O1LT.COM "HOT AND BLACK" MINI REPORT-ISAIAH WASHINGTON!!
By L.T. Dinwiddie
It was only a matter of time. While it seems that most parts of this country can still accept racism. Homophobia in Hollywood apparently, will not be tolerated. Especially when it threatens the future of a very popular sitcom. I already reported on Isaiah Washington’s idiotic rant at this years Golden Globe Awards where he used the “F” word in the Press Room while addressing his cast member T.R. Knight. And now that the smoke has semi-cleared. It looks like Mr. “Foot in his Mouth” Washington might find himself out of a job.
The New York Times is reporting:
Executives at ABC and its parent, Disney, are mulling the future of the actor Isaiah Washington, a star of the hit series “Grey’s Anatomy,” after Mr. Washington last week publicly used an anti-gay slur for the second time in roughly three months, a Disney executive said Friday.
Isaiah Washington,as Dr. Preston Burke, and T. R. Knight as Dr. George O’Malley on last Thursday’s episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC.
The situation has potentially great implications for ABC, which is reaping millions of dollars in advertising revenues from a show that, in its third season, is among the highest rated on television.
The executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because company officials were instructed not to go beyond a prepared statement, said that Mr. Washington’s behavior could be considered grounds for dismissal under Disney’s corporate antidiscrimination policy.
ABC and Touchstone, Disney’s television studio, called Mr. Washington’s behavior “unacceptable” in a statement issued on Thursday, three days after Mr. Washington’s most recent remark, which occurred in the backstage press room at the Golden Globes ceremony last week. FULL STORY
It was only a matter of time. While it seems that most parts of this country can still accept racism. Homophobia in Hollywood apparently, will not be tolerated. Especially when it threatens the future of a very popular sitcom. I already reported on Isaiah Washington’s idiotic rant at this years Golden Globe Awards where he used the “F” word in the Press Room while addressing his cast member T.R. Knight. And now that the smoke has semi-cleared. It looks like Mr. “Foot in his Mouth” Washington might find himself out of a job.The New York Times is reporting:
Executives at ABC and its parent, Disney, are mulling the future of the actor Isaiah Washington, a star of the hit series “Grey’s Anatomy,” after Mr. Washington last week publicly used an anti-gay slur for the second time in roughly three months, a Disney executive said Friday.
Isaiah Washington,as Dr. Preston Burke, and T. R. Knight as Dr. George O’Malley on last Thursday’s episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC.
The situation has potentially great implications for ABC, which is reaping millions of dollars in advertising revenues from a show that, in its third season, is among the highest rated on television.
The executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because company officials were instructed not to go beyond a prepared statement, said that Mr. Washington’s behavior could be considered grounds for dismissal under Disney’s corporate antidiscrimination policy.
ABC and Touchstone, Disney’s television studio, called Mr. Washington’s behavior “unacceptable” in a statement issued on Thursday, three days after Mr. Washington’s most recent remark, which occurred in the backstage press room at the Golden Globes ceremony last week. FULL STORY
posted by IM OVER IT at 1/22/2007
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