Isaiah Washington will not be appearing on the next season of Grey's Anatomy. The actor generated a firestorm of controversy this year after he called fellow Grey's castmember T.R. Knight a "faggot" during an on-set quarrel. He then repeated the slur backstage at the Golden Globe Awards in January of this year. Washington issued the following statement through his publicist this morning:
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more." (Source)
Of course Isaiah's quote is a reference to the 1976 classic Network which starred Robert Duvall ... who was in Apocalypse Now (1979) with Marc Coppola ... who was in Vampire's Kiss (1989) with David Hyde Pierce ... who Isaiah Washington once called a "total fag" at a Fourth of July BBQ back in 2002. Kevin Bacon would be proud!
Good riddance!
I find it terribly ironic that he can call a co-star a faggot and then two weeks later the NAACP gives him an "image award".
Gotta love the NAACP! They really know how to preach equality!
NAACP has their cause, GLAAD has theirs. Personally I don't think the guy should have been fired over it but I don't see how he thinks he can get all self-righteous either.
lol...okay. And the reason why the NAACP and GLAAD exist is because they only care about THEIR causes. If they want to preach that it isn't okay to call a guy a nigger, than they need to be able to preach that it isn't okay to call a guy a fag either.
But they don't. This is how these organizations are able to remain active. They don't dream of a world where we are all equal...they are fine and dandy with being separatists. It's how we have BET, gay bars, women's only fitness clubs, etc.