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
- EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
- EVERYTHG ABOUT T.R. KNIGHT’S HBAND, WIFE & GAY QUERI, AND TV SHOWS & MOVI
- T.R. KNIGHT `LEARNED SO MUCH' SCE ANNOUNCG THAT HE'S GAY
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.
EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
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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.
EVERYTHG ABOUT T.R. KNIGHT’S HBAND, WIFE & GAY QUERI, AND TV SHOWS & MOVI
"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.
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. 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.
T.R. KNIGHT `LEARNED SO MUCH' SCE ANNOUNCG THAT HE'S GAY
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