Thoughts on off-screen drama on Grey's Anatomy

After just checking Google News and seeing that there are well over 400 different news stories out there about "Grey's Anatomy" co-star T.J. Knight releasing a brief statement that he is a gay man, I realized that this story is becoming more compelling than an episode of the show itself!

First of all, without viewers knowing it, Knight has been proving for more than two seasons now that a gay actor can convincingly play a straight man. In addition to his unrequited love for Meredith Grey on the show, Knight's George O'Malley character has been involved in a relationship with the character played by the sensational Sara Ramirez, a Tony winner last year for "Spamalot." She and Knight even appeared together on this year's Tony telecast as presenters and were funny and adorable together.

Secondly, I wonder what the ramifications will be for Isaiah Washington who allegedly made an anti-gay slur against Knight during an argument on the set with co-star Patrick Dempsey. So far, we only have the National Enquirer reporting the slur (not exactly a reliable source) with the show's producers only confirming there was a disagreement and that everyone had moved on. But how? There are those, myself included, who believe that if indeed Washington refered to Knight as a "faggot" in the workplace, as was reported, then he should be disciplined. This should not be tolerated in any workplace. And because the resulting brouhaha led Knight to feel that he had to come out publicly, I believe Washington should make a major public apology. There's no excuse for that kind of stuff - ever.