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It’s been a few days since the big news that Isaiah Washington will not be returning to Grey’s next season. I’m still irritated by the news. I feel like he’s gone from bad guy to victim in the span of a few months, and I don’t think it’s much of a coincidence that T.R. Knight was asked back a day or two before news that Isaiah had been fired leaked out.
Do you guys think there’s still alot of drama going on that the media isn’t reporting? Or was it simply Dr. Burke’s time to depart? Was there anything that could’ve saved Isaiah or was he doomed from the moment he spoke the F word in public?
Honestly, I cannot believe that ANYONE wants this guy back on the show. (1) He gets into a fight with the show’s most popular cast member, (2) he makes homophobic/anti-gay statements that were directed at yet another cast member, and (3) he made obscene comments in public. I feel that the public’s obsession with his anti-gay statement toward T.R. Knight as the reason for his firing is very mislead. The real issue here is that Washington has been a trouble-maker from day one, and it is about time that the show fired him!
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GOD BLESS YOU TY!!!!!
Honestly – I take so much crap on these boards that it’s nice to hear someone say it like it is. Sure, the guy embarrassed himself and the show at the GGs, but there was more to it – a LOT more, than the whole “gay slur” thing. A physical altercation in the workplace is bad enough without the added measure of the whole slur thing.
It really is too bad – he IS talented and was a great part of the show, But should people be forced to work with someone who has some nasty tendancies just for ratings?
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Isaiah Washington is the strongest most consistent player in the troupe. There can’t be any doubt about that. It’s absolutely RIDICULOUS that the production is forcing him out! Dr. Burke and Christina’s plotlines are so vibrant, edgey and unpredictable. If Patrick Dempsey was willing to finally shake and let it go, why, for the love of Mike, is someone on the sidelines of that argument allowed to control the PR about the incident?
When Knight went public on Ellen Degeneris’ show about the language used, executives should have had the cojones to set the record straight about who the participants of the argument were to set the record straight for Isaiah. (no pun intended and no offense meant to anyone reading this or standing near)
I’d be curious to know if Knight got a rai$e to quell his pain and $uffering.
It is such a bizarre and unforgiving world we create for our children when a sincere heartfelt apology is rendered worthless for fear of political correctness.
At what point does logic kick in?
Losing Isaiah Washington is a big black eye for the reputation of the obviously spineless executives and an ENORMOUS LOSS to the dramatic impact of the company and a betrayal of the story promise to the countless supporters and viewers. I’m not tuning in next season. I just can’t. Who can buy into a romantic plotline when all you feel is pissed off. Life is too short. There’s always the remote control to point a new path. I hope we find Isaiah Wahington on that next channel.
Leon Rodriguez
Filmmaker
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Leon,
I understand your argument – BUT…. have you considered what it would be like to work with Mr. Washington? As to Mr. Knight benefitting from this whole fiasco – can you give me a list of Hollywood Leading men who are openly gay? Even a list of big screen supporting actors? Or T.V.?
No?
I thought not. Knight took a chance that his career would end when he came out. He did so because everyone on the set heard the nasty remark and the tabloids were breathing down his neck.
Although it’s good Mr. Knight came out, it is unfortunate the circumstances under which it happened.
Mr. Washington used certain language in the heat of the moment that he might not have used otherwise.
He got away with it – nobody was attempting to punish him.
Yet he had to go and try and deny the incident ever happened at the GGs. Then the sh*t hit the fan.
And NOW he’s trying to put the blame on Mr. Knight.
Mr. Washington is a DOUCHE with anger management problems. He indeed may NOT be homophobic in his personal life – but, generally speaking, people who use the “F” word ARE homophobic – whether they admit it to themselves or not. No different from people who think they are racially tolorant, yet use the “N” word in anger.
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Look at JCW getting sympathy. You are pathetic. I see you are going around the boards with you gay white mafia rhetoric. Simply pathetic.
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Do they have to keep persecuting Isaiah Washington for a mistake? He made an apology, went to rehab (a bit of a joke), made a public service announcement, and now he got fired. People make mistakes all the time. What will be next, jail? Words can hurt, but apologies should be accepted and people should move on.
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TY I guess you never read about drama on TV sets. Every show has it. OC, Charmed, One Tree Hill, The Simple Life and many more. This one jumped from gossip pages to front page news because of the slur.
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This only jumped to the front page after the GG debacle. The whole thing had been very quieted
long before that. The combination of repeating the slur and lying and joking about that nite were what made headlines. It isn’t only the slur, but the lies and cover up as well that caused the furor.
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Oh Hey Greasy – er – I mean Treesey! You finally decided to start spreading your ignorance and bigotry on a newer post – good for you! Can’t wait to hear you blather on some more about the “gay white mafia”! Now make sure and alert a few friends so you can dominate the comments with hate speech!
Moron.
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Washington is morally weak………..he uses a slur in a heated argument with Patrick then denies it then admits it then uses it again then denies it then goes to counselling for it then denies it again then gets angry that he did all that and still loses his job! HA! HA! WEAK!!!!!!!!!!! Glad he is gone!!!!!!
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I also must say something about “treesey.” I just hope that he or she does not really believe her own statements! In particular, her justification for IW’s statements that “We are all racist.” Whether or not a person has a racial bias towards one class or another, it should never be TOLERATED when he uses such slurs in a way that is defamatory! And I also found “treesey’s” assertion that there is such a thing as the “gay WHITE mafia” to be laughable. Well why stop there treesey? Why isn’t there a gay Hispanic mafia, or a gay mafia which is composed of Asians? Be honest, is this really just your way of playing the race card because IW is black while TRK is white? But if I am wrong and you really do believe the diatribes you have been spewing then best of luck to you!
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JCW, your comments show that you are nothing but a flipflopping hypocrite. You and your gay white friends are showing that your twofaces. On the one hand you wish IW well, then you vilify him. TYPICAL gay white male acceptance and tolerance.
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Ty here’s a tip, if you want to address me, then do it DIRECTLY. Don’t half ass a post about me when you know I’m here on the board. No wait that’s what you gay white males do with your double speak with your sly, nasty remarks.
I could give two sh*ts if you found my comments laughable or not. I’m sure IW is laughing about the gay tolerance and acceptance as well that he’s received.
You can stick your head in the sand on subtle and blatant racism all you like. This is why gay civil rights will never be supported by me. I don’t need to play the “race card” when discriminatory whites keep showing me the deck. Unlike closeted, open gays whites who love to conveniently pull the “gay card” like the formerly closeted gay actor T.R did, but it’s justified right? The double standard is thick with you gay white males isn’t it?
Save your “luck” for IW being blacklisted in Hollywood by gay white males in power. I’m sure both IW and others like me who support him will be waiting on gay TOLERANCE until MJ turns back to his original skin color and nose.
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Oh yes Ty, the show’s creator wrote the role for the IW the “angry black male” specifically. So Shonda risks liability and backlash because of IW’s “anger management” issues?
Man the b.s. is thick up in here!!!
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Treesey, As I stated before, I certainly am NOT gay! And my girlfriend would be angry at your intimation. The reasons that I feel that the show was and is justified in firing IW are (1) he started a fight on the set with Patrick Dempsey, (2) he used unnecessary and obscene language in front of the camera, and (3) he made homophobic/anti-gay statements with the intention of defaming a fellow cast member! I spoke “about” you for the simple reason that I feel that it is irresponsible for you to assume that white gays such as TRK receive “special protection” in relation to other classes of gays. the fact is that the people who dislike gays, dislike them for the conduct that they engage in – not for the race to which they belong. To make matters worse, you seem to believe that IW has been unfairly treated because he is a black man who made a gay slur which was directed at a white gay man. But can you or anyone imagine if a white man were to have made the same statements? What I am saying is that we live in a society where EVERYONE, regardless of race or gender, should be required to pay the penalty for the ignorant remarks that they make!
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Well – my last comment is stuck in moderation. Let me sum it up thus:
Ty, Treesey is a douche – don’t waste your time trying to reason with her. She’s not here for that – she’s here to promote an anti-gay agenda, and that’s that.
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JCW and his passsive aggressive posts. What do you have va jay jay envy? I bet your mom appreciates that most gay men consider her a breeder….anyhoo, keep up your hypocrisy and keep promoting your gay white mafia agenda (that I addressed to you in the previous posts).
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Oh…and by the way Greasy – you homophobic twit -
here’s a link for you to this year’s gay pride celebration in San Francisco. You might want to click on “Parade”, and then look under Grand Marshalls:
http://www.sfpride.org/
Note the number of people of color who are being honored this year. Sort of pokes a whole in your “Gay White Male” power theory, doesn’t it?
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Greasy,
And by the way – what my mom appreciates is that she didn’t give birth to a hateful hag like you.
She’s a very happy woman.
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Ty, the point has once again flown over your head. Do you have a problem with basic comprehension? Maybe I need to type in more simple terms for you.
(A) IW APOLOGIZED TWICE and made amends with his castmates and Dempsey, and tried to move on and go back to work, but no the gay media just had to lynch him and keep the attention on the squashed problem.
(B) Once T.R. came out, I knew, that IW days were numbered. You can’t be this dense, no wait, you white people still believe that racism and discrimination doesn’t exist. LOL!!!!!
Just so we are clear, I don’t agree with what IW said to Dempsey but I’ve heard worst said about me as a black woman, so spare me the justification of homophobic views.
I think your GF better think twice with dealing with a man who supports gays with such fervor. Perhaps you are on the D.L. ( oh wait that’s for blacks. I mean you must still be in the closet). McGreevey much? Something about you is suspect.
Lastly, you ideally think that we should live in a society that deals with people with fairness and equality whenever ignorant remarks are made? Tell that to O’Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck. Wow, you are dense.
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