EXCLUSIVE: Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight Confirms He's Gay

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The actor's fay didn't even know he was gay until the famo cint wh -star Isaiah Washgton went public.

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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

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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.

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" 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.

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"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. "I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most tertg part of me, " the Grey's Anatomy star tells PEOPLE exclively.

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Knight is gay, he has nfirmed exclively to PEOPLE. “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. Knight hid his sexualy for the longt time before an unfortunate cint outed him as gay 2006.

However, sce g out of the closet, he has had an arguably better has been leadg a happy married life wh his hband Patrick Leahy for almost a and is a proud gay actor.

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Wh the role, he set an example that a gay actor uld portray such a multifaceted straight role. He also referred to Knight g a homophobic slur (f****t) suatn oled down after several people tervened.

"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, " he said the statement. All the years later, and there are still more and more tails g out about the now-famo antigay slur sndal that rocked the st of ABC's long-nng medil drama seri Grey's those not faiar wh the story or who need a reher (we don't blame you, 's been a while), back 2006, actor Isaiah Washgton (who played Dr. Prton Burke on Grey's) referred to his gay -star T.

Gee O'Malley and who me out publicly to People followg the sndal) the antigay f-word slur durg an on-set argument he had wh Patrick Dempsey (Dr. Knight says beg sulted by Isaiah Washgton prompted him to adm he's gay.

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Shortly after the dtup, Knight nfirmed exclively to PEOPLE that he is gay – the kd of announcement he says isn’t his style, but that he felt was necsary. Knight told Gold Derby the role held a particular importance to him bee "It's nice to be playg a gay role a seemgly good marriage wh kids.

Knight Gay? T R Knight is openly gay. He asked to be let out of his $14 ln ntract three years early after an cint on the set 2007 when his -star Isaiah Washgton referred to him wh an anti-gay slur durg a heated argument wh Patrick Dempsey.

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He ntued: "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.

Knight and Chandra Wilson attend the 46th annual Monte Carlo Televisn Ftival Mona on July 1, 2006 | Photo: Getty ImagPersecutnCo-star Isaiah Washgton allegedly lled Knight an anti-gay slur amid an argument wh Patrick Dempsey.

In the aftermath, Washgton was fired 2007 for the homophobic speech. Durg an terview wh the Huffgton Post, the "A Year and Change" actor reflected on his feelgs as a gay man sharg his life wh another. In , he plays French poet Max Jab, who was notably gay the early 1900s, a rare occurrence at the time.

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