He Had It Coming!

Published: July 28, 2007, 8:42 pm

Isaiah Washington deserved to be fired, says Shonda Rhimes. The Grey’s Anatomy creator and executive producer is finally speaking out about the recently fired star. TV Guide: 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. So the decision to fire Isaiah was not something that was imposed on you? Rhimes: The great thing about [ABC Studios head] Mark Pedowitz and [ABC president] Steve McPherson is they never imposed anything on me. So you agreed with the decision? Rhimes: Of course I did. Do you understand that there were people that interpreted this as you turning a homophobic incident into a racial incident? Rhimes: I do now. Absolutely. But I do think that [specific] discussion was disturbing to me as disturbing as the entire incident that happened for T.R. and Isaiah. In retrospect, do you wish you had spoken out

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