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Do you think he should have got fired for a anti gay comment ?
I don't think he should have.
Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington, fiercely criticised for an anti-gay slur he reportedly made last year, said he was "mad as hell" at being fired from the hit US television hospital drama.
Washington, who played Dr Preston Burke on the show, was released by Grey's producers at ABC Television Studios, part of the network that airs the programme.
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore," Washington said in a statement, borrowing a line from the 1976 movie Network, which takes a harsh look at television.
Howard Bragman, the actor's Los Angeles-based spokesman, declined comment.
An ABC spokeswoman confirmed the show's producers did not renew Washington's contract, but declined further comment.
Last year, Washington sparked controversy after a heated argument on the Grey's set in which he reportedly called co-star TR Knight a "faggot".
Washington denied the report. But Knight, who later came out as gay, said he had used the slur.
At January's Golden Globe awards, where Grey's was named top television drama, Washington caused further uproar when he again denied having addressed Knight with the anti-gay term.
Washington, 43, then met with gay and lesbian groups in Los Angeles, entered counselling and filmed a public service announcement denouncing hurtful speech.
Grey's executive Shonda Rhimes said in January that the producers and ABC were working to address what she called Washington's "behavioural issues".
Grey's focuses on the lives of interns and doctors at a fictional hospital in Seattle. It is one of the most-watched television dramas in the United States, averaging more than 18 million viewers a week.
In this past season's final episode, Burke was supposed to have married another doctor. But he abruptly left minutes before the wedding was set to begin.
He then cleared out of his fiancee's apartment in a cliffhanger ending.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4090471a1860.html
I don't think he should have.
Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington, fiercely criticised for an anti-gay slur he reportedly made last year, said he was "mad as hell" at being fired from the hit US television hospital drama.
Washington, who played Dr Preston Burke on the show, was released by Grey's producers at ABC Television Studios, part of the network that airs the programme.
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore," Washington said in a statement, borrowing a line from the 1976 movie Network, which takes a harsh look at television.
Howard Bragman, the actor's Los Angeles-based spokesman, declined comment.
An ABC spokeswoman confirmed the show's producers did not renew Washington's contract, but declined further comment.
Last year, Washington sparked controversy after a heated argument on the Grey's set in which he reportedly called co-star TR Knight a "faggot".
Washington denied the report. But Knight, who later came out as gay, said he had used the slur.
At January's Golden Globe awards, where Grey's was named top television drama, Washington caused further uproar when he again denied having addressed Knight with the anti-gay term.
Washington, 43, then met with gay and lesbian groups in Los Angeles, entered counselling and filmed a public service announcement denouncing hurtful speech.
Grey's executive Shonda Rhimes said in January that the producers and ABC were working to address what she called Washington's "behavioural issues".
Grey's focuses on the lives of interns and doctors at a fictional hospital in Seattle. It is one of the most-watched television dramas in the United States, averaging more than 18 million viewers a week.
In this past season's final episode, Burke was supposed to have married another doctor. But he abruptly left minutes before the wedding was set to begin.
He then cleared out of his fiancee's apartment in a cliffhanger ending.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4090471a1860.html
