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Preston Burke Will Totally Choke a B-tch
Wednesday October 11, 2006


BEImages: Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey in happier times at a Grey's Anatomy DVD launch event on September 5, 2006.

Is there an ass-kicker in the house? Grey’s Anatomy stars Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey got into a real-life violent brawl earlier this week, reports the New York Daily NewsRush & Molloy and The National Enquirer.
 
Things got heated at L.A.'s Prospect Studios when Washington, 43, and Dempsey, 40, started arguing over cast members being late for a scene. According to a witness, the costars’ long-simmering feud hit breaking point on Monday when Washington (Dr. Preston Burke) attacked Dempsey (Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd).
 
According to The Enquirer's source, the unscripted drama unfolded like this:
 
"What are we waiting on?" said Isaiah.
 
"Not me," said Patrick. "I'm always ready."
 
"At that point," said the source, "Isaiah said something mean to T.R. Knight" (who plays mild-mannered Dr. George O'Malley).
 
"That's when Patrick told Isaiah, 'Pick on somebody your own size.'
 
"Well, that did it. Isaiah became enraged and grabbed Patrick by the throat and shoved him back a few feet. Dr. McDreamy almost landed in McDreamland."
 
When Knight demanded that the pair break it up, the source says, "Isaiah called him a bitch. Isaiah stormed off to his trailer to cool off, while Patrick and T.R. stood there in disbelief.
 
"The director and producers got involved, and a meeting was organized with the network execs."
 
Washington came back to the set, and the actors finished their scene, but interactions between the two is said to be tense and no apologies exchanged.
 
"Isaiah is a theater-trained actor who can't stand the whole McDreamy magazine-cover-boy furor over Patrick," says the source.
 
The Daily News’ source denied Washington choked Dempsey, but confirmed, "Isaiah said some disgusting things. He was in Patrick's face. I think Isaiah has issues. There's an underlying jealousy. But it's not Patrick's fault. They've put a lot of pressure on him by making him the face of the show. Patrick never asked for it, but he promotes the show whole-heartedly."
 
Dempsey's spokeswoman said, "There was an argument on set. In any close-knit family, sometimes people argue. But everybody made up and went back to work."
 
Originally, we questioned the veracity of the report, first delivered from the white-lying loins of The National Enquirer. But eventually the story was proven to be true, with Washington himself admitting his follies (although denying the choking part).
 
So we wait until next time when the faux surgeons will inevitably draw their scalpels and duel once more, resulting in an exploding, Plague-contracting, tree-impaling , doll-head swallowing, book-eating, organ-stealing climax. And let's hope the two actors can resolve their differences before they end up kebabed onto a train pole, with the show’s creators forced to decide which actor they’re going to sacrifice in order to save the other, as Ellen Pompeo looks on in horror.
 
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