mr. washington goes to treatment.

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isaiah washington enters "treatment"

Isaiah Washington has entered a treatment facility. This is what sources connected to ABC and Touchstone have confirmed to me, after Life & Style magazine broke the story about an hour ago.

According to my ABC sources, one of the options the higher-ups at ABC/Disney had been considering was to release Washington from the cast of Grey's Anatomy, without giving him a farewell episode. However, I'm told by an insider that Washington agreed to do "whatever it takes" to keep his position at Grey's and to make amends with the gay and lesbian community. He also vowed to seek help for his psychological issues—hence, his entry into a treatment facility this morning.

there's also statements from shonda, isaiah and the president of glaad. i personally think it's lame - he's going into counseling to learn to not be an arrogant, homophobic douchebag? that sounds like a personality flaw to me, not a psychological issue. :x they should fire his ass.

thoughts?

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[jkpolk.livejournal.com]

I'm so very tired of this routine.

Get caught being a bigoted asshole ----> get your ass handed to you ----> Say you're "meeting with" groups you offended so they can learn ya and stuff ----> Apologizing profusely and with questionable sincerity to the world but probably not the people you hurt ----> get treatment or counseling.

It all rings so damn hollow. It's about spin and image and like..in this case...it's not like he's been so unexposed to homosexuality thus far and all he needs to do is hang out with folks so he can learn tolerance. He managed to hold onto his bigotry all this time, I don't see him losing it in his heart and mind. He'll just swallow it publicly, so he can be The Good Guy. Same with Michael Richards. Same with Mel Gibson. Same with any other douche who's gotten caught showing their true colors.