Isaiah Washington is accusing his “Grey’s Anatomy costar Ellen Pompeo of accepting “$5 million under the table” to keep quiet and “not tell the world how toxic and nasty Patrick Dempsey really was” while working with him on the show.
During his recent October 21 interview on Tavis Smiley’s radio show, Washington says that Dempsey “was not a nice guy from day one.”
He also called him “a total tyrant” who was known for being “pilot poison,” meaning an actor who represents a liability to getting a show picked up for a series, the insider reported.
According to Washington, Pompeo took “hush money” from unnamed parties amid the time that the #MeToo movement was first garnering attention and before she signed a $20 million contract to continue “Grey’s Anatomy,” which made her become the highest-paid woman on television.
“And you want to run around here like you are the keeper of all feminine women and the feminist movement,” Washington said, referring to Pompeo.
The actor then claimed he never felt support while on the medical drama set because he “was never wanted there.”
“Every single day, I was a problem that was being reminded, ‘You’re No. 4 on the call sheet,'” he said. Before he left, he felt his behavior was being broadcasted to protect Dempsey’s image.
