'Thanks For Straightening Out': Isaiah

[Brian Damage]

June 1, 2007 -- KATHERINE Heigl says her fellow "Grey's Anatomy" cast member Isaiah Washington actually said he was "grateful" to her after she publicly criticized his use of an anti-gay slur.

"Isaiah thanked me, which I didn't understand," the 28-year-old tells Entertainment Weekly. "He was almost grateful. I don't know Isaiah well, but he takes his work seriously, and he loves his character."

Washington came under fire for using the slur at the Golden Globe Awards in January while denying he'd used it previously against fellow "Grey's" star T.R. Knight.

Heigl, who plays outspoken Dr. Izzie Stevens on the hit ABC medical drama, says she was "furious and frustrated" at the time, so she leapt to Knight's defense.

"[Isaiah] made a big mistake, and it was thoughtless and boneheaded, and I think he's very sorry and embarrassed," she says. "This is something that will have changed the scope of his life."

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