12. ISAIAH MOUTHS OFF — SHOOTS SELF IN FOOT
Just when you thought the drama on ABC's Grey's Anatomy couldn't get more overwrought, it did — behind the scenes. It began with an October 2006 dustup between Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey in which the former allegedly referred to gay costar T.R. Knight as a ''faggot.'' The incident was close to fading from public memory until Washington dropped the f-bomb again (as part of a denial) in front of reporters at the Golden Globes in January.
CAREER IMPACT: MAJOR Even after he attended anger-management training and shot an anti-hate-speech PSA, the network told Washington in June that his services at Seattle Grace were no longer needed. In July, however, NBC gave him a five-episode gig on this fall's Bionic Woman.
