Isaiah Washington Blames Patrick Dempsey For His Anti-Gay Outburst

Isaiah Washington has decided it was someone else's fault that he used an anti-gay slur a few months ago. Now it's Patrick Dempsey's fault for being late to the set.

Interviewed on Larry King Live on Monday (the interview was taped on Friday), Washington said he regretted not confronting Dempsey the first time he was late, so he challenged him the second time.

But Dempsey wanted to delay the scene more to wait for Grey's star Ellen Pompeo, who plays Dempsey's love interest, before shooting began."I said I don't need Ellen, I can act," Washington told King. "And that was the moment that sent it into a different zone."

According to Washington, Dempsey erupted. "He became unhinged, sprayed spittle in my face," said Washington, in his first television interview about the controversy. "I'm asking him why is he screaming at me. ... He just becomes irate." That's when Washington said "a lot of things I'm not really proud of.""I said several bad words," he recalled, quoting himself as telling Dempsey: "There's no way you're going to treat me like the B-word, the P-word or the F-word." He said that the "F-word" was not meant as an anti-gay slur, but implied "somebody who is being weak." Washington also strongly denied he ever directed the word at gay costar T.R. Knight.

"I am not homophobic â€" in no way, shape or form," said Washington.

As for Knight claiming the slur was directed at him, Washington said, "That's a lie. He misrepresented himself." Washington suggested Knight did that to advance his career and get more money. "He has been very disappointed in playing the character he has been playing. He told me that," said Washington.

But Washington said he felt badly about repeating the slur backstage at the Golden Globe Awards. "I wish I could take that back," Washington said.

Give it up Isaiah! You just keep digging your grave deeper and deeper. Have you ever heard the saying 'A closed mouth catches no flies'? Shut your pie hole! Move on! And quit blaming McDreamy & others for your issues!


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