“It didn’t help me on the set that I was a black man who wasn’t a mush-mouth Negro walking around with his head in his hands all the time. I didn’t speak like I’d just left the plantation and that can be a problem for people sometimes. I had a person in human resources tell [...]
After months of being embroiled in the middle of a gay-slur scandal, Isaiah Washington wants to “clear” his name.
In a candid interview with the Houston Chronicle, Isaiah says, “They fired the wrong guy,” positing that contrary to popular belief, the anti-gay slur he spewed during the infamous on-set row with Patrick Dempsey was not aimed [...]
Jasmyne Cannick, a gay and lesbian activist who worked with Isaiah Washington on the Pan African Arts Festival, has authored a petition to get the foul-mouthed actor hired back onto ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, saying that his axing has an air of racism.
The decision to drop Isaiah “further adds to a disturbing new trend at ABC [...]
“I’m saddened by the outcome. I did everything that the producers and the network asked me to do. I came back under great duress and stress, and thought I was doing the job I was hired to do. I thought that was going to speak for my future at Grey’s, but apparently that wasn’t the [...]
Isaiah Washington — famed homophobe of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ fame — will not return to ABC’s top drama when it returns for a fourth season next September, according to a source close to the situation.
ABC Television Studio apparently declined to renew Preston Burke’s residency after he invited an ugly wave of press this season because of [...]
Tonight, during back-to-back reruns of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, Isaiah Washington’s public service announcement will debut about the power of words - to hurt and to heal.
The PSA, produced by ABC, is the result of Isaiah’s January meetings with gay advocacy groups after his use of an anti-gay slur.
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