' writer Elisabeth Finch was reportedly placed on 'administrative leave' following 'serious concerns' within Shonda Rhimes' production company Shondaland that 'parts of Finch's life story she shared in the writers' room and with the press were made up,' the entertainment newsletter The Ankler wrote earlier this year.Īccording to The Ankler and personal essays Finch had published with publications such as and The Hollywood Reporter, Finch had survived cancer, lost a kidney and part of a leg, and had to abort a fetus while undergoing chemotherapy.įinch's lawyer, Andrew Brettler, told Insider in a statement that she was never placed on leave. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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