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Patrick Dempsey and the rest of the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ clan are back on set filming, and McDreamy has noticed something new in the air.
 “It’s a lot lighter, people are having more fun. The energy and the adjustments make a big difference,” he says, referring to the departure of Isaiah Washington after an on-set altercation between the stars last season.
Yep, sorry Isaiah Washington. No one is on your side.
Source: “Patrick Dempsey: Mood Is ‘A Lot Lighter’ on Grey’s Set” [People]
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It was Labor Day weekend, and we know what that means … another Jerry Lewis Telethon! And this year, Jerry Lewis decided to make it extra special and, after 18 hours of fundraising, called someone an “illiterate faggot”.
The telethon raised a record $63 million for muscular dystrophy despite the slur.
Check out the video here
What others are saying:
- Best Week Ever says, “That didn’t stop the telethon from raising a record $63 million after enormous last-minute contributions from Isaiah Washington, Ozzie Guillen, and Mel Gibson.”
- dlisted says, “Put this old, grouchy bitch in a home already! First, Jerry Lewis said that Merv Griffin “deserved” to die and now this?!”
Source: “Jerry Lewis Drops F-Bomb During Telethon” [TMZ]
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 No really, Isaiah Washington is still talking about the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ drama. He dropped the f-bomb way back in October, when he tried to save face for a few weeks, and he got fired on June 7 or thereabouts – that’s three weeks ago, and he won’t shut up. First, he told E! that he was “mad as hell”. Then, last week, he told the Houston Chronicle that they fired the wrong guy and blamed T.R. Knight for the entire episode (no, Isaiah, no one but you used homophobic slurs).
Now, Isaiah is throwing race into the mix in an interview with Newsweek on the set of the upcoming indie flick ‘The Least of These’.
On how the f-bomb slipped:
“Patrick and I had a philosophical disagreement that got out of hand and that I regret a great deal. I said a lot of negative things that were never reported, but there was one word that caught everyone’s attention, particularly someone who wasn’t even in the room with us…someone heard the booming voice of a black man and got really scared and that was the beginning of the end for me.”
On the existing prejudice on set:
“Well, it didn’t help me on the set that I was a black man who wasn’t a mush-mouth Negro walking around with his head in his hands all the time. I didn’t speak like I’d just left the plantation and that can be a problem for people sometime. I had a person in human resources tell me after this thing played out that ‘some people’ were afraid of me around the studio. I asked her why, because I’m a 6-foot-1, black man with dark skin and who doesn’t go around saying ‘Yessah, massa sir’ and ‘No sir, massa’ to everyone?”
On the lessons learned:
“My mistake was believing that I would get the support from my network and all of my cast mates across the board. My mistake was believing I could correct a wrong with honesty and sincerity. My mistake was thinking black people get second chances. I was wrong on all fronts.”
He goes on to say that he probably used that word because he’s from the South, and that it says a lot about the U.S. when a black man can’t get forgiveness.
I have an idea, Isaiah. Just stop talking. Trust me, people will like you more – you just keep digging deeper and deeper.
What others are saying:
- A Socialite’s Life says, “I don’t know if Isaiah was truly the subject of racial discrimination, but for someone just trying to do his job, as he says he was, he sure does have a lot of anecdotes that involve him losing his temper with co-workers.”
- dlisted says, “I can’t take it anymore. I’m going to go cut off my ears now. Click here to read the entire article, but please don’t. Unless you like the taste of bullshit.”
Source: Us Weekly
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Now, here’s a headline you weren’t expecting: GAYS WANT AXED ISAIAH BACK. Page 6 has it, though.
ISAIAH Washington is getting some unexpected support in his bid to return to "Grey's Anatomy" – a petition drive spearheaded by a prominent lesbian and gay activist who insists he shouldn't have been axed for his homophobic remarks against co-star T.R. Knight.
Jasmyne Cannick, who worked with Washington on the Pan African Arts Festival, said she's infuriated ABC booted Washington from the show's upcoming fourth season for calling Knight a "faggot" during a scuffle on the set and believes it smacks of racism. So she's launched a petition – which had 1,233 signatures as of last night – to get the actor his job back.
The petition says Washington's firing "further adds to a disturbing new trend at ABC wherein  minority actors have been dismissed at an alarming rate over the past two years. Blacks, including . . . Star Jones ('The View'), Harold Perrineau ('Lost'), Alfre Woodard, Mehcad Brooks and Page Kennedy ('Desperate Housewives') have been let go . . . One must ask themselves, what is going on? . . . While we don't approve of [Washington's] use of the F-word at the Golden Globes, Washington has since apologized and gone on to perform community service by way of a public service announcement for the very organizations that have been orchestrating his dismissal. But it seems it wasn't enough."
The actor came under fire last fall after getting into an altercation with Patrick Dempsey, during which he slurred Knight. He later repeated the word at the Golden Globes. Washington later apologized, checked into rehab and met with gay leaders.
Cannick told us: "Isaiah has done more for the gay and lesbian community than T.R. Knight did in or out of the closet. He did what they asked him to do, and now they want to make sure he will never work again. At what point is enough enough?"
A rep for Washington denied the actor was behind the petition but added, "We appreciate [Cannick's] support."
Last week, Washington, 43, said he was "mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" regarding his dismissal. "I did everything that the producers and the network asked me to do," he told Entertainment Weekly.
Washington’s actions certainly don’t merit his firing from the show in and of themselves. Now, if he has become such a pariah among his castmates that they are having trouble producing the show, that’s a different issue. But you’d think they’d have known that before forcing him to undergo the humiliation of counseling for something that isn’t a disease.
Aside from the politics, Washington’s character is arguably the most interesting on the show. Frankly, I find not only Knight’s character (the wussified George) but Ellen Pompeo’s title character (Meredith Grey) much less compelling than that of Preston Burke. It’d be a shame to lose him from the cast.
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