When I learned that Isaiah Washington was going to appear on Larry King Live, I admit I wanted to hear what the actor had to say for himself. I was trying to keep an open mind and allow for the fact that maybe we haven't heard the whole story yet about the controversy behind the scenes at Grey's Anatomy.
Not more than a quarter way through the interview and Washington blew his credibility, at least with me. He said that before the incident he had never talked with T.R. Knight and hardly had any scenes with him. Seriously? Their characters, Burke and George, have had numerous scenes together. In fact, at the end of Season Two, George had moved in with Burke and Cristina temporarily.
Washington also stated that ABC put a gag order on him in January after the incident at the Golden Globes and he was not allowed to talk about it while he was an employee of Disney/ABC. If the network issued a gag order, why was T.R. Knight allowed to go on The Ellen DeGeneres Show? Why did Katherine Heigl go off on Washington after the Golden Globes? If things went down the way Washington claimed they did, why wouldn't the show and ABC want the "real" story out there? Wouldn't it be better for the image of the series and the network to have this incident seen as two guys (Washington and Dempsey) losing their tempers over bad work habits than to be portrayed as a homophobic tirade? Washington also seemed to hint that it was possible that race played a part in the handling of the situation.
Nothing is ever just black or white, just many shades of grey. However, I'm not inclined to buy Washington's version of events because something about it just doesn't ring true. But I'm glad he had his say and I hope this is the last anybody hears about it again.
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