‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Alum Isaiah Washington Announces He’s Retiring From Acting in Twitter Rant: ‘The Useful Idiots Have Won’

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His final curtain call. Isaiah Washington revealed that he has decided to retire from acting.“It is with a heavy heart and a sense of relief that I am announcing my early retirement from the entertainment industry today,” the Grey’s Anatomy alum, 59, recently wrote via Twitter. “Those who have been Following/Witnessing my journey here on [Twitter] since 2011 all know that I have fought the good fight, but it seems that the haters, provocateurs and the Useful Idiots have won.

I’m no longer interested in the back and forth regarding a ‘color construct’ that keeps us human beings divided nor am I interested in politics or anything vitriolic.”Washington let his fans know that his last acting project was the 2022 film Corsicana, which he directed, wrote and starred in.

The thriller also includes Lew Temple, Stacey Dash and Noel Gugliemi.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe Texas native, who describes himself as a “Frederick Douglass Conservative,” also revealed in his lengthy Twitter post that he had plans to travel the country “before it falls into Socialism and then Communism” and would be sharing updates from his “retirement shenanigans.”The actor is best known as one of the original cast members of Grey’s Anatomy.

In 2007, Washington was written off the show after he allegedly used a homophobic slur on set during an argument with Patrick Dempsey.In Lynette Rice’s book, How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy, show writer Mark Wilding gave some insight into the incident between Washington and the Enchanted actor, 57.“It was my episode.