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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.
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
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.
ISAIAH WASHGTON: 'I LOST EVERYTHG' AFTER GAY SLUR CONTROVERSY
" 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.
ISAIAH WASHGTON GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 85 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
"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. Blue Caprice star Isaiah Washgton said he was forced out of Hollywood after g homophobic slurs. 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 APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR
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.