I felt like they are.
I read this via TVGuide.com (Click here for the full story)
ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson says his counterpart at NBC, Ben Silverman, was either “clueless or stupid” in his remarks about hiring Isaiah Washington for a role on Bionic Woman.
Silverman, in one of his first acts as the new cochairman of NBC’s entertainment division, swooped up Washington for a six-episode stint on his network’s new series after ABC decided not to keep the actor on Grey’s Anatomy. ABC’s decision was largely based on Washington’s on-set use of a homophobic slur towards cast member T.R. Knight last October, which he repeated in front of the press at the Golden Globe Awards.
Silverman told reporters that he had begun talking with Washington “before he became available” and said he was shocked when ABC decided to let him go. “When he told me he was available I was like, ‘You are? Wait, I don’t understand. What do you mean? You’re a huge star on a star television show.’” he said. “I don’t quite understand what had gone on there.”
McPherson told reporters that “if (Silverman) was in fact talking to him before he was available, that’s inducement to breach. So I don’t know, he’s either clueless or stupid.”
As to Silverman saying he didn’t understand the circumstances surrounding the firing of Washington, McPherson said: “Was he living in a cave?”
When you read this & you take into account that they are also ending the successful George Lopez show after 5 seasons, and they also got rid of all of the african american actors on LOST. You have to wonder…
What amazed me was the fact that the President of ABC didn’t try to subliminally address the hiring of Isaiah Washington. He was very blatant with his feelings toward Isaiah as a person. To say that he should not have been hired, is basically like spitting in his face. As the president of a company, you are supposed to carry yourself, professionally, and to voice your own personal opinion about an ex-employee is not professional at all.
With a comment like what he said, makes him to be a bit hypocritical. You fire someone for commenting about what he said to another cast member (Patrick Dempsey) referring to the treatment of another cast member (TR Knight). But yet you are doing the same thing by saying that Silverman was ‘Clueless or Stupid’ for hiring Isaiah. So are you calling Isaiah Washington stupid/ clueless?
I dunno how I feel about this, but I know I don’t think it’s right. He made a mistake, should he have to pay with his life? TR Knight isn’t even a good actor.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!!
Look @ what an ABC producer had to say about The GEICO Caveman show here
~f@ke
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