Shonda Rhimes Says the Greys Anatomy Cast Is Still Traumatized by Isaiah Washington Scandal, Thought It Would Kill the Show

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Shonda Rhimes Says the Greys Anatomy Cast Is Still Traumatized by Isaiah Washington Scandal, Thought It Would Kill the Show

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Shonda Rhimes thought that the Isaiah Washington scandal that surrounded Grey's Anatomy nearly two decades ago would be the show's final straw. The show's creator recalled the controversy that emerged after Washington, who played Dr. Preston Burke, used a homophobic slur on set and was fired from the series in 2007. "That was the thing we thought was going to kill the show," she told The Hollywood Reporter. The scandal made the "bubble of joy" from the show's success in its two-year run "burst so early," Rhimes recalled.
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