Patrick Dempsey revealed in a recent interview that fellow Seattle Grace doc Isaiah Washington is a changed man since completing anger rehab. That said, he revealed that he still keeps his distance when they aren't working on scenes together.

He says, "I haven't spent enough time around him to honestly know what's going on with him... (but) you do have a feeling, when you look at him, that something is different, and that he is working on things. You can't get away from the fact he's doing a great job on the show; he does beautiful work. He's very passionate about it. He allows himself to feel deeply and sometimes that's very difficult to contain and control appropriately."

The two actors were involved in an on-set fight last October after Washington used a gay slur to attack fellow castmate T.R. Knight.

The controversy rumbled into 2007 when Washington repeated the gay remark at the Golden Globes.

He has since apologised, met with gay community leaders and undergone counseling to help him with anger issues, and Dempsey feels sure the actor is a different person.

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