Bruce Willis: "Isaiah Washington's sacking was excessive"

"Armageddon" actor Bruce Willis has hit out at Isaiah Washington's sacking from ACB's hit TV show 'Grey's Anatomy', insisting that his punishment was a "little over the top".

Bruce Willis claims the decision to end Washington's contract, after he made a homophobic remark he made about castmate Knight last October of last year, and repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year, was a knee-jerk reaction and will be regretted in the future.

Willis tells Time magazine, "I hate to think we live in a time when you can get fired from your job because of what you say. (Isaiah Washington) didn't punch anyone. I think we'll think differently with hindsight."