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Contents:
- ISAIAH WASHGTON, FORMER GREY’S ANATOMY ACTOR: “EVERYTHG FELL APART” AFTER GAY SLUR SNDAL
- 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
- ISAIAH WASHGTON: 'I LOST EVERYTHG' AFTER GAY SLUR CONTROVERSY
- ISAIAH WASHGTON GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 85 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
- ISAIAH WASHGTON TALKS ABOUT GOLN GLOB ANTI-GAY SNDAL
- ISAIAH WASHGTON APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR
ISAIAH WASHGTON, FORMER GREY’S ANATOMY ACTOR: “EVERYTHG FELL APART” AFTER GAY SLUR SNDAL
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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. 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.
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
" 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.
ISAIAH WASHGTON: 'I LOST EVERYTHG' AFTER GAY SLUR CONTROVERSY
Blue Caprice star Isaiah Washgton said he was forced out of Hollywood after g homophobic slurs.
ISAIAH WASHGTON GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 85 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
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.
ISAIAH WASHGTON TALKS ABOUT GOLN GLOB ANTI-GAY SNDAL
Knight, who later me out as gay. 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.
ISAIAH WASHGTON APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR
Isaiah Washgton was acced of beg homophobic. 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. Prton Burke on the medil drama, was fired om Grey's back 2007 after g a homophobic slur on set. Knight says beg sulted by Isaiah Washgton prompted him to adm he's gay.
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. It seems like every celebry has been lled gay at some pot or another. Many of the gay mors surroundg Isaiah Washgton (Grey's Anatomy, The 100) seem to be tied to his obssive attentn to his body, like most actors.