Isaiah Washington‘s making a special reconciliatory trip to Gayville. The Grey’s Anatomy star came under fire for his faggot flinging – a liberal linguistic lob that led to TR Knight‘s coming out – and now he’s appearing in two GLAAD-sponsored public service announcements.
Our black sister Lauren Williams over at Stereohyped tipped us off to this Us Weekly “exclusive”, which reads:
Says an insider, “Isaiah is committed to making amends.”
The actor’s publicist, Howard Bragman, confirmed the ad on Wednesday. “We’re gonna have – I want to say at least two versions of it at this point,” Bragman said. “We may broaden our message a little.”
Well, we’re just tickled a pretty shade of pink. Not only because we endorse rehabilitated, apologetic Washington’s publicist-endorsed efforts – which we do, begrudgingly), but also in eager anticipation for the announcement itself. What the hell can he say? Something like, “It’s not nice to call someone a faggot backstage” and then, “It’s not nice to call someone a faggot at the Golden Globes”? Hopefully they’ve got good screen writer’s. Also, we’re so pleased to know that Washington and GLAAD’s friendship lives on. Mazel to the t-o-v!
el polacko
gross. i don’t need to hear his enforced apology for calling somebody a fag. glaad is way off-base with this one. it just makes us look like a bunch of overly-sensitive wusses and does nothing for him either. give it damned rest already.
jim galecki
Howard Bragman should apologize to the gay community for trying to make a sympathetic charcater out of a hideous fucking monster.
The fact that people continue to give money to GLAAD twisted. The NAACP just gave this shithole an award and I am sure his shit will be rammed down out throat by every ass kissing media outlet that sucks of the tit of
GLAAD.
Washington is not even a great actor yet this will now secure his position with the right wingers. He is already doing a christian movie for some evangelicals.
GLAAD only speaks for GLAAD. ABC must be paying Bragman a fortune to try and settle this mess.
If you look up th word faggot in the dictionary, you will find that it describes Mr. Washington far more that it does any gay people I know.
I say FUCK HIM AND THE ENTOURAGE HE RODE IN ON!
Jim Galecki
Dave
As a community, all we have to fight are battles are underfunded grass roots organizations. GLAAD at one time was relevant but is now a monster of Frankenstein proportions. With this action, how do you ever expect anyone to take you as “the voice” of the community when you allow yourself to be duped and shill for the Hollywood starlets you so fawn over. The same airheads who use derogatory language about us so that years later they may earn a vaunted GLAAD Vanguard award of some sort. GLAAD is just another Hollywood entity now, like the Hollywood Foreign Press, with their own version of the Golden Globes, that doesn’t even recognize work within the community but how the “straight” world perceives in their work on straight media outlets. GLAAD has some gall to act as our voice? Do you think the NAACP would be so eager to do the same with, say, DON IMUS? Umm. Hmmm. Me thinks not. This is embarassing. Why not have Paris Hilton in these ads with Isiah, they can trade salvos for our benefit because we all love being demeaned for GLAAD’s version of a minstrel show.