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Isaiah Washington In Therapy For Anti-Gay Slur
AP ^ | 1/24/06 | Staff

Posted on 01/24/2007 3:27:18 PM PST by Millee

Isaiah Washington, who does the healing as a doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," is the patient now.

He's in therapy for his use of an anti-gay slur against a castmate.

"With the support of my family and friends, I have begun counseling. I regard this as a necessary step toward understanding why I did what I did and making sure it never happens again," Washington said in a statement Wednesday. "I appreciate the fact that I have been given this opportunity and I remain committed to transforming my negative actions into positive results, personally and professionally."

Washington took a break from filming Tuesday to meet with gay rights activists and offer help in educating the public about the cruelty of such words, an offer the activists called sincere.

Whether Washington was receiving outpatient counseling or had entered a facility was not specified, and the statement did not indicate whether he would miss work on the show.

Washington's publicist, Kelly Mullens, declined to comment further. A call to ABC about the effect on production of the hit TV show was not immediately returned Wednesday.

Series creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes issued her own statement, at once criticizing Washington for his use of the word "faggot" about co-star T.R. Knight and lauding Washington's decision to seek help.

"I speak for all the executive producers here at 'Grey's Anatomy' when I say that Isaiah Washington's use of such a disturbing word was a shocking and dismaying event that insulted not only gays and lesbians everywhere, but anyone who has ever struggled for respect in a world that is not always accepting of difference," Rhimes said.

She said she's been working within "the 'Grey's' family" and with ABC and the Touchstone Television studio to address the issue "in a way that underscores the gravity of the situation while giving us all a foundation for healing."

"We applaud and encourage Isaiah's realization that he needs help and his subsequent choice to seek immediate treatment for his behavioral issues," Rhimes said.

She expressed appreciation to fans during this "stressful time" and said those involved with the show would continue to "make the best television we can."

It was during an on-set quarrel last October with co-star Patrick Dempsey that Washington reportedly used the slur about Knight, who was not present. Although Washington apologized publicly at the time, the issue boiled up again at the Jan. 15 Golden Globes when he denied using the epithet.

After being criticized last week by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and ABC, Washington issued an apology.

He met Tuesday with the heads of GLAAD and Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, who said Washington agreed to efforts to fight bias but that no specifics were reached.

ABC and Touchstone Television are owned by Walt Disney Co.


TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: gaystapogulag; homosexualagenda; indoctrination; liberalagenda; politicalreeducation; thoughtcrime
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"We applaud and encourage Isaiah's realization that he needs help and his subsequent choice to seek immediate treatment for his behavioral issues," Rhimes said.

Chilling.

1 posted on 01/24/2007 3:27:20 PM PST by Millee
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To: Millee

He's in therapy for his use of an anti-gay slur against a castmate.

Wasn't too long ago the Homo would be in therapy........


2 posted on 01/24/2007 3:28:30 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Seeking the Truth here Folks.)
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To: Millee

He's crazy for thinking he's crazy.


3 posted on 01/24/2007 3:29:07 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Millee

Gotta cure those nasty opinions.


4 posted on 01/24/2007 3:29:12 PM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: Millee
One could argue that "faggot" is an imprecise word and therefore not very useful in every day speech.

"Amoral",OTOH......

5 posted on 01/24/2007 3:31:25 PM PST by Gay State Conservative ("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
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To: Millee

"Needs to get his mind right"........who said that, HITLER?


6 posted on 01/24/2007 3:31:42 PM PST by Suzy Quzy
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To: Millee
"With the support of my family and friends, I have begun counseling. I regard this as a necessary step toward understanding why I did what I did and making sure it never happens again," Washington said in a statement Wednesday. "I appreciate the fact that I have been given this opportunity and I remain committed to transforming my negative actions into positive results, personally and professionally."

Man oh man . . . I thought I was jaded, but this scares me to the marrow of my bones!

7 posted on 01/24/2007 3:34:27 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator ("Shallach 'et-`ammi, veya`avduni!!!")
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To: Millee

What?! I guess the Gaystapo are getting what they want. And when folks won't volunteer for "therapy", they will push for laws so they can be "compelled" to be "re-educated". Sick.


8 posted on 01/24/2007 3:34:28 PM PST by Sister_T (America has spoken. And gave the terrorists what they wanted.)
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To: Millee

I remember when William F. Buckley called Gore Vidal a "faggot" and threatened to punch him out on live TV when they were in a booth covering one of the party conventions back in the Sixties. This right after Vidal called Buckley a "crypto Nazi".

Nobody got sent to a reeducation camp over it. Saner times...


9 posted on 01/24/2007 3:36:03 PM PST by Argus
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To: Sister_T

You sound like a global warming heretic.


10 posted on 01/24/2007 3:37:27 PM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: Millee

This is a bad precedent. Usually, after something like this the offender says he has a substance abuse problem and goes into rehab, and everyone is "happy." Now, people are going to get sent away for how they think, and opinions will become "behavioral issues" and then crimes.


11 posted on 01/24/2007 3:40:33 PM PST by x
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John Rocker was pushed into "therapy" several years ago when he complained about not being able to hear an American voice when he walked down the street.


12 posted on 01/24/2007 3:44:18 PM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: Millee

Before long,....government installed chips in everyones brain to search for thought crimes. No words, no utterences, just the thought will be enough to throw you into a "re-education" camp.

Unless you're black, gay or female. They can't possibly be any type of bigot.


13 posted on 01/24/2007 3:45:26 PM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
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I agree. This really is scary. I am so afraid that we are going to lose the cultural war.


14 posted on 01/24/2007 3:48:24 PM PST by TrishaSC
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Well Isaiah is black so I think everyone would have the chips. His dislike of gays trumped his blackness so he's got to go reeducation camp.


15 posted on 01/24/2007 3:50:14 PM PST by TrishaSC
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To: Millee

Next year it will probably be some poor soul who speaks out against bestiality. He'll be brought to court by NAMSLA (North American Man Stallion Love Association). His therapy will consist of repeated viewings of the sequel to Brokeback Mountain, in which pool hustler Robert Redford makes an indecent proposal to Jake Gyllenhaal -- a million dollars if he can sleep with his horse.


16 posted on 01/24/2007 4:16:05 PM PST by KStorm (They're waiting for a show of weakness. And I'm not talkin' about terrorists.)
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To: Millee
Ridiculous P.C. madness!!
17 posted on 01/24/2007 4:16:18 PM PST by dcnd9
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To: Millee
Whatever happened to "Sticks and bones may break my bones....."?????

Silly me...guess it wouldn't generate headlines or busine$$ for shrinks...

18 posted on 01/24/2007 4:19:52 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
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To: Millee
A black man in PC jail for using a slur? If this guy had an ounce of guts, he would never have apologized in the first place.
BTW, the guy that IW called a "fa@@ot" is a homosexual.
You cannot call a spade a spade in LaLa Land. O the irony!
19 posted on 01/24/2007 4:52:18 PM PST by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Wonder when they'll start locking up all Republicans in Hollyweird for thoughtcrime and political re-education.

There is a blacklist in Hollywood. The Commies ain't skeered.


20 posted on 01/24/2007 6:14:27 PM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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