Losing Isaiah: Washington won’t be back to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

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After months of speculation about his fate, Isaiah Washington, the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ co-star who publicly used a homophobic slur earlier this year after the show had won a Golden Globe for best drama, will not be returning to the popular ABC series.

ABC News, the corporate sibling of both ABC network and ABC Studios, the studio that produces ‘Grey’s,’ announced the news in an exclusive on Friday morning. A spokeswoman from ABC Studios confirmed that the studio had not picked up his option.

In the ABC News story, Washington issued an unhappy statement through his publicist, Howard Bragman. ‘I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore,’ it said.

Washington’s future with ‘Grey’s’ was first called into question when reports leaked out in the fall of an on-set altercation with co-star Patrick Dempsey, during which he reportedly referred to fellow cast member T.R. Knight as a ‘faggot.’ A few months later, in front of reporters backstage at the Golden Globes, Washington denied the incident, but repeated the word in the process, causing another uproar.

-- Kate Aurthur