You had to wonder, and I did, what would happen if "Grey's Anatomy" won any awards at the Screen Actiors Guild Awards tonight. I mean, who wasn't thinking about the whole Isaiah Washington debacle which was just two weeks ago?So when Chandra Wilson beat a very competitive field to win outstanding actress in a drama series, she kind of made everyone laugh when she refered to the absent Washington who entered some kind of rehab facility to deal with his issues.
"First of all, it's about those 10 cast members sitting over there," Wilson said, refering to her castmates, "And the other one in rehab."
I love how Wilson ended her speech: "Just to be able to take this thing home to my girls, in particular, and hold it in front of them and say, 'Look, with this skin and this nose, and this height, and these arms,' you know, 'I'm here!' Thank you Screen Actors Guild for taking me as I am."
It's too bad they didn't let Wilson speak again - or Patrick Dempsey, or T.R. Knight, or Sara Ramirez, or Sandra Oh, or ANYBODY else besides Ellen Pompeo- when the show's cast won for best drama series ensemble.
"We're honored to be in the company of all the felow nominees," she began.
Okay, so far so good. But instead of turning around and mentioning any of the stellar cast members behind her or talking about working through hard times or whatever, she says: "And i think because this category is ensemble, it;s worth mentioning the members of our cast that are not here."
She starts with Kate Walsh, who is actually standing right behind her! She means Kate Burton who hasn't been on the show for awhile now. "Help me...Isaiah Washington...I'm drawing a blank, please help me..."
To quote Katherine Heigl: Pompeo "should not speak in public. Period."