TV writer Elisabeth Finch has admitted to making up lies about her own personal tragedies in order to promote herself professionally. Since 2015, she has been part of the creative team for the series “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC).
Finch had gained notoriety among the show’s fandom for allegedly incorporating tragic personal experiences into his work on the show. Among these experiences, would be the fight against cancer and his brother’s suicide – all now denied.
“I have never had any form of cancer. I told a lie when I was 34 and it was the biggest mistake of my life. It just grew bigger and bigger inside me. What I did was wrong. Not acceptable. It was sick. “, excused the screenwriter, in testimony to the website The Ankler.
The brother Finch claimed committed suicide in 2019 is actually alive and working as a doctor in the state of Florida. She even attributes her mental health problems to the “psychological terrorism” he exercised against her in childhood.
“I lied and made things up because I needed support and attention and that’s how I went about it. I know it’s absolutely wrong what I did. I lied and there’s no excuse for that. But there’s context to that,” he defended. if.
“When experiencing a level of trauma, many people adopt a maladaptive coping mechanism. Some people drink, some people cut themselves; I lied. That was my coping and my way of feeling safe, seen and heard”, concluded the screenwriter .