The cast of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ may have left as winners on Monday night, but that didn’t stop them and star Isaiah Washington from being the center of drama the day afterwards:
In the Globes press room on Monday, Washington tried to set the record straight in regards to reports in October of an on-set incident that resulted from the alleged use of a homophobic slur toward co-star T.R. Knight.
After a reporter questioned the validity of the on-set incident, Washington denied his involvement saying, “No, I did not call T.R. a faggot. Never happened, never happened.” VIEW VIDEO OF PRESS ROOM INTERVIEW
So what’s the big deal right? Well, his answer left the cast as well as alot of fans thinking he is an a-hole:
In response to Washington’s use of the slur when addressing the situation last night, [costar Katherine] Heigl spoke out.
“I’m going to be really honest right now, he needs to just not speak in public. Period. I’m sorry, that did not need to be said, I’m not okay with it,” Katherine told Shaun.
Does he sound like an a-hole to you?:
After making his comments in the press room, Washington came straight to Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush and Nancy O’Dell to explain.
“There is no way I could do anything so vile, and so horrible, not only to a castmate, but to a fellow human being,” he insisted…
Washington also said that he and co-star Patrick Dempsey have moved beyond the October incident.
“I kiss Patrick Dempsey. We sing ‘Ebony and Ivory’ everyday since the so-called incident and it hasn’t come up. We purposely sing ‘Ebony and Ivory’ every night since October 9 and nobody has written about it,” he added.
Can’t we all just get along?
FIRST!!!
why can’t people get over it. Mistake or not it happen back in october, dude said they sing ebony ivory together every day that means they love each other right?
No he sounds more like a prick to me
I agree with #1…..It happened months ago! People just try to bring black folks down and take one little incident and make it into world war 18. Get over it already
Something about him, is just off-putting..
I don’t think that it’s a “black thing”(the whites having something against him), yes, it happened months ago, but ‘where there’s smoke, there’s always fire’. He should really just keep his mouth shut, cause seems to me everytime he opens it, there’s trouble. I’m always ‘team black’ and have been supporting Isaiah, but now I’m starting to wonder. You can’t have everybody pointing a finger at you and not question wether the problem is, or does really lie with you.
Anyway. It feels good to be back on CL after such a long time.
Ok I don’t get this, is he being called an asshole because he repeated the word he allegedly used on the set?..I’m confused..
Hmmm, I doubt he even said that or that this is even real. It just wreaks of bullshit in my honest opinion but in any case, if it was real it’s obvious people are on a witch hunt with this man. He’s an asshole because he supposedly said it yet he’s still an asshole for supposedly saying he did not say it. I saw them on Oprah and they were all fine so….what the pluck evER…next scandal please.
The ‘Ebony and Ivory’ thing was pure sarcasm. Come on now, folks!
I get the feeling he is just as big an asshole off set as he is on. I can’t stand his character on ‘Grey’s’.
He needs to sit down somewhere and stop talking about this nonsense. It will ruin his career.
It is a new year. Leave that bullshit behind. As for that co-star, she needs to shut up. We don’t know anything about this man personally, and if he and Patrick Dempsey made up, then that’s that. Leave it alone!
Yeah…he looks like he might be an asshole. But like someone said earlier, when a black entertainer does something contraversal its NEVER forgotten. Mabye he can help by not talking about it anymore.
This is silly. Next……..
Miss Isaiah should slow this anger towards gays down, especially with the fondness she has towards them. She is dating a particular gay at the moment, and is on the DL. Come out of the closet Miss Isaiah, and stop aiming your frustration at UN-CLOSETED gays!
Big fucking deal. They need to stop making a mountain out of a molehill. Next!
Well I would like to say the use of the word “faggot” was VERY unnecessary. As I am a gay person myself, I totally understand why its offensive. Of all words to say, he says “faggot”? I love Isiah but there’s more to this story no one is talking about I think which is why Katherine spoke out the way she did. Think about it…she must have been PRETTY pissed to say what she said in PUBLIC and of all places, the Golden Globes PRESS ROOM. She even said “I know I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this but oh well…”. She was a little unprofessional about it but a person can only take so much which is why I think other stuff may be brewing. I dont think we’ve heard the last of this and why is the race card being played? I think if Isiah werent Black, she would have still fealt the same way. Hurtful words are hurtful words period and it shouldnt take a gay person only to realize that
Isaiah is a trip…that “Ebony and Ivory” thing was so unnecessary.
Why doesn’t he just shut the hell up?
It’s best Forgive and Forget…
Besides…The Words that are said about YOU are only powerful if YOU Subscribe to them…
It’s what YOU say about yourself that will reverberate in time…
Another person’s description or definition of you holds NO merit…
He is an asshole and they (the show’s reps and cast) covered for his stupid ass back in October. However, he doesn’t know how to diplomaticly answer a question and people will not continue to side with WRONG… He’s a JERK!
Oh who cares, white people call black people N$gger all the time…Seemingly people have forgot about the whole Michael Richards incident.
So what he called him a faggot–isn’t that a cigarette anyways? LOL
He’s just upset he was pulled out of the closet. It would have happened anyways if it was left up to Perez Hilton!
He doesnt mix well with the crowd. You can see they dont like him. Its all fake. They have to act all lovey dovey so their fans wont be turned off. They should have replaced him the minute he put his hands on another co-star.
I’d have to strongly agree with #17 & 19….
to people who say we should move on…well u cant move on from something that has not been resolved. he is denying he said the gay slur but his co-star says different
…besides, remember michael richards’ racist rant?
no one was in a hurry to move on from that me included
True, Isaiah should of not have said the “F” word, and true, the media needs to leave it alone, but Isiah does seem to come off angry and scary at times. I say Isaiah- “BRING IT DOWN A NOTCH!!” and that heffer co-star of his needs to shut up herself–she was talking big shit–did yall hear what she was saying “TR is my best friend and I will fight for him and bring you down…..” some corny ish for real!
NOW I FEEL THAT ON GREYS ANATOMY NEEDS SOME MORE SEXUAL CHOCOLATE ON THE SHOW–THEY GOT MCDREAMY AND MCSTEAMY–NOW US SISTAS NEED SOMETHING…BRING ON MORRIS CHESTNUT!!! I THINK HE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE CAST! DON’T YOU LADIES?
I hate to say it but, I never understood why we as black people are so willing to use a slur towards gay people and sweep it under the rug yet, let somebody say nigger and all hell breaks loose. Respect is a two way street.
And the least he could do is be a man and own up to or acknowledge his mistake. Lying is such a cowardly thing to do.
I have to say that he must be a little off. If someone accused you of saying something that is obviously offensive and you were asked about it why would you repeat the offensive word out loud while answering the question. What kind of sense does that make?? It doesn’t go well with your case that you don’t use that type of language.
Basically he poured more salt in the wound when he decided to repeat the slur.
As for #23, I’m one of the few people that doesn’t watch Grey’s Anatomy but if Morris Chestnut was on the show I’d be a faithful viewer. Maybe we should start a petition…………
AND THIS IS JUST GETTING SO RIDICULOUS I MEAN I TRULY FORGOT ABOUT IT. JUST LIKE WHITE FOLK ALWAYS GOTTA START SOME SHIT…
Isaiah better quit before he finds himself out of a job and black-listed. And that would be a shame since he’s such a fine actor.
I have to agree with #14. There has to be more to the story than what Isaiah’s telling us if another costar is so upset by his comments that she is willing to put him on blast, to the PRESS, a few feet away at the SAME event (homegirl wasn’t scared).
And the way Isaiah’s handling this, I’m more inclined to believe that he’s not telling the “truth”.
Stick a fork in him he’s done
T.R. Knight says hearing Isaiah Washington call him a “faggot” on the set of Grey’s Anatomy gave him the courage to come out of the closet – and that he’s speechless that Washington on Monday denied using the word.
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres set to air Wednesday, Knight says something changed inside him when he overheard an argument in October between Washington and Grey’s co-star Patrick Dempsey during which Washington used the slur.
“It’s an awesome word, isn’t it?” the 33-year-old actor tells DeGeneres sarcastically. “I’ve never been called that to my face. So I think when that happened, something shifted, and it became bigger than myself.”
Shortly after the dustup, Knight confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE that he is gay – something he says wasn’t his style, but that he felt was necessary.
“I was under no delusions,” he says. “My friends on the set knew. We talked about it. Publicly it’s not my thing to call up PEOPLE magazine and be like, ‘Hey, you want to know something about me?’ … I could’ve just let it slide and not said anything, but it became important. It became important to make the statement.”
In the Golden Globe press room on Monday night, Washington denied using the slur. “No, I did not call T.R. a faggot,” he told Access Hollywood. “Never happened, never happened.”
That statement drew a sharp rebuke from another Grey’s co-star, Katherine Heigl, who said Washington “needs to just not speak in public.” And Knight tells DeGeneres he doesn’t know what to make of the denial.
“I don’t know what to say, really, about that,” he says.
Knight also thanks DeGeneres for having the courage to come out as a lesbian 10 years ago. “It just made all the difference in the world,” he says.
He really does need to keep his mouth shut and not speak in public. I think there is more to this than we are being let know. However, his sarcasm is not helping anything. The Ebony and Ivory comment is really stupid.
He’ll be looking for a job soon – and probably not have any luck finding one in entertainment.
He should have just let this ride. It was bad enough when it happened, but he raised it again, and added the sarcasm.
Man, that fame and need for attention is a hellava drug.
Word of advice Isaiah:
SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!
CO-SIGN WITH 21, 24, AND 25.
IF THERE WAS NOT TAPE OF MICHAEL RICHARDS CALLING THOSE GUYS NIGGERS AND IN A PRESS CONFERENCE HE WAS ASKED IF HE SAID IT AND HE SAID “NO, I NEVER CALLED THOSE GUYS NIGGERS. NOPE. NEVER HAPPENED!” WOULD WE BE SO QUICK TO SAY LET IT GO? I DOUBT IT. IT’D BE, “IF HE COULD SAY IT JUST THEN WITH SUCH EASE, HE COULD HAVE SAID IT AT THE CLUB!”
Man, Isaiah is coming off like “angry blackman”. I’m taking bets, his character is sooo gonna be written off Grey’s and I liked him but damn – the faggot thing denial – not necessary he should’ve kept his mouth shut!!!!!
isaiah needs to come outta the closet already, he’s gay his damn self…thats where all that frustration and anger is coming from. I saw him on access hollywood last nite and he was definatly out of it acting very strangely….and tryin to grab and kiss his co-star dempsey (for jokes i guess) it all looked so painfully akward…he can later be heard very loudy sayin to his wife “oh please let me be gay, i love the gays, i wanna be gay now”…sarcasm? ha!
@ Truth Hurts….
You are crazy….he said butt pirate….lmao
Personally, I think the man is gay and angry that he can’t be himself.
He’s probably gay, but he’s definitely in A-hole!
He didn’t call him out like they’re seeming to say….TR says he walked by and heard the statement. If it was a private convo, then why did he take it upon himself to beleive that it was him. True enough, Isaiah might need to keep the mouth closed, but i don’t think that that should make or break his career.
#3 agree with you…
it seems as if they’re questioning him more and putting him thru all this scrutiny more than Michael Richards!!!
40, REPORTEDLY, ISAIAH SAID, “I’M NOT YOUR LITTLE FAGGOT LIKE T.R.” TO PATRICK DEMPSEY. SO, UMM, THAT’S KINDA WHY T.R. FELT IT WAS ABOUT HIM. EVEN SO, IF I WALKED BY AND HEARD A WHITE CO-WORKER TALK ABOUT NIGGERS THIS AND NIGGERS THAT, I’D BE OFFENDED WHETHER IT WAS DIRECTED TO ME OR NOT.
Either way you look at it, homeboy is going to wind up at the unemployment office if he keeps this up. Hope he’s saving his dough…
people say it everyday- faggot everday even white people ALL THE TIME AND KILL PEOPLE FOR BEING ONE i see this world would always be ruled by a white man hopefully barack can change that and than everybody be kissing some ass.
3) MrLightEyez
please, we can have it both ways, if t.r. called washington the n-word would you say washington get over it?
#40 -
there was supposedly an argument that everyone on the set heard – it wasn’t a private conversation.
The bigger issue still is that Isiah acknowledged that he made comment in October, but now he is denying it.
This is a news article quote:
In October, it came to light that “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington had allegedly called co-star T.R. Knight a “little faggot” on the set. Washington soon released a statement saying he regretted his “unfortunate use of words” and had “nothing but respect for my co-workers.”
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Either way you look at it, homeboy is going to wind up at the unemployment office if he keeps this up. Hope he’s saving his dough…
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And that’s the truth – they probably killing him off the show this morning.
ThinkAboutIt said:
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Mo’betta40 said:
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Either way you look at it, homeboy is going to wind up at the unemployment office if he keeps this up. Hope he’s saving his dough…
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And that’s the truth – they probably killing him off the show this morning.
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You know it.
The show was created by a black woman, Shondra Rhimes, so SHE should make the decisions, not anyone else. And truth be told, if this show was an all- black cast, ABC wouls have never picked it up. Why do you think all these black shows got cancelled in 06? That right there reeks of conspiracy.
First off, I’d like to say how silly it was for that “reporter” to ask if they thought that they would win something because it was King’s birthday!
See that’s the problem. Forget about good writing or directing or hard work, I’m gonna win because it’s a black holiday.
Oh, and as for Isiah, he needs to learn tact and humility. I mean, how would he feel if they guy came up to the mic and said:
“NO, I did not call Isiah a stupid, ni**er homophobe! Never happened, Never happened!” (he,he,he)
We can ALL get along if we act like we’ve got some manner and integrity…
Peace.
Isaiah is a bona fide jerk. The more he opens his ignorant mouth, the worst he looks. He better be careful before he finds himself blacklisted.
goog gracious… is over and done with it….
“Yeah…he looks like he might be an asshole”
quotes like this does not help the black man, why would you comment on what he looks like and for your info he has had a long career prior to Grey’s. Alway’s intimidated by the darker brotha
he is so fine though (sigh) why’d he have to be an ass
and i agree w/the people who say that if it was the n* word that had been used people would nt be complaining that it’s over and done with. what he did was wrong point blank and he shouldn’t have repeated the word. at first, i was like “he repeated the wprd so what?” then i realized that if michael richards had said “no i did not call those guys niggers” i would’ve been upset that he had the nerve to repeat it…and lie about using it too! we all know isaiah called t.r. that word b/c if he didn’t he could’ve said that from the get go
NEXT!
It’s not over and done with, cus he repeated the word at the Golden Globes. And it was on Access Hollywood so it did happen.
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Ok I don’t get this, is he being called an asshole because he repeated the word he allegedly used on the set?..I’m confused..
Yes Nikki,
That would be like some white man getting in front of the WORLD WIDE PRESS, and saying “I never called Nikki a BITCH or a NI@@ER”. He’s an ass, and this proves to me at least that he’s lying or he just uses the word so much that he forgot.
Who cares about that anymore. He didn’t have to said and good looks on Katherine for speaking up about it. Let it go!
This is NOT a Black-White issue.
He is a professional and he is on the #1 show on ABC, the #1 show in the 18 to 49 Demo, and the show is fighting CSI weekly for the #1 Drama on television in the ratings.
He get’s paid handsomely for being on this show, a show that if I may add, wears it’s diversity very proudly on it’s sleeve. A show that is the brainchild of an African American woman who is being paid brillianly for her efforts. A show that features 3 African American actors playing the 3 most PROMINENT AND HIGH RANKING people in the hospital (Dr. Burke is the Head Cardio Thorasic Surgeon in the country, Dr. Bailey is the Head of the Surgical Intern Program, and the Chief of the whole damn hospital is Black.)
So with all of this, why is he acting a damn fool? Why couldn’t he give a more dignified answer? Why did he have to rehash the incident by using the word again? And why the hell is he lying? TR Knight is going to appear on Ellen and when Ellen asked him what happened, he tells the truth, Washington called him a faggot.
It’s not about not being able to let go because he is Black. It’s about him not being a damn professional. Why would you give ANY ONE ammo against you when you are in a position like he is? Grey’s will be scrutinized because like I said above, it’s the #1 show. People want to hear about in-fighting.
I’m sure Washington realizes how hard it is for an African American actor to get a good role on TV. WHY is he fucking it up? I’m sure there are plenty of other out of work Black actors who would kill to play his role and would do it with no backstage drama.
I know I’m in the minority here with this issue. I just hate how people pull out the race card when they know damn well the dude is wrong. I don’t care what people do or say in their lives because it doesn’t affect me personally, but I find it annoying when people who are in a really good position act a damn fool. Don’t act like a fucking stereotype of the “Angry Black Man” and don’t ruin all of Shondra Rhimes hard work. It’s bad enough she set the bar high with the quality of her show. She has to weekly be consistent, and doesn’t need this bullshit, or a shakeup that would require extensive re-writes and work arounds.
Screw it. They should just make Burke’s character come out of the closet as Gay male.
He should just say no comment. He knows he said it and needs to stop lying. I’m pretty sure everyone on the set is uncomfortable with him. Clearly Katherine Heigl is not over it and neither is Knight. He should just apologize and probably in public. A gay person being called a faggot carries just as much hate to them as a black person being called a nigger. Washington should relaize that…
Nontheless I still love the show despite all of their off set drama!!! And I love his character and would hate to see him get kicked off because of pride or whatever. Own up to you mistakes and get over it.
58 you summed it up best. You said everything that needed to be said.