• The Hollywood Reporter, Friday, June 8, 2007 11:15 AM

Isaiah Washington, the actor who has played Dr. Preston Burke on the ABC hit "Grey's Anatomy, is gone. He left the show after the season finale -- and ABC Studios made a decision not to pick up his option for next season.

The move follows speculation about his future on the show after he uttered an anti-gay slur in reference to castmate T.R. Knight. (Knight recently closed a deal to stay with the program.) The first report about Washington's use of the slur came in October, but he then chose to repeat his remarks at a press conference during the Golden Globes in January -- while denying he'd said it before. That ignited the public outcry. He has since apologized, gone to counseling and even signed on to do a PSA on behalf of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.

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