Dempsey Sneaks Auto-racing Clause Into Tv Contract
By WENNSaturday, February 13, 2010
GREY’S ANATOMY star PATRICK DEMPSEY has turned his decade-long auto racing hobby into a part-time career - after he “slipped in” a new clause in his TV contract.
The Hollywood hunk was worried network bosses at ABC would ban him from high speed races - and admits he came up with a cunning plan to maintain his involvement the dangerous sport.
He says, “I am (surprised). We re-negotiated and in the contract we slipped it in that I had to go racing - and they signed it for some reason. They allowed it!”
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