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"Shonda Rhimes has responded to the controversy surrounding a recent Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy storyline. On the ABC medical drama, Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) recently had her left leg amputated after being severely injured in a plane crash.   &amp;quot;It felt real to me that Arizona would lose her leg,&amp;quot; Rhimes wrote on her blog. &amp;quot;To all those of you who posited that Arizona lost a leg because she&amp;#039;s a lesbian, I say... we don&amp;#039;t punish people for their sexual preferences. &amp;quot;We allow people, no matter what their sexual preference, to have complex storylines. Arizona is a lesbian who also happens to lose her leg in a plane crash.&amp;quot; Rhimes also insisted that Arizona&amp;#039;s new disability would not have a long-term negative impact on her relationship with Callie (Sara Ramirez). &amp;quot;Callie and Arizona are going to have a fun... sexy love life again,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;And you are going to see it this season.  &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s important to me. I stated in the Writers Room that Arizona could not lose a leg unless we were going to see how a person missing a leg could be sexy.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy creator defends character deaths &amp;gt; Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy Ellen Pompeo on new season: &amp;#039;Meredith is angry&amp;#039; The showrunner also praised &amp;quot;fearless&amp;quot; actress Capshaw, who made her Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy debut in 2009. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a pleasure to get to work with someone so game for the story [and] so game for representing things rarely seen on network TV,&amp;quot; Rhimes wrote. &amp;quot;I love my job. I love getting to write for her.&amp;quot; Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy airs on Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC. In the UK, the series airs on Sky Living. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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