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‘Grey’s’ Producers Ready to Pull the Plug on T.R. Knight

2:50AM Kyle Buchanan | Usually, when rumours circulate that an actor may be leaving his hit show, strongly worded denials are forthcoming from the actor, his manager, his publicist, the showrunner, someone’s mum, and even a loyal dog as character witness. However, when are things ever business as usual on the war-torn set of Grey’s Anatomy? Yesterday’s report that T.R. Knight had packed up his dressing room and hadn’t attended a table read since the second episode of this season prompted an unnamed Grey’s rep — not Knight or any of his management — to issue a vague non-denial denial to Us Weekly. Now, EW is reporting that the rumours are true:

Rumor: T.R. Knight Walks Off ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Set

8:06AM Kyle Buchanan | When we asked you which difficult Grey’s Anatomy doc was being punished with less screen time, you resoundingly guessed, “T.R. Knight” (with just one dissenter answering “Boo-urns”). Now, rumours are flying that Knight himself has reduced his screen time to zero by walking off the show entirely.

‘Grey’s’ Banishes Its Lesbian to The Parking Lot of No Return

6:39AM Kyle Buchanan | Grey’s Anatomy finally entered the final phase of its gaywashing yesterday, disposing of Brooke Smith’s Dr. Hahn in a scene as muddled and incoherent as Smith’s actual firing.

Shonda Rhimes Still Feeling Good About Firing Isaiah Washington

8:45AM Defamer Hollywood | As Isaiah Washington continues to unleash a tsunami of silence-breakings upon a public that has long since ceased to care about the vast, gay-winged conspiracy responsible for his dismissal from Grey’s Anatomy, one key player who has succeeded in not speaking about the controversy was series creator Shonda Rhimes – that is, until yesterday’s press-tour panel for Grey’s spinoff Private Practice, when the EP was cornered by a pack of quote-hungry reporters who wouldn’t take “no comment” for an answer. According to an interview with TVGuide.com, the weary showrunner was on the same page as her ABC overlords when she made the fatal call: How difficult was it for you to let Isaiah go, on a personal level? Shonda Rhimes: It wasn’t. It was a decision that was a long time coming, and it felt like it was the right decision for all of us. [...] More »

Isaiah Washington Breaks Silence Again, Explains How T.R. Knight Is Holding ‘Grey’s’ Hostage

9:48AM Defamer Hollywood | Breaking his silence about his controversial firing from Grey’s Anatomy for at least the third time in the two weeks since ABC made showrunner Shonda Rhimes do their dirty work, Isaiah Washington granted an exclusive interview with KeithBoykin.com, further elaborating on yesterday’s Houston Chronicle air-clearing about nemesis T.R. Knight’s alleged role in orchestrating the actor’s dismissal from TV’s top-rated, hot-doctors-getting-it-on drama. Said Washington about Knight’s behind-the-scenes machinations on the Grey’s set: According to Washington, “He had led me to believe that Patrick Dempsey was so abusive and so horrible to people in a two and half hour conversation on the plane. For two and a half hours, this boy talked me ear off, Keith, about how horrible Patrick Dempsey is and how he needs to be removed from the show. And in my argument, the irony of it is that Patrick happened to show some behaviour that was very in line with what T.R. was telling me on the plane and I challenged T.R. to deny it or say this isn’t true.” More »