Isaiah Washington, who does the healing as a doctor on “Grey’s Anatomy,” is the patient now. He’s in therapy for his use of an anti-gay slur against a castmate.
“With the support of my family and friends, I have begun counseling. I regard this as a necessary step toward understanding why I did what I did and making sure it never happens again,” Washington said in a statement Wednesday. “I appreciate the fact that I have been given this opportunity and I remain committed to transforming my negative actions into positive results, personally and professionally.”
Washington took a break from filming Tuesday to meet with gay rights activists and offer help in educating the public about the cruelty of such words, an offer the activists called sincere. Whether Washington was receiving outpatient counseling or had entered a facility was not specified, and the statement did not indicate whether he would miss work on the show…
Series creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes issued her own statement, at once criticizing Washington for his use of the word “faggot” about co-star T.R. Knight and lauding Washington’s decision to seek help.
“I speak for all the executive producers here at ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ when I say that Isaiah Washington’s use of such a disturbing word was a shocking and dismaying event that insulted not only gays and lesbians everywhere, but anyone who has ever struggled for respect in a world that is not always accepting of difference,” Rhimes said. READ MORE @ YAHOO >>>
Oh give.me.a.break already…
..this is really getting blown out of proportion.
O PUH-Leeeeeeeeze the attention we give these idiot celebs!!! Who really gives a damn!!
He’s just a freaking idiot!!!!
I guess it helps for you to understand this if you were homosexual as well… but for me…it’s just as bad as if a white person uses the N word… and perhaps it’s a good thing he is getting so much shit for saying it…honestly it might help people not throw that word around so much
damn this has gone way too far. he said it, it’s over, he is gonna get fired, now let’s move the fuck on to something that is actually important like the next post, kim looks great after twins.lol.
Im so sick of hearing about this. If he was white…… you already know the rest
all this rehab, shit is, is dude just tryin to save his ass in a effort to keep his job. he knows that, those abc exectives are talkin. the last thing they want is a black man stirrin up trouble, and gettin in the way of their money. greys anatomy is the flyest thing goin for isiah. wtf did anybody really know him in before this popped off?
abc is a racist network. check their past history with black folk. those comments he made were the worst thing he ever coulda said. there definately will be reprocussions from this.
You know what ISAIAH is letting these WHITE folk BRAINWASH his @SS!! While I understand how that word “FAGGOT” can be offensive to some, is it really that serious to drive the man to THEREPY? That just irritates me. Hell KRAMMER said the word NI**ER about 510 times within’ TWO minutes and you don’t see his @SS crying to DR. PHIL! ISAIAH get it together brotha, your “PROBLEM” is not that big, so don’t let them get in your mind and make you think sh*t is BIGGER then what it is. Hell I don’t even watch that D@MN show and they got me GOIN’ OFF!…Okay i’m finished…NEXT!!
Ahh welll..some people never learn…is he obviously that stupid or does he want to be kicked off the show for being the stereotypical angry black man…..
If he’s fired @ least he’ll be the stereotypical lazy, unemployed black man…
Get Ya shit together and beat the white people at their game…bc you looking really stupid and unintelligent right now Isaiah
WHY ARE THEY STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS!?!?!? COME ON! IT HAPPENED 4 MOS AGO?!? AND THEY ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT!!
Isaiah dont need no “counseling.” You know how many people say that word???? about 3 billion people should be in counseling if that were the case. GET OFF IT ALREADY!!!
OF ALL THE THINGS TO HAVE TO GO TO REHAB FOR, THEY SEND THIS MAN TO REHAB FOR SAYING A WORD THAT HE SAID HE DIDNT SAY?
SEE, THIS IS THE DEMASCULATION OF THE BLACK MAN IN THE MEDIA.
HE SET HIMSELF UP FOR THIS BC HE TALK TOO MUCH.
HE SHOULD HAVE JUST KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT AND NOT SAID NOTHING ABOUT NOBODY-
FREEDOM OF SPEACH UNFORTUNATLY DOES NOT SEEM TO APPLY TO BLACK MEN IN HOLLYWOOD.
JUST LIKE I PREDICTED, THE “VELVET MAFIA” HAS SENT THE WORD ON HIM.
THEY’RE TRYING TO HUMILIATE HIM BUT
HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT.
THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A MAN WHO GOT TOOOOOOO COMFORTABLE IN A FOREIGN SETTING.
THIS ISNT ABOUT HIM USING THE WORD, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING HIM LOOK LIKE DOOGIE’S BITCH.
THERAPY?
UNBELIEVABLE-
TAKE NOTES HOLLYWOOD HOPEFULS
no. it’s not pointless. it is now unacceptable to openly use homphobic slurs, i think it’s a change for the better. i am tired of the flippant attitude towards homohobia that i come across in the black community. i’ve met people who say that gay rights and civil rights are completely different, but no they’re really not. people seem to think all gay people are white and from the suburbs. i’m gay, and i’m black, and i am from a black community. i grew up with the same african-american culture as everyone else, in a black family, i just happen to be gay. what if isaiah had said this in reference to a gay black castmate, would it make a difference? i will say that he didn’t directly call t.r. knight the f-word but he was definitely using it against him, and that’s bad enough. i also think that people don’t realize that his actions could jeopardize the entire show. people are talking about boycotts, petitions, and getting him fired (which could throw the storyline off). do you think that’s fair to shonda rhimes, one of VERY FEW succesful black women behind the camera? isaiah is lucky that all he has to do is meet with a gay group (glaad) and go to therapy because he couldn’t keep his prejudices or mouth in check. i think he’s the type of person that would take his frustration out on one of the easiest and most marginalized targets, gay people. and i’ve heard he was difficult to work with on other sets. he also needs to find a way to express himself tactfully, because addressing the topic the way he did at the golden globes=unacceptable. which, to my mind, means he should be in therapy anyway.
What! This is too much press on this incident.
just because hes on tv doesnt make him smart. he a fool, he loosing his job because he cant keep his blk lips closed.
@ louise, you are right he should have kept his mouth shut, just when all the drama had died down, i mean it did happen months ago, he bought the shit back up and now it is kicking him in the ass
testing 123
Man I type a lot and it didnt post. OK so my thoughts are this. Im OVER it! Like my girl Tichina Arnold said, they forgave Michael KKKramer so lets move on! Im a lesbian and I wasnt offended. I loved Isaiah since lovejones days and for a brotha who seems so intelligent and profound…wow. Im pissed only cuz he lied (REAL BAD) on national tv and showed poor class by saying what he said at the Golden Globes of all places. All this crap about him firing his publicist and hiring a new team just to revive his career or whatver…the public knows when ur not real and he isnt keeping it real. I doubt he will get fired but he will lose respect and some of his fan base. I lost interest in his character but maybe bcuz of the respect I lost too. Anyhoo sorry for the novel…then again ppl post WAY longer stuff than this and think ppl actually read it all. Hell I doubt if anyone is reading all this. lol
GOOD POINT ABOUT THIS BEING A BLACK WOMAN’S SHOW AND ALL.
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT-
I KNOW SHE READY TO SMACK TO THE SHIT OUT OF HIM-
I CAN JUST HEAR HIM THERAPY:
“HI, MY NAME IS ISAIH AND I ALEGEDLY USED THE “F” WORD.”
GAY GUYS ARE GIVING HIGH FIVES RIGHT ABOUT NOW
I DO HOPE THAT THIS GOES AWAY AFTER REHAB.
its only getting this much attention because grey’s anatomy is hott on the streets right now… whatever…. i guess all publicity is good publicity…
i’m tired of this story. all i can say is i hope he doesn’t get fired cuz grey’s is my favorite on t.v. right now…. otherwise NEXT!
I have to agree!!! Mel has said much worse and they are not beating that into the ground!!! He said it, we all know he has some “anger management issues.” Let’s be done with it.
Concreteloop, ya’ll some D@MN fools for taping Kevin Garnett on the UNDER! LMAO. I’m sorry I just clicked on the link below..and saw what ya’ll did to KG. LOL.
@ louise- you are ridiculous. who in the hell is the “velvet mafia” and what do you mean by that? and gay guys giving each other high fives? just shut the f**k up. and no i don’t want this particular situation publicized forever but i do want this to be a catalyst for change. people need to think before they use that word and make homophobic comments (louise). and about micheal richards, everybody was talking about that shit for weeks AND he’s not currently working(and rightly so). have you seen him anywhere? because i haven’t. his career=done. isaiah could be out of a job and blacklisted too, especially because he’s black. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again isaiah is lucky that all he has to do is apologize and go to therapy.
SLOANE,
YOUR BEING TOOOOO DEFENSIVE HERE.
GAY GUYS GIVING HIGH FIVES IS PROBABLY AN ACCURATE ASSESMENT BC THEY ARE MOST LIKELY SEEING IW IN REHAB AS A STEP TOWARDS SOMETHING GOOD.
HE WAS CHASTISED FOR HIS BELIGERANT TALK.
I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT GAYS IN THE POST.
IF YOU READ, I SAID, HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS MOUTH CLOSED.
THE VELVET MAFIA IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL EXECUTIVES IN FILM AND HOLLYWOOD WHO HAPPEN TO BE GAY.
THEY ARE ALSO SOMETIMES RUTHLESS AND JUST AS SHIESTY AS ANYBODY ELSE.
THEY WILL CHECK YOU AND THEY OBVIOUSLY PUT PRESSURE ON GA AND THAT’S WHY IW IS NOW IN REHAB.
THESE PEOPLE DO EXIST
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE TERM?
IS THAT HOMOPHOBIC TOO?
YOU ACT LIKE ALL GAY PEOPLE ARE INNOCENT HARMLESS VICTIMIZED FAWNS.
THE LAST I CHECKED, SOME GAYS WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND MAKING TONS OF MONEY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
STOP BEING A VICTIM ALL THE TIME.
SOME GAYS CAN BE JUST AS VENGEFUL AND PETTY AS STRAIGHT PEOPLE.
YOU SEE IW’S ASS IS IN REHAB, NOW DONT YOU?
GAYS USE INTIMIDATING PRACTICES JUST LIKE STRAIGHT PEOPLE.
DONT TAKE THE HOMOPHOBIA THING TOO FAR.
EVERYBODY DOES NOT HATE GAYS.
YOUR YELLING AT THE WRONG PERSON.
YOU WANT EQUALITY?
WELL HERE IT IS!
Well Michael Richards was a has-been when he had his rant ( he can’t really get fired if he doesn’t have a job),Isaiah is on a popular tv show NOW so he should’ve just kept his mouth shut.
#22
THE SECRET TAPING IS ETHICALLY QUESTIONABLE.
I SEE LAW SUITS IN THE FUTURE IF THIS IS TRUE
VERY, VERY, VERY, TACKY, TASTELSS, AND SHADY.
YALL SOME SNEAKY ASS SNAKES RUNNING AROUND IN RESTRICTED AREAS WITH A HIDDEN CAMERA.
YOU GUYS HAVE A VERY SCANDALOUS AND DARK FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU ALL IF THIS IS HOW YOU PLAY.
SHAME ON YOU:(
The whole “therapy” is getting outta control for me too..ok, he shouldn’t have said what he said, but if they squashed it on the set, why don’t they just shut the fuck up! AHHHHH!!!
He ain’t got no one to blame but himself. All he had to do was appolgise once and shut his goddam mouth but now I can’t see a way out of it for him, he’s forced them to fire his ass.
I can’t go into work and call someone a faggot I’d be fired on the spot so I ain’t go no sympathy for the dude.
ummmmm…. why is this such a big deal? Isaiah dont need no counseling. who doesnt use that word, i mean come on really. gay guys call ech other fag all the time
I understand that using that word offends gays and lesbians just as the N word offends us, but damn!Just like we fianlly let the whole Kramer thing go it’s time to let this go also.I am really tired of hearing about this,there is not enough help out there that is going to make him change how he feels.Yeah he may smile and give statements(which always seems to dig him into a deeper hole)but it really doesn’t mean anything if he doesn’t mean it and no one knows how this man feels.So they can keep having meetings and saying that he is getting help but he already tore his ass with quite a few people.It’s time for this to end.
ooooh weeeeee…The whole world needs therapy.
Hold hands and swing your arms back and forth as we sing this:
What the world needs now
Is love sweet love
No not just for some
But for everyone
Okay, now close your eyes and sing this:
Kumbaya my lord
Kumbayaaaaa
Kumbaya my lord
Kumbayaaaaa
Now this is the last song, okay? (deep breath):
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall over come some daaaaaaaaay aaaay aaaaaaay
Oh oh deeeeeeep in my heart
IIIIIIII still believe
We shall overcome some daaaaaaaay
Boy, he looks like a puppet right now.
Did KKKramer go to therapy?
He should have not let the media get to him at the Golden Globes which is where this whole thing started up again. When they asked him the question, “did he call his co-star a faggot”, he should have just stood there and kept his control. The media likes to trip people up. He is really stupid to think that he was being cute by grabbing the mic and answering their questions. It was not the place to talk about the incident so he should have just brushed off the question no matter what the media had to say.
And, why is he going to therapy again? He used the word and now he is getting the shit kicked out of him including his own boot up his own rear-end. He should have just been more sensitive to his co-star by not using the word again on National TV. He looked real stupid because in trying to defend himself he reaffended his co-star.
Word of advice Isaiah, TAKE YOUR STUPID PILL AND SHUT UP! AND GOING TO THERAPY TO SAVE FACE ONLY MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A WEAK MINDED IDIVIDUAL!
Once again because a dude is black they’re blowing this shit way out of proportion, but even so i blame his ass, he need to learn when to shut the fuck up, he reopened the whole damn thing for no reason. KKKramer did his shit, but his racist ass know better than to talk about it too much, just let shit blow over and most will forget. And forgive me but y is Fag a bad word, i mean doesn’t it just mean gay, i guess it become offensive just for sounding harsh and is usually followed by an ass whopping. I mean nigger means all sorts of bad shit, but that word just means gay, which they are anyway. Really someone explain to me y the word Faggot is offensive, i want to understand.
Now I have to call him an asshole, why lie? He called him a faggot, he called him a faggot. No one was reluctant to call him an asshole, so why hide anything??
if a white celeb would have dropped an n-bomb then you wouldnt be saying..oh give me a break already.
y’all wouldn’t be so quick to move in if it had been a white person calling a black erson a “nigger” TWICE. With the most recent being publicly at an award show a few weeks ago. It AIN’T old news…but hey i guess if its a gay white guy then it is…..whatever
FUCK FAGGOTS THEY SHOULD BURN IN HELL
WE SHOW NO LOVE TO BATTY BOYZ
listen to ”boom bye bye” by buju banton
God vreated Adam and Eve
Bullshit
Man, Philly Don, why u trying to start something? Even buju apologised for that….
Whatever…issue is dead. His wrong is 11 million levels below Kramer’s ass…u can’t really compare the two. If he feels he needs therapy..ok…do it, but enough already.
the word faggot and this picture of him do not mix. If you look closely it looks like someone is doing something ungodly to him from behind.
Good Isaiah the Idiot wouldn’t have to go through this crap again if didn’t say that shyt publicly a 2nd time!
He is an arrogant asshole…good for him, all that shyt he said at the Golden Globes surpassed unnecessary.
Two words: PUBLICITY STUNT
This going to rehab for this is just weird. Isaiah shouldn’t have said that word and been a professional on set. However, there have been celebrities who have said the n-word and there was an uproar for a minute and then there is the bs apology and then it’s dropped. No rehab or whatever. This has just gotten stupid.
does that mean i have to seek counseling for calling females with bad attitudes BYTCHES??? i gues so..
Whatever happen to the freedom of speech clause. Kramer didn’t have to go to therapy for calling some brother a “Nigger” publically too! I don’t get why they are blowing this whole thing out of proportion. I really don’t! I understand that there will be some gay people who are offended about being called a faggot. But let’s keep it real sometimes that is how that particuliar gay man is acting. I am all for freedom of speech and he should not have apologized as much as he did in public. That fight was between the two of them.
I hope he doesn’t lose his job; I personally can’t stand him, because he is a bold faced liar. He apologized to his co-workers and everything was okay on the set of GA until he opened up his big ass mouth a second time. When they asked him about the incident at the GG awards he should’ve just said, my co-workers and I have no problems with each other so there is no need to comment. But, instead this asshole lied and said, “He didn’t say it.” This means the apology he gave after saying the word faggot, was bogus. How in the hell can you feel sorry for something you deny even saying? I think I was more upset at him for not having the balls to admit he said it rather than the actual usage of the word even though the slur is not acceptable.
I personally don’t agree with homosexuality but, it doesn’t give me as well as anyone else the right to use a derogatory slur towards homosexuals or anybody. The word nigger and faggot doesn’t compare to each other; however there isn’t a derogatory slur for heterosexuals so it’s impossible to compare how offensive the word faggot is towards homosexuals to a slur towards heterosexuals that doesn’t even exist. I think people use that analogy only to show the offensiveness in the usage of both words.
As far as people thinking everyone should get over it, it was over until his dumb ass brought it up again. If you can’t stand the heat then get out the kitchen. It also pisses me off when black people are given golden opportunities to show their abilities of being capable of doing just as good if not a better job than white people. But, we mess it up with bull crap.
This shows how unfair America is. If the white person said some shit like this, they wouldn’t even get on his case, but OH NO! A black person takes all the flak! This is going to look like the SuperBowl 2004 halftime show all over again…
YA’LL REMEMBER WHEN HE PLAYED A GAY MAN ON SPIKE LEE’S GET ON THE BUS? HE DIDN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ACTING GAY FOR THAT CHECK! LOL!
ANYWAYS I SAY FIRE HIS BUTT AND BRING ON MORRIS CHESTNUT!!!!! WHOSE WITH ME LADIES??!!!!
BUT FOR REAL WOULDN’T MORRIS BE A GOOD EDITION TO THE SHOW? ALL THE WHITE MEN ON THE SHOW ARE HOT! AND THE BROTHERS ON THE SHOW LOOK AVERAGE! GIVE US SOME SEXUAL CHOOLATE TO LOOK AT! THE SISTAS WANT TO SEE SOME RIPPED CHOCOLATE ABS TOO!
LETS SEE, i’M GOING TO MAKE A LIST OF GREAT AD ONS TO THE SHOW. lADIES ADD ON TO THE LIST IF SOMEONE POPS UP IN YOUR MIND! LETS HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS ONE:
1. MORRIS CHESTNUT
2. LARENZ TATE
3. HILL HARPER
4. DEREK LUKE
5. MICHEAL EALY
6. BORIS KODJOE
7. DARREN HENSON (THE CUTIE FROM SOUL FOOD HE GOT A NICE BUTT, I REMEBER THEY SHOWED IT ON ONE OF THE EPISODES!)
8. BLAIR UNDERWOOD
9. BOBBY BROWN (SIKE! JUST PLAYIN’!!!!)
DAMN! I’M GETTING BUSY AT WORK GOTTA GO FOR NOW!
FELLAS DON’T HATE! THROW SOME FEMALE NAMES THAT YALL WANNA SEE! MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL SHOW SHANDRA RIMES OUR LISTS!
PEACE!
Ok is Michael Richards n’ rehab for calling “US” the “N” word…uh no!!!! I could care less! He said it so what get over it, and did anyone see the show’s creator laugh @ the Golden Globe when he said it???? Exactly he should have kept his GAY A** n the closet anyway TMI
Why’d he lie about it in the first place?
That Kramer ASS didn’t get any heat from us black folks OR THE RACIST MEDIA for using the N word, yet this black dude’s getting lynched for calling someone a fag.
I guess FAG is the new “Nigger”.
# 8 Janee I JUST saw your post too! This is really dumb. THERAPY?
Why not send the “victim” of Washington’s slur to therapy.
He seems to be the one traumatized.
RACIST Homo-worshipping Hollywood.
I AGREE WITH #1
SO DAMN RIDICULOUS AND BORING
THEY BETTER NOT FIRE HIM IS ALL I KNOW OR ITS GOING TO BE DRAAAAAAAAMA…
I don’t know why he would concede to therapy for something he said he didn’t do. Which is it? Did you or didn’t you? Not that anyone CARES at this late date, but still….
If I were his wife I’d be kickin his ass right about now! Case if your ss gets fired for dumb shit. then you start messing with my money.He’s a dumb ass (ugly ass) ni??a who got lucky and got into the acting biz and thought cause his ass had been in a couple of movies he could say what he wanted to say. Then he made his own ass look like a damb fool grabbing the mic and saying he didn’t say the shit now you in counseling becuse you said the shit. He seems to have some serious pyschological issues.
I don’t think it is solely because he is Black.
He just showed how stupid and low class he is. He is in the spot light. That show is in the spot light. When shit like this happen, the media is all over it because these are famous people. If it was your average Joe, no one would care. People use that word all the time but you don’t see the media at their doorstep. Being famous and speeking your mind has its draw backs.
Before I even read the thread, I just wanna say this whole fiasco has gottne WAY, WAY outta control! Just ridiculous to the 10th power!
He has apologized to T.R and everyone else PLUS GOD! What else can the man do to right this wrong?! How many more pennances must he pay!
I’m so over this mess! Sheesh!
I’m done with my RANT now…………
CARRY ON!
Wow…this is a really despicable society we live in. Everybody is so fucking sensitive. The Homos, the so-called Jews, the Muslims, every fucking body is sensitive. Only Black folks aren’t allowed to be sensitive. If Black folks ever get angst about a situation, we are told to “let it go.” I guess that’s the price of fame – sometimes you gotta tuck your tail between your legs and go sit in a corner somewhere.
Damn first he admitted to saying it and apologized, then he said he never said it, now he’s in therapy for saying it! Looks like this dude needs to be in therapfy for a couple of reasons. Secondly, if he was a “real ni**a” there’s no way he woulda let these white folks put him through so much BS about saying the word faggot. Who gives a damn? Black folks get called worse things than that on a daily basis and nobody’s going to therapy for that! I woulda kindly apologized (because he did offend someone and thats the right thing to do), then that would have been the end of it. After that, anybody who was still trippin coulda kissed my ass!
Ok. Didn’t he say a couple of weeks ago that he didn’t say that? I must be tripping b/c I could’ve sworn….anyway, it is not that serious. It really isn’t.