Derek Shepherd

The 57-year-old actor is best known for playing neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd aka 'McDreamy' on the long-running medical drama 'Grey's Anatomy'.

"Either Derek was going to walk out on Meredith, and leave her high and dry, and what was that going to mean? That was going to suggest that the love was not true, the thing we had said for 11 years was a lie and McDreamy wasn't McDreamy. For me, that was untenable," Ms Rhimes said

McDreamy's staying dead, despite a petition on Change.org to have him resurrected. Over 57,000 fans have signed so far

Show creator Shonda Rhimes was made a target of Twitter wrath

The 57-year-old actor is best known for playing neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd aka 'McDreamy' on the long-running medical drama 'Grey's Anatomy'.

"Either Derek was going to walk out on Meredith, and leave her high and dry, and what was that going to mean? That was going to suggest that the love was not true, the thing we had said for 11 years was a lie and McDreamy wasn't McDreamy. For me, that was untenable," Ms Rhimes said

McDreamy's staying dead, despite a petition on Change.org to have him resurrected. Over 57,000 fans have signed so far

Show creator Shonda Rhimes was made a target of Twitter wrath