Grey’s Anatomy's Camilla Luddington Reveals Why Jo and Link's Love Story Is 'Very Reminiscent of My Own' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Chris Carmack and Camilla Luddington on “Grey’s Anatomy”.Photo:Anne Marie Fox/Disney

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The actress, 40, tells PEOPLE that she was “so excited” when she found out her character was pregnant at the end of season 20, even though Jo kept it a secret from her boyfriend Atticus “Link” Lincoln (Chris Carmack).

“I’m fully team Jo-Link. I just love them as a couple,” she gushes. “I mean, I’m very biased about this situation because I met my husband [Matthew Alan] waiting tables. We were best friends and then we’ve ended up… Obviously, we’re married now with kids. So that storyline of theirs being very reminiscent of my own, I’m like so team them.”

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Luddington — who hosts the advice podcastCall It What It Iswith her former costarJessica Capshaw— says it’s that conversation that made Jo feel like she needed to sit with the pregnancy news to herself “for a moment” but promises “a conversation” between the pair will happen in the season 21 premiere, which debuts Sept. 26 on ABC.

“You’re going to see her in the premiere really nervous and she’s trying to find the moment to tell him,” she teases. “I don’t know whether it’s a combination of cold feet…I think it’s a mix of a lot of things. I think it’s cold feet. I think it’s really not knowing how he’s going to react and how she’s going to feel about it. And I think it just feels chaotic to her.”

From left: Camilla Luddington and Chris Carmack on “Grey’s Anatomy”.Liliane Lathan/ABC/Getty

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Luddington adds Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) resignation andthe firingof Teddy Altman (Kim Raver), Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) and Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) after the secret Alzheimer’s research was discovered will add to the “chaos” in the upcoming season.

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Grey’s Anatomyseason 21 premieres Sept. 26 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

source: people.com