Isaiah Washgton returng to 'Grey's Anatomy' 7 years after gettg fired for anti-gay slurs

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Executiv at ABC and s parent, Disney, are mullg the future of the actor Isaiah Washgton, a star of the seri “Grey’s Anatomy,” after he publicly ed an anti-gay slur for the send time roughly three months.

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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.

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

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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.

ISAIAH WASHGTON: 'I LOST EVERYTHG' AFTER GAY SLUR CONTROVERSY

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A "source close to Washgton" said a new book that the actor isn't homophobic.

ISAIAH WASHGTON APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR

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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.

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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. "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.

ISAIAH WASHGTON TALKS ABOUT GOLN GLOB ANTI-GAY SNDAL

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.

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

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.

‘GREY’S’ WASHGTON TO DO GAY RIGHTS PSA

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.

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Was gay, " Carrillo says.

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

ANATOMY OF AN INSULT: ABC IS STUNG BY AN ACTOR’S ANTI-GAY SLURS

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.

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Isaiah Washgton returng to 'Grey's Anatomy' 7 years after gettg fired for anti-gay slurs .

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