Ellen Pompeo Refuses to Forgive Former ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Co-star Katherine Heigl: Report

Pompeo isn’t the only former Grey’s co-star who refuses to bury the hatchet with Heigl. Isaiah Washington — who starred as Dr. Preston Burke in the show’s first three seasons — reignited his feud with Heigl nearly 10 years after he was fired from the series for using a gay slur against Patrick Dempsey on set.

“This woman once proclaimed that I should ‘never’ be allowed to speak publicly again. The world agreed with her proclamation back then and protested for my job and my head in 65 languages. I wish I was on Twitter in 2007, because I will NEVER stop exercising my free speech,” Washington wrote in a fiery 2020 tweet.

Washington referred to Heigl’s 2007 comments to Access Hollywood, in which she said he “needs to just not speak in public, period” after the scandal made headlines.