T.R. Knight "Blue" About "Grey's" Incident
T.R. Knight, who plays the beloved George "McCuddly" O'Malley on ABC's mega-hit "Grey's Anatomy," has given an interview to The Advocate magazine (out June 19) in which he dodges direct questions about the Isaiah incident in a telling manner.
The October 2006 on-set incident suggested T.R.'s castmate Isaiah Washington was a homophobe and it forced the gay actor out of the closet. Significant repercussions at the hand of series creator Shonda Rhimes never materialized even after a repeat offensive in January.
AfterElton.com obtained the following excerpt from the interview:
"When asked if Washington had apologized to him personally, Knight initially responded, 'Which time?' Then, when pressed, he said, 'What a lovely blue sky.' When queried about whether Rhimes had come to him and asked what he wanted to happen, he paused thoughtfully before saying, 'I like blueberries. Do you like blueberries?'"
The fate of both characters on the show remains uncertain following the third season finale which aired on Thursday night.
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Labels: ABC, Grey's Anatomy, Isaiah Washington, T.R. Knight
posted by Justin Van De Kamp at
11:45 AM
3 Comments:
Hmmmmmm, I'm confused about this, if he was in the closet, and nobody knew he was gay, than how could what Washington did be offensive? This is confusing.
I am not sure I am following, JJ.
Isaiah Washington used the homophobic slur "f*****" in reference to T.R. Knight.
T.R. Knight was in the closet to the general public (as are 90% of gay actors in Hollywood) but most of his castmates were familiar with his sexual orientation.
Even if Isaiah had insulted T.R. by accident, it would still have been highly inappropriate for him to use such language on the set (e.g. a Caucasian actor using the racist slur "n*****" among an all-Caucasian cast would still be deemed outrageous although none of the cast members would be personally offended in such a case).
Oh ok, so his castmates knew. Cause in the closet, I didn't know HOW in the closet he was. If nobody but him knew, IW's comment's shouldn't have been taken as offensive since if he really didn't know he was gay, I don't see how what he said would really be taken as homophobic but rather as just an immature slip of the tongue. I didn't know how much he knew so when you said in the closet, it sort of confused me.
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