491LikesNo idea who I'd like to see join, but I hope the character is funny. The show is sorely lacking funny these days.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Meredith go away for awhile. Maybe her sister will be less whiny, more interesting and less bone skinny.
Isaiah Washington: 'They Fired the Wrong Guy'
Isaiah Washington, whose contract was not renewed for season four of Grey's Anatomy, is now saying ABC made a mistake letting him go.
"They fired the wrong guy," the actor, 43, tells his hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle.
According to the Chronicle, Washington said his costar, T.R. Knight, was the one who should have been fired for stirring up controversy and creating a negative work environment – to win a raise and a bigger role for himself.
"I have to clear my name," Washington says. "I'll start from the beginning. I'm telling everything. So here's the truth."
In January, Knight told Ellen DeGeneres that Washington used a homophobic slur against him during an on-set argument with Patrick Dempsey. "I've never been called that to my face," Knight said.
"That's a lie," Washington tells the Chronicle. "I used the word during a disagreement with Patrick. I apologized for that. We shook hands and went back to work."
When word of the dust-up became public, Washington apologized, checked into rehab, met with gay leaders and released a public-service announcement decrying the use of hate speech.
Washington tells the Chronicle that he was wronged and may file a lawsuit. "My livelihood, my honor and dignity and my name have been so challenged," he says (The paper has no comment from Knight, and says network executives declined to comment.)
Adds Washington: "I was not fired for making homophobic slurs. I did everything I said I would do. I offered to go to counseling, to do a public service announcement. I wanted everyone to know I was remorseful."
Still, he says of his firing: "I'm not angry. I'm disappointed."
Isaiah Washington: 'They Fired the Wrong Guy' - Isaiah Washington : People.com
Shonda has said in a few places that Gray's will be lighter next season. I think she has heard the call that it got too dark and depressing. So hopefully it will bring back the funny to go with the angst.
Regarding Washington, Heigl is right. He should not talk in public.
Way to show that all your atonement and rehab was just for show to try to keep your job. I do feel a tiny bit bad for him tho. I think he did not directly call TR the name but was more refering that he wouldn't be one of Dempsey's F..., substitute N... and it just makes it all the more sadder he used it in that context. Since using the F word is just a update of the N word in that put down.
I can also see how TR would think it was directed at him, since it was a indirect swipe to begin with if TR pals around or looks up to Dempsey. What a aweful thing to say anyway you try to dress it up.
Gray's is a ensamble (gads, I bet I butchered the spelling on that word!) show, TR wasn't so safe that he could use this is a springboard, it could just as easier gotten his contract not renewed. Isaiah is out of a job for 1 of a few possible reasons. He doesn't play well with others and was affecting the set morale. Or ABC got tired of him putting his foot in his mouth and bad press isn't always good press. He was costing them money, one way or another.
And if it was TR who should have been fired, they would have done that. Or more likly fired both of them to avoid backlash.
But I am looked forward to Gray's putting this behind them and having a show that has more balence. And to Sandra Oh getting to stretch her wings more. She is a awesome actress.
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hmmmmmmm Colin Firth
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