Contents:
- T.R. KNIGHT'S FAY DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GAY UNTIL AFTER ISAIAH WASHGTON LLED HIM A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR ON THE 'GREY'S ANATOMY' SET, A FORMER WRER SAYS A NEW BOOK
- STEBRENNER AND ISIAH SHARE A SECRET GAY LOVER (ALLEGEDLY)
- WHEN ISIAH THOMAS QUTNG MAGIC JOHNSON'S SEXUALY VASTATED HIM: “I KEEP HEARG MAGIC IS GAY"
- MAGIC BLAM ISIAH FOR GAY MORS
T.R. KNIGHT'S FAY DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GAY UNTIL AFTER ISAIAH WASHGTON LLED HIM A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR ON THE 'GREY'S ANATOMY' SET, A FORMER WRER SAYS A NEW BOOK
Knight's fay didn't know he was gay until an cint on the "Grey's Anatomy" set leaked.
Isaiah Washgton was fired om the show 2007 after referrg to Knight g a homophobic slur.
A "source close to Washgton" said a new book that the actor isn't homophobic. Knight's fay didn't know he was gay before Isaiah Washgton referred to him g a homophobic slur durg a late-night fight on set wh Patrick Dempsey, said former "Grey's Anatomy" wrer Harry Werksman.
STEBRENNER AND ISIAH SHARE A SECRET GAY LOVER (ALLEGEDLY)
" Acrdg to the book, Werksman said that Washgton approached Dempsey, phed him up agast a wall, and told him he uldn't "talk to me the way you talk to" Knight, whom he referred to g the homophobic slur. '"Knight publicly nfirmed he's gay a 2006 statement to People orr to "quiet any unnecsary mors" about him. "While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most tertg part of me, " the statement read, part.
A year later, Knight said on "The Ellen DeGener Show" that gettg lled the homophobic slur is what prompted him to disclose rmatn about his private life bee " beme important to make the statement.
He was fired om the show later that year, but briefly returned to "Grey's Anatomy" season 10 as part of the ex storyle for Sandra Oh's character Crista "How to Save a Life, " Rice reports that a "source close to Washgton" says the cint "was more about his personaly than was any homophobia or perceived homophobia.
WHEN ISIAH THOMAS QUTNG MAGIC JOHNSON'S SEXUALY VASTATED HIM: “I KEEP HEARG MAGIC IS GAY"
Stebrenner would send me ndy bags wh blow pops and tootsie rolls and gay ic books. This led to whispers that the LA legend was a closeted homosexual.
MAGIC BLAM ISIAH FOR GAY MORS
Acrdg to (Lon) Rosen, Thomas told him, 'I keep hearg Magic is gay. In an upg book, basketball's Magic Johnson blam Isiah Thomas for mors that Johnson was gay at the time Johnson stunned the world by announcg he was HIV-posive.
"I'm far om homosexual.
But Johnson is blamg Thomas, then wh the Detro Pistons, for spreadg mors that he was gay. Thomas: "I keep hearg Magic is gay. The "Magic is gay" mor was everywhere at the time, prient cursy when HIV/AIDS was still a mystery to most Amerins.