New York: "Grey's Anatomy" star Justin Chambers blames troubled pop star Britney Spears for making his private battle with exhaustion public.

The 37-year-old said: "I only got attention because Britney came. Otherwise, it would've been private."

The actor checked into the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for a break just days before Spears was admitted into the same hospital. And Chambers insists only his family and close friends would have known about his health issues if the hospital hadn't become a hotspot for reporters and the paparazzi, imdb.com reports.

Even Chambers' cast mates didn't know about the actor's hospital stay - until the media alerted them.