I have things I want to do with my life, professionally and personally,” Kai admitted. Kai went on to explain that they had no intentions of changing their mind, and ultimately ended the romance with Amelia. The scene left fans in a frenzy, as viewers were gushing over Amelia's new love interest.
The surprising breakup with Kai only worsened things for Amelia, adding to her fears of abandonment, which impacted all of Amelia's interactions in Grey's Anatomy season 19, episode 16.
During the show's April 13 two-parter, Kai came for a visit and told Amelia they had accepted a work opportunity running a new lab in London. Amelia felt abandoned by the news, though.
Character Information
Kai Bartley is a non-binary lesbian character from Grey's Anatomy.
Fans first met Kai on season 18 of the doctor series in 2021. At that time, Kai struck up a romance with Amelia and the duo were dubbed “Kaimelia” by supporters. At the end of the season, Kai relocated to Minnesota, which resulted in the pair trying to do long distance.
Kai went on to explain that they had no intentions of changing their mind, and ultimately ended the romance with Amelia.
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Kai Bartley is a neuroscientist who worked for David Hamilton at The Grey Center.
Non-binary people are usually not intersex: they're usually born with bodies that may fit typical definitions of male and female, but their innate gender identity is something other than male or female.
They go to a bar to hang out, and Kai ends up performing. Amelia is entranced. Afterward, they end up having sex.
The minute Grey's Anatomy's Link got a glimpse of Amelia sharing her first kiss with Kai in the winter finale (recapped in full here), we knew the fit was going to hit the shan. And in TVLine's trio of exclusive photos from the midseason premiere of the long-running ABC drama (seen above and below), does it ever.
While fans may have been thrilled with the kiss between Amelia and Kai, they also watched Atticus "Link" Lincoln (Chris Carmack) catch sight of it—right before he was about to profess his love for Amelia.
She joined the team despite knowing she would encounter her former sister-in-law, Addison Montgomery. However, Amelia is soon fired from the team after offering the patient's family hope in the form of experimental surgery, but the patient's husband requests Amelia to perform it despite the risks.
Absent: Justin Chambers as Alex Karev and Caterina Scorsone as Amelia Shepherd due to maternity leave.
Amelia got on board pretty quickly, and her excitement about the project only intensified when she met Dr. Kai Bartley.
Fightmaster, who, like the character, is nonbinary and uses gender-neutral pronouns, knew one person who would be equally enthused about their most high-profile project to date.
shondaland tv on Twitter: "Dr. Kai Bartley's pronouns are they/them!!
Still, Kai leaving Seattle meant that they were not going to get a lot of screentime going forward, much to the disappointment of many fans who cheered them on. In Season 19, Episode 9, they made a brief appearance after weeks of absence in the form of a FaceTime call with Amelia.
For seasons 15 and 16, Ellen renegotiated her salary deal, per CBS News. As of 2022, she makes $550,000 per episode and racks in an additional $6 million for syndication profits, totaling $19 million a year, Forbes reported.
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, Variety reported that the actor, who uses they/them pronouns, will stay on Grey's Anatomy in the role of Dr. Kai Bartley for more of season 18. Fightmaster plays the first non-binary doctor for the medical drama and has already appeared in two episodes of the new season.
Luna Wilson is the daughter of Jo Wilson, who was born to her late patient Val Ashton. Luna was born at 26 weeks' gestation after spending those 26 weeks growing outside her mother's uterus on her liver.
Ryan Kerrigan was the fiance of Amelia Shepherd and the father of her late son, Ryan Christopher. He died of an overdose before his son's birth and death.
Welp, it's not his. Unfortunately, the timeline of their relationship doesn't lie: The father of Amelia's baby is actually Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd).
After a lot of tension and drama, it turns out...the baby is Link's! However, the news came after Teddy started a full-blown affair with Tom (Greg Germann) and Owen declared that the results would never change his feelings for her.