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13 biggest controversies that happened behind the scenes of 'Grey's Anatomy'
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- The pilot episode of "Grey's Anatomy" aired on March 27, 2005.
- The medical show made history on-screen but also garnered headlines for behind-the-scenes drama.
- We've rounded up the most prominent controversies from 2005 to 2022.
Isaiah Washington reportedly used a homophobic slur to refer to costar T.R. Knight.
One of the earliest clashes on the "Grey's Anatomy" set happened between former stars Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey during which Isaiah reportedly referred to costar T.R Knight using a homophobic slur.
While shooting a scene late at night on October 9, 2006, the actors began to quarrel because Isaiah was annoyed that Dempsey
T.R. Knight's family didn't know he was gay until after Isaiah Washington called him a homophobic slur on the 'Grey's Anatomy' establish , a former penner says in a new book
T.R. Knight's family didn't understand he was homosexual before Isaiah Washington referred to him using a homophobic slur during a late-night fight on place with Patrick Dempsey, said former "Grey's Anatomy" writer Harry Werksman.
According to "How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy" by Amusement Weekly editor at large Lynette Rice, tension between Washington and Dempsey strike a boiling aim during a late-night shoot on October 9, 2006. Per the book, former executive producer Tag Wilding said Dempsey was aiming to "pay" Washington support for being behind to set one day "by creature late himself." The argument escalated into "physically fighting," according to Wilding.
Werksman, who was also formerly a producer on "Grey's Anatomy," guessed that Washington "felt disrespected that he and the crew had been waiting." According to the book, Werksman said that Washington approached Dempsey, pushed him up against a wall, and told him he couldn't "talk to me the way you talk to" Knight, whom h
Isaiah Washington isn’t content that he’s finest remembered as the actor who was fired from “Grey’s Anatomy” for allegedly using a homophobic slur on set.
As Washington explains in a new, no-holds-barred interview, he was falsely accused of directing the slur at co-star T.R. Knight in 2006. Washington told Tavis Smiley on KBLA Talk 1580 radio that being portrayed as homophobic was one of the ways that people on the punch ABC medical drama tried to employ him “as a scapegoat to cover up other problems on the set.”
Those problems included how Patrick Dempsey was a remorseless “tyrant” who got away with terrorizing others on the establish because he was a White actor, Washington, 58, said. In addition, series star Ellen Pompeo stayed quiet about Dempsey, with Washington alleging that she took $5 million “under the table” during the height of #MeToo to not tell the world “how toxic and nasty Patrick Dempsey really was.”
“I didn’t know that (the homophobic accusation) would stick to me so strenuous. But I establish out why,” said Washington, who has denied being anti-gay. “It was an agenda to cover up for the toxic and
'Grey's' Star: I Felt I Was Treated Like an N-Word
July 3, 2007 — -- First there was McSteamy, then there was McDreamy, and now there's McBlamey.
Isaiah Washington, who formerly played a surgeon on "Grey's Anatomy," not only blamed his co-star Patrick Dempsey on "Larry King Live" for his erupting on set with a homophobic slur, but he said he felt he was treated like "an N-word."
Concerning a heated argument Washington had with Dempsey over his tardiness, Washington told King, "I wish I would possess said, 'I wish you didn't treat me like an N-word,' because that's how I felt. That's how I felt."
Washington said it was Dempsey repeatedly arriving late to the arrange that got him worked up in the first place, and that T.R. Knight, who plays George O'Malley, had nothing to do with the argument.
According to Washington, Dempsey arrived delayed yet again and refused to shoot without their co-star Ellen Pompeo.
Washington responded, "Well, I don't need Ellen. I can act."
King asked what he meant by this, and Washington reassured viewers and King that this meant implicitly that D