Fans of the early seasons of "Grey's Anatomy" know that there was a bit of a rivalry between Dr. Preston Burke, played by Isaiah Washington, and Dr. Derek Shepherd, who was played by Patrick Dempsey. It seems that life imitated art in this way, as a fight that broke out between the two in 2006 seemed that it may have been boiling for a while.
Writer, Harry Werksman's tell-all book, "How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy," recalls the moment on set that changed the course of the series' history. Per Hello!, Dempsey arrived late to set one day, which set Washington off. "I guess he felt disrespected that he and the crew had been waiting," Werkman wrote. "He went after Patrick, pushed him up against the wall, and said, 'You can't talk to me the way you talk to that little [expletive] T.R.'"
Washington used a homophobic slur to describe another cast member, T.R. Knight, who played George O'Malley. In the book, Marty Carrillo, a crew member at the time, added that Knight's sexuality wasn't a secret on set. "Isaiah just lost it and pinned Patrick up against the wall. You could see Isaiah's pupils go wide, like, 'What did I do?' It was quiet. Everyone had to leave the set." From then on, the course of "Grey's Anatomy" history was changed.
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