The honorable T.R. Knight (and his sassy sidekick)

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Today's Los Angeles Times has a smart if short interview with T.R. Knight. Here he's talking more generally about the publicity crush of being on a hit show, but it could just as easily be about life as a gay actor:

"You know, when you get [to L.A.], people say you should do this, and this is what you have to do," Knight said. "And I just think that sometimes it takes a little bit for you to figure it out yourself and see where your comfort is. This is just a more low-key approach. It's not like you've got hundreds of people a day trying to get at you. That's someone else. That's not me. Flying under the radar is preferable many times. I like this for now. I do."

Plus there are some strong zingers from castmate Katherine Heigl:

"I have absolutely no respect at all for how Isaiah has handled this. I'm disgusted. That's probably a really strong thing to say, and I'm probably going to get yelled at for saying this, but I remember sitting with T.R. and saying, 'You should say this. And you should go on that show and say that.

"It wasn't even me who [Washington] was talking about, but I felt so infuriated and angry because that was the only opinion getting heard. Shouldn't T.R. have something to say? But he was right. To say nothing at all is the most dignified thing he could do and the most honorable thing he could do for himself and for what really happened that day and for the whole situation. And it speaks volumes."

And in typical humble fashion he says he still cringes when remembering his standing ovation at the GLAAD awards: "I didn't feel I warranted that. I haven't done anything." (Either way, he totally deserves the Emmy, so here's hoping...)

Comments

[Gera]

Something seems fishy about T.R. Knight. I disagree that saying nothing during the Isaiah Washington mess was the most dignified thing to do. I think he should have stepped in and helped his colleague. We are not going to change homophobes by ostracizing them. I believe Isaiah's ignorance could have been dealt with in a more productive way.