Isaiah Washington could have been a farmer for all the shit he slung last night. Appearing with perpetual windbag Larry King’s Live show, the former Grey’s Anatomy spoke out (again) about being fired months after his faggot-flinging.
Naturally, the actor takes some time to explain the infamous incident, insisting the allegedly arrogant Patrick Dempsey started it all. From the CNN transcript – note King’s phrase “an F person” while asking whether Washington called TR Knight a faggot, as reported. We underlined it in honor of King’s absurdity.
WASHINGTON: [Dempsey] got un — became unhinged, face-to-face, spittle to spittle, in my face — first. I did not start it. And I’m asking him why is he screaming at me, why are we doing this? Get out of my face. Several times. Several times. And he just becomes irate. But I’m not understanding why am I being berated to this point in front of our crew, particularly after what we experienced in Seattle. You know, I mean, I think you owe me on apology and I’m being berated.
And by that time I pushed him out of my face and it just took off from there and I began to say a lot of — a lot of things that I’m not really proud of — but all referring to myself and how I felt I was being treated.
KING: But how did the bad word come out of that?
WASHINGTON: Well, I said several bad words, as well as he did.
KING: To him?
WASHINGTON: To him about how I was feeling. I said there’s no way you’re going to treat me like a “B” word or a “P” word or the “F” word. You can’t treat me this way in front of our crew.
KING: So you weren’t referring to him as being an F person?
WASHINGTON: Never. Never.
\KING: Or anybody else being one?
WASHINGTON: Never, Larry. Never, never, never, never,
Washington also says he took the scandal hard, spiraling into a self-pitiful depression. He became so distraught, in fact, that he even tried to quit – twice!
So why should people believe Washington’s much-publicized apology train? Well, we shouldn’t:
KING: You then issue an apology. And you say, “I apologize to T.R. my colleagues, the fans of the show and especially the lesbian and gay community” —
WASHINGTON: Yes.
KING: — “for using a word that’s unacceptable in any context or circumstance.” Did you believe that?
WASHINGTON: Well, I have issues with the — any context or — or circumstance, because the context in which I used it was saying that I did not use it to attack T.R. With. The question —
KING: Wait.
WASHINGTON: The question —
KING: Are you saying in the apology it’s a bad word, I shouldn’t use it anywhere at any time?
WASHINGTON: I don’t think anyone should use — not only that word, but a lot — a whole list of other words.
KING: Right.
WASHINGTON: I mean there are power in all words that are — I think there needs to be — like I was invited by the first lady to be a part of the White House summit on malaria. I think there needs to be a White House summit on language, because I really feel that in this country, this — things are getting lost in translations.
Of course, Washington takes some time to debunk his “bigot rehab,” which he described as “executive counseling”. Washington volunteered, ABC agreed and the counselors gave him a gay guinea pig – just to make sure he could be around a living, breathing homo. Washington’s description defies reality:
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They sent one guy who was clearly gay to be there in the house with me I guess to see if I’d respond to him negatively. And he ended up bringing me some really interesting horror films. I mean I love everybody.
So, he didn’t bring the standard homosexual harness, lube, nail polish, spikes, burning cross combo? What an anomaly!
jackscribe
He was really shoving the ___ last night. I think this has become more of a project for his PR guy, Howard Bragman, to redeem Howard from this quagmire. Isaiah has gotten bad advice, should just drop it and move on. A few things such as saying he had a military career and that he grew up in a New York gay environment were really stretching the truth last night. A 4-year enlistment is not a career and he is from Houston. He spent some time in his adult life in NY.
naprem
He did say one good thing last night. His closing comment was that he’d learned that when in stressful situations, it’s best to just keep your mouth shut. Better late than never, I guess.
Jack Jett
Do you remember the South Park episode where they learned that they could shove food up their butt and shit it out their mouth? They thought it was so cool that then entire town started doing it.
I think Mr. Washington has been shoving a ton of food up his ass.
The thing that he did have in his favor was Howard Bragman who I have known forever. He is a great guy and has done so much work for the GLBT community. I don’t understand why he would stick his neck so far out for this guy. Knowing that Bragman was involved, I gave this dude every benefit of the doubt.
He tried to come off as Mother Teresa but came off more as just a lying, self indulgent mother fucker.
Jack Jett
rock
Washington also said this (which to me confirms that he used the “F” word about T.R. Knight, and I might add in other statements he made he did say he used the “F” word about T.R. Knight)
WASHINGTON: I said I have to go out and clear my name. I’ve got a lot of clergy, a lot of people coming at me. I even — even back in November, I asked a good friend of mine, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, I said, “You know, you’re a political type. What do I do here?”
I said, “I don’t — I don’t want to bring anymore attention to this than I already have. I don’t want to throw anybody under the bus, but I’ve got to clear my name. I — this is misinterpreted. I did not say” — I said yes, you’re not going to “B” me, “P” me, “F” me, because I’m not T.R. I never said you are T.R.
so, its clear to me that he did use the F word and he said here in his own words that in fact he did. (you’r not going to “F” me, because I’m not T.R.” says it all (he was referring to Patrick Dempsey and he said to Patrick Dempsey..I never said you are T.R.)
he sure is shoveling it….and far better to have admitted he was wrong, apologize and move on….to me it only shows he is in fact homophobic.
Jack Jett
I thought when he said that Sandra Oh was supporting him and he started to sob…….as if
someone had cued him…….was a bit over the top.
However, I always just assumed that Sandra Oh
was a diver of the muff, but I must have been off on that one. My lesbidar is not as fine tuned as my gaydar and giganticapeniladar.
Jack Jett
Leland Frances
Ladies and Germs! How dare you continue to disagree with lesbian blogger Jasmyne Cuntnick. After all, according to her, she knows “what most of America doesn’t know:
Isaiah is not a fool” [uh, he fooled me]
“he’s not crazy” [uh, need we comment?]
“and he’s moved on with his life” [yep, last night and the preceding two weeks have REALLY proved that!]
Alas, she hasn’t yet posted her own delusional drooling er comments about the King appearance by her close friend she apparently calls, “Chief Gondobay Manga.” But I’m sure she’ll throw some more shade toward the “white gay mafia” who she insists have tried to destroy this paragon of sanity and civility who apparently graduated from The Reichen School of Self-Deluding Reality
-Leland
Just Another F Person
BillieXX
Leland,
Cuntnick? Wow. Is it possible to disagree with Cannick without the name calling? Yeah her defense of Washington grates but calling her a cunt is really uncalled for.
Leland Frances
Would you prefer “retarded” and/or “racist” instead? Her “defense” of Washington does not just grate. It’s one thing to be blind to a friend’s faults, in which case she could have simply said, “I believe and support him,” and quite another to make up an entire class of people—”racist gay white males”—to blame for his problems.
I agreed with her regarding “Shirley Liquor,” and I know, sadly, that there is racism in the white gay community, but she’s dissolved into an irrational, screaming banshee over Isaiah and she deserves [name] called on it.
JohnRobertsLovesyou
I miss St. Elsewhere…
BillieXX
Leland,
No one said she doesn’t deserve to be severely critiqued for her defense of Washington. However, that is completely different from calling her a cunt. That just demeans the debate.
WWH
I like the word fag. I don’t mind when my straight friends use it if the context and spirit of usage are harmless. Fag, fag, Faaaaaag!
Oh, and Queer used to be the “N-word” of gay slurs. Looks like this site and our appropriation of the word have cleared that up….
nycstudman
WWH: “Fag” is like “nigger” or “kike” or “wop” or “spic”: “We” can use it. “They” can’t. It’s the law of the tribe – whatever tribe you’re in. “Queer,” on the other hand, is now common parlance.
You’re right: in a few years, “fag” will be as common as “queer.” But not yet. And besides, he was using it to hurt. If I had a black friend, and I said to him playfully, “get out of here, nigger,” in the context it wouldn’t be hurtful. If I saw a black man.. well, you get the idea. Yeah, it’s tricky.
Jack Jett
I just wanted to comment on the comment about calling Jasmyne Cuntnick and Cunt. I guess what you are saying is that she is a cunt, but it is best for US not to refer to her as a cunt.
How about a fucking lowlife cunt?
How about a labia licking cunt? Pussy?
Some of us homos don’t play the “above it all” game anymore. It got us a bunch of cunt lickers like george bush.
You fight venom with venom.
How does taking the high road help the “debate”?
Give me some examples of high road bringing on progress.
if that fucking cunt cow is taking up for someone the uses the word faggot over and over…and then pull the race card when he gets fired…..FUCK THAT SHIT!
i hope we don’t have to see her name to much on this website as she is working hard at becoming the black ann coulter.
jack jett but my friends call my cunty mouth.
BillieXX
Jack Jett,
🙂 Okay. You want examples of the high-road bringing progress. Here are a few names: Frederick Douglass ( go read his speech
“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”). Then there is Ida B. Wells. How about WEB DuBois? Then there is a country lawyer named Thurgood Marshall. When he argued in front of the Supreme Court I’m sure the word cunt wasn’t used. Need I continue? Okay I’ll give one more name just to be nice: Marry Wollstonecraft.
Listen no one is arguing against anger. Malcolm X spoke about why oppressed folk need to be angry; however, even he came to understand that venom is not all that.
SeaFlood
Of course the poor man is confused. He knows the entire situation has been completely twisted. Now, you faggots (and I am one, too, so don’t get your panties in a twist) are crucifying him over his position on the word when before you were all screaming about him calling Knight a faggot which was always clear and evident was not the case.
I don’t know how people can sit here and act as if race is not a part of this conversation. I wish Washington would say, “Fuck a bunch of faggots” and go on about his business because nothing will ever be right when it comes to white gay people, some B/black gay people and het B/black men. Never.
If he doesn’t find a position and stick to it and stop trying to placate everyone he will allow his career to be over. I don’t think anyone in this posting was offended by him. They can’t be. Even the editor of this blog. He is just a scapegoat for all the projected fears and experiences with homophobic B/black men.
Out of this situation, I have watched as all the gays are white and all the homophobes are B/black and I am sick of it.
Effin’ hypocrites.