Grey's Anatomy star Justin Chambers blames Britney Spears for shining the media spotlight on his private battle with exhaustion.

The actor checked himself into UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for a break just days before Spears was admitted into the same hospital in a media frenzy.

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.

The 37-year-old tells the new issue of Life & Style magazine, "I only got attention because Britney came. Otherwise, it would’ve been private."

Even Chambers’ Grey’s Anatomy castmates didn’t know about the actor’s hospital stay - until the media alerted them.