Isaiah Washington breaks his 5-day silence on his firing

Isaiah Washington has granted an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly following the news that he had been fired from the cast of Grey's Anatomy and subsequent reports via his representation that he was "mad as hell", considering a lawsuit against ABC, and other things.

So it's surprising to hear the somber tone of the interview, which sounds more exhausted than litigious. Still, Washington is blaming the media (again) for his use of the word "faggot" in reference to castmate T.R. Knight, which indicates that perhaps he hasn't learned much from this ordeal after all:

I can only apologize so many times. I can only accept so much responsibility. All the players involved have taken care of what we needed to take care of in-house — and the media took it in a different direction. I hope that everyone is happy for the outcome for Isaiah, but Isaiah will go on and do what I love to do. And I have to go about the business of letting people know what's written about me is not the truth. I'm merely an actor, a husband, and a father who's trying to do a great job and be very grateful and understanding that I'm in a very privileged position. This isn't a time for me to be looking back; it's only a time for me to be looking forward. I just hope people can understand in the industry and otherwise that it's a horrible misunderstanding what transpired with our show and it was blown out of proportion. If the naysayers out there feel that some justice has been served and that they're happy with the outcome, so be it.

As we've said in the past, we think that some fault lies in ABC's poor response time in dealing with the issue: had they dealt swiftly and firmly with the issue of a cast member physically assaulting one co-star while throwing hate speech at another (who wasn't even in the room, for crying out loud!), things wouldn't have gotten to this point. But for Washington to blame the media for what happened is just stupid.