Isaiah Washington speaks out on media blackout following ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Isaiah Washington, who is best known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on Grey’s Anatomy, tells Yahoo Entertainment about what he calls a “media blackout” following his time on the show. “I’ve been cast out since 2007,” he says. In 2007, he was fired from the Shonda Rhimes show for using a homophobic slur not once, but twice. He used a slur during an on-set disagreement, reportedly in reference to co-star T.R. Knight (George O’Malley on Grey’s Anatomy). That same year, Rhimes accepted a Golden Globe for Best TV Series Drama and Washington reignited the controversy by repeating the slur as part of a denial in front of reporters backstage at the Globes. “That Golden Globes was a historic Golden Globes,” he explains. “But yet this town chooses to focus on what I said at the Golden Globes.” Washington has launched a new show on Fox Nation called "Isaiah Washington: Kitchen Talk." "Kitchen Talk is really my answer to this very sick town wanting to attack me with a false narrative." The actor has received some backlash for supporting the Republican party and President Trump. Watch the video above for more with Washington.