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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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Isaiah Washgton blamed star Patrick Dempsey’s repeated tards to the Grey’s Anatomy set for the blow-up that rulted Washgton g a homophobic slur. He said that the “F-word” was not meant as an anti-gay slur, but implied “somebody who is beg weak. ” Washgton also strongly nied he ever directed the word at gay star T.

“I am not homophobic – no way, shape or form, ” said Washgton.

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.

ISAIAH WASHGTON, FORMER GREY’S ANATOMY ACTOR: “EVERYTHG FELL APART” AFTER GAY SLUR SNDAL

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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. " 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.

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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. Prton Burke on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy 2007 for g homophobic slurs not once, but twice, public, “everythg jt fell apart, ” the actor said a recent terview wh The Huffgton Post.

Knight durg an on-set argument, llg him a “f—ot”; Knight later me out as gay.

Washgton ed the anti-gay slur aga backstage at the Goln Glob. In fact, Washgton will next return to the big screen Blackbird, which he lls an “Ain-Amerin gay g-of-age story. Blue Caprice star Isaiah Washgton said he was forced out of Hollywood after g homophobic slurs.

ISAIAH WASHGTON APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR

Isaiah Washgton, who me unr fire after g an anti-gay slur, will appear a public service announcement on behalf of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn and the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network.“We’re gonna have — I want to say at least two versns of at this pot. We may broan our msage a ltle,” the actor’s publicist, Howard Bragman, told The Asso * isaiah washington gay slur *

Durg a recent terview wh HuffPost Live, the Grey’s Anatomy veteran said no one the media “wanted to touch him” after he exprsed anti-gay sentiments back ntroversy origated when Washgton ed the word “f—-t” durg a dispute wh Patrick Dempsey on the Grey’s Anatomy set. Knight, who later me out as gay.

Prton Burke on the medil drama, was fired om Grey's back 2007 after g a homophobic slur on set.

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Isaiah Washgton ed a homophobic slur agast "Grey's Anatomy" -star T.

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Knight as a homophobic expletive. However, he clarified that he did not mean the “F word” a rogatory manner to exprs his hate for gay people, but he ed the word to refer to someone who was beg weak. Washgton also affirmed that he was not homophobic any shape, way, or form.

" Knight later publicly nfirmed his orientatn 2006 and said that he preferred to keep his personal life private; however, he hoped that beg gay was not the most tertg part of him. Knight says beg sulted by Isaiah Washgton prompted him to adm he's gay.

ISAIAH WASHGTON RETURNG TO 'GREY'S ANATOMY' 7 YEARS AFTER GETTG FIRED FOR ANTI-GAY SLURS

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. Unr fire by his boss at ABC and gay lears, Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washgton apologized Thursday for what he lled his “unacceptable any ntext” ments about gay star T.

R., my lleagu, the fans of the show and pecially the lbian and gay muny, ” Washgton said he “marred what should have been a perfect night” for Grey’s Anatomy and hurt both Knight and “everyone who has stggled for the rpect so many of take for granted.

‘GREY’S’ WASHGTON TO DO GAY RIGHTS PSA

Prton Burke on the h ABC show, nied the prsroom at the Goln Glob on Monday that he ever ed a gay slur reference to Knight.

Neil Giuliano, print of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, said a statement Thursday night that Washgton “has schled a meetg wh for early next week, and we look forward to explorg opportuni for movg forward together and healg some of the wounds of the past four months. Isaiah Washgton was acced of beg homophobic.

ISAIAH WASHGTON ON HIS REER AFTER ANTI-GAY SLUR NTROVERSY: 'EVERYTHG JT FELL APART'

Back 2007, was reported that Isaiah Washgton had a fight on set wh Patrick Dempsey and the middle of , ed a homophobic slur, reportedly reference to their other -star T. The cint prompted Knight to later e out as gay.

Washgton, 50, was famoly fired om the seri for directg homophobic slurs toward his then-star T. Knight later me out as gay, and tied the knot wh boyiend Patrick October 2013.

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Isaiah Washgton was fired om Grey's Anatomy 2007 after g a gay slur agast star T. Washgton was an origal st member of Grey's Anatomy, but he was fired 2007 after three seasons upon g a homophobic slur agast star T. (The blowup prompted Knight to announce he was gay on Oct.

The actor later released an apologetic statement and shot a PSA for the gay-rights advocy group GLAAD that aired durg a May 24 Grey's ren. "Grey's Anatomy" veteran Isaiah Washgton said no one Hollywood "wanted to touch" him after the ntroversy that ensued when he uttered an anti-gay slur backstage at the 2007 Goln Globe Awards. As People magaze reported at the time, Knight me out as gay after news of the argument broke, sayg, "I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most tertg part of me.

Knight a homophobic slur. ABC fired Washgton after he allegedly ed a homophobic slur.

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