`GREY'S' HAS OFF-SCREEN SUBPLOT.Byline: - Greg Hernandez The off-screen drama involving ``Grey's Anatomy'' stars Isaiah Washington and T.R. Knight is threatening to eclipse the hit show's on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. storylines. Knight appeared on the ``The Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. Show'' Wednesday and told the host that Washington ``referred to me as a faggot'' during an on-set altercation with co-star Patrick Dempsey Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor who first became prominent in Hollywood during the late 1980s. He is also known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd (Dr. in October. Knight, who plays Dr. George O'Malley on the hit ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. show, issued a statement confirming that he is a gay man following tabloid reports about the slur surfaced. ``I could've just let it slide and not said anything, but it became important. ... It became important to make the statement,'' Knight told Ellen DeGeneres. The actor said: ``I've never been called that to my face. ``So, I think when that happened something shifted and it became bigger you know what I mean, than myself.'' The controversy, which had begun to fade somewhat, was ignited anew at Monday night's Golden Globe Awards. ``Grey's'' won for best drama series and the entire cast was backstage talking to the press when a question about the incident was asked. Washington took the microphone and blurted out: ``No, I did not call T.R. a faggot. It never happened.'' Knight said Wednesday: ``Yeah, he denied that he said it (faggot) ... I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to say ... really about that.'' In an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News The Daily News of Los Angeles, also known as the Los Angeles Daily News, is the second largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is published by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which owns eight other Southern California newspapers at the American Music Awards in November, Washington said: ``T.R. is fine. T.R. wasn't even on the set when we had the argument, he was nowhere around.'' He then called it ``a mere coincidence'' that Knight came out publicly following the fracas. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation slammed Washington on Wednesday: ``When Isaiah Washington uses this kind of anti-gay slur - whether on set or in front of the press - it does more than create a hostile environment for his castmates and the crew of `Grey's Anatomy,''' said GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Executive Director Neil Guiliano. ``Washington's repeated use of it on-set and in the media is simply inexcusable.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) KNIGHT (2 -- color) WASHINGTON |
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