"Grey's Anatomy" Star Heigl Lashes Out At Co-Star Washington For Homophobic Slur
JANUARY 16, 2007: Oh, no! He's at it again! "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl lashed out at her co-star Isaiah Washington after the Golden Globes yesterday, because of his use of the word "f****t" in the Golden Globes press room and said to Access Hollywood "he should not speak in public".
After Isaiah Washington used the homophobic slur in the Golden Globes press room on Monday she told the entertainment program she was not OK with it.
Heigl said this was something the cast and the drama producer and showrunner Shonda Rhimes had to deal with internally and hoped they could work it out.
Heigl also said T.R. Knight was her best friend and she would "throw down for that kid" and she "would beat you up" and "use every ounce of energy to bring you down if you hurt his feelings".
Heigl said she would probably "get into a lot of trouble for being that blunt", but she was not OK with what Isaiah said.
Heigl's comments are available on video on Access Hollywood's website.
Following Heigl's comments, Isaiah Washington immediately went into the Access Hollywood studio to defend himself:
"There is no way I could do anything so vile, and so horrible, not only to a castmate, but to a fellow human being," he insisted.
When asked what spurred his comments on the October incident Washington told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush, "It's the truth. It did not happen. I was going to hire some other great shiny publicist, but you know what, God laid it on my heart to say it because it was so close. The reports were all wrong. It did not happen."
Earlier in the evening Isaiah was quoted by the same program as saying on the red carpet: "I love gay. I wanted to be gay. Please let me be gay."
Labels: ABC, Grey's Anatomy, Isaiah Washington, Katherine Heigl
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3 Comments:
SERIOUSLY????
How STUPID is Washington! In the words of Katie Heigl..he just needs to stop talking..PERIOD!
Now he's saying it never happened?? He already appologized for what happened in October..but now in January..it never happened?? I HOPE TO GOD..it's him that dies!! He's a waste of air time
Obviously the cast was instructed to play it all down back in October.
They all went on talk shows to say: "Oh, it was only a scuffle, it was nothing... blah... blah..."
Even Heigl who went on Ellen said at the time it was nothing serious.
But it seems she was really pissed off this time. He's not shrugging off his way out of this one.
Yes, it seems like the cats out of the bag this time and the show's PR is not there to stop the actors from speaking their minds.
I'm happy for Katherine. She is best friend to TR, and to see TR get so hurt as for him to almost literally walk off the stage during the press room, says a lot.
Isaiah needs to be retrained on what to say. Yes, he didn't say the 6 letter F word directly at TR but what he should have said is "It's all water under the bridge," and leave it at that.
Now the scandal/controversy has risen again and this time it will not die down. Shonda Rhimes has to do something before it will escalate any further.
TR's definitely going to start asking to not be with Isaiah in scenes or he will leave the show...methinks. TR will fight this if need be.
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