Since October 15, the Americans have been rushing towards a series titled Anatomy of Lies and available on the American platform Peacock. It tells behind the scenes of another series with global success; namely Grey’s Anatomy launched in 2005 on ABC and also evokes the unthinkable lies of one of its screenwriters. This one is called Elisabeth Finch and imagined a scenario as incredible as it is atrocious to break into Hollywood.
According to the British daily Guardianthis young woman has wrote several episodes for the hospital series on chondrosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. An illness that she would have developed in 2012discussing his ailments to the magazine Elle. To our colleagues, Elisabeth Finch notably revealed the need to abort during chemotherapy.
All these described and traumatic atrocities earned him the attention of Hollywood so that she adapts her stories on the small screen. And traumatic stories, Elisabeth Finch has it in spades.
Elisabeth Finch, screenwriter on “Grey’s Anatomy”: the one who lied to get through
Elisabeth pretended a multitude of things to achieve her ends. The latter thus ensures that it has underwent a kidney transplant and claims that Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin even made a donation to him. She also recounts having been stalked by an abusive brother. A brother who would have disconnected his artificial respirator. Finally, in 2018, Elisabeth Finch decided to abruptly quit his job after learning of the death of a friend, killed in the synagogue shooting Tree of Life de Pittsburgh.
All of America is shocked by his stories until the day the truth comes out. Indeed, in 2022, the screenwriter receives a call from a journalist from Vanity Fair named Evgenia Peretz. This one warns her that she is getting ready to go out an article questioning the veracity of his remarks. An article which will appear on May 2, 2022 and who will have the effect of a bomb.
EVERYTHING WAS WRONG! The one we nickname “Finchie” did not have cancer, elle does not know any victims of the synagogueson brother didn’t commit suicideetc. His work colleagues are in shock. “We worked with a person who not only claimed to have cancer, but actually looked like he had cancer” one of them told the press.
Elisabeth Finch: late explanations from the screenwriter of “Grey’s Anatomy”
Faced with the truth, the young woman explained herself. In an interview given to The Ankler in 2022, she declares: “I told a lie when I was 34 and it was the biggest mistake of my life. This lie only grew and buried itself deeper and deeper inside me“. Furthermore, she tells how it all started. It’s following a minor knee operation. At that moment, his relatives showed up attentive andwonderful“. But the return to reality was brutal. Once the intervention has passed, “it was dead calm“ she explains.so I lied and made something up because I needed support and attention, and that’s where the lying started.”
Since the release of the documentary in the United States, “Finchie” reposted a message on his Instagram account to apologize; she who now lives a quiet life far from the spotlight.
