Adjusting to life as a divorced dad takes time, as Patrick Dempsey can attest. Grey’s Anatomy actor was seen wearing his wedding ring Sunday afternoon, two days after makeup artist Jillian Fink filed paperwork to end their 15-year marriage.
Twenty-four hours earlier, Dempsey skipped an autograph session for fans—an annual event he usually participates in—and was M.I.A. on the starting grid before the twice-around-the-clock endurance race.The Can’t Buy Me Love actor, who is part of a four-man driver lineup in the No. 58 Porsche 911 fielded by Wright Motorsports, spoke to the press, just hours before the couple announced their split. Presciently, Dempsey talked about what’s next—both personally and professionally. “For me, I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have Grey’s run as long as it has. It’s been a tremendous gift, and it’s allowed all of this to happen. That’s been taking up a lot of time, and of course, you have a life off the track and your family and trying to balance that out and make that work and then focusing on the racing,” he said, via Fox News.