SoapNights / Kristin Nicole

ABC Television Studios said Thursday that Washington’s contract option was not going to be renewed for next season.

“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore,” Washington said in a statement released through his publicist, Howard Bragman, without elaboration.

Washington caused more controversy when he used the anti-gay label backstage at the Golden Globe Awards in January while denying he’d used it previously on the set against cast mate T.R. Knight.

Katherine Heigl (Izzie) was among one of the most vocal critics along with the Gay rights groups.

“This is something that will have changed the scope of his life,” Heigl told Entertainment Weekly last month. Washington was “sorry and embarrassed” for the mistake, she said. Washington tried to make amends and said he was seeking therapy.

Washington filmed a public service announcement in which he said “words have power” to hurt or heal, he also met with officials from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance against Defamation.

The May finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” is said to open the door for the departure of his character. Burke was on the verge of marrying Dr. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), but her doubts put an end to the wedding, later leaving Cristina Yang to find all of Burks things were moved out of their apartment.

In May, Bragman said the actor intended to spend the summer working and not worrying about the show. Washington intended to continue his charity work in Sierra Leone, which a DNA test showed to be his ancestral home, and work on an independent movie.

Nothing else is said on this issue.