In England a faggot is a delicious meaty treat made from pig’s heart and bacon all mashed up in a ball, but everywhere else a faggot is something that makes Isaiah Washington from Grey’s Anatomy look like a bit of a doltish nincompoop.

Isaiah Washington, you’ll remember, got in a fight on the Grey’s Anatomy set in October after calling secretly gay TR Knight a “faggot.” At first Isaiah Washington denied that he’d used that particular gay slur, only for everyone who’s ever worked on Grey’s Anatomy to subsequently snitch on him bigstyle. Now, sensing that his career is on the line, Isaiah Washington has issued a full, frank and sincere apology to everyone he offended with the “faggot” jibe. For those of you who can’t be bothered to read the rest of this article, think back to what happened with Mel Gibson in the summer and just replace all the “Fucking Jews” and “Sugartits” bits with the word “faggot,” since that’s more or less all Isaiah Washington actually did.