note to actor: isaiah washinton, just shut the f**k up already!

backstage after their triumphant win at the golden globe awards, it seems like greys anatomy star isaiah washington may have missed the sensitivity training class yet again. when asked about the incident between him and patrick dempsey a few months back, without skipping a beat, he said that he had never called co-star t.r. knight a 'faggot', much to the uncomfortabilty by all onstage.

when asked about it a few hours later, katherine heigl gave a surprisingly candid response to access hollywood.

then TR went on ellen degeneres show today and made the following comments (thanks to perez hilton)

[UPDATE: i just watched the TR interview on ellen and i totally understand why katherine is so angry at the whole incident. seems that isaiah DID call TR a 'faggot' and then later denied it to the press... MANY times over! to make things worse, TR seems just so uncomfortable with all the attention, he literally was shaking when ellen asked him to tell his version of the incident. gosh, it makes me want to kick isaiah's ass now!]

tv guide's insider guru michael ausiello had this to say about being backstage when it happened:

"I certainly was there, and I have the internal scars to prove it. It was by far the ugliest, most uncomfortable press-room moment I have ever experienced. And judging by the shell-shocked faces on the cast — particularly T.R. Knight and Patrick Dempsey, who have been class acts throughout this entire ordeal — it was a new low for them, too. And what's ironic about the whole thing is that in Washington's attempt to clear his name, he came off as an out-of-control homophobe who throws the f-word around like it's candy. (He's also playing fast and loose with the truth. Did he call T.R. a f----t to his face? No. Did he refer to him as one behind his back? Yes. T.R. says so himself on today's Ellen DeGeneres Show.) His continued employment on a show that wears its diversity as a badge of honor is the height of hypocrisy. If ABC wants to be remotely true to the principles Shonda Rhimes so eloquently espouses through the show, it has to do the right thing and fire Washington. Anything else at this point is simply unacceptable."

i couldn't agree more.