Olivia Pope is not a mom, but she helped Kerry Washington feel up to the task.
The Scandal star covers the April issue of Elle magazine, where she opens up about her character's big decision in the midseason finale (Warning: spoilers ahead), and how that shaped Washington's own view of herself.
Elle Magazine
"Even though Olivia Pope has obviously made the decision that she is not a mom," Washington says, referring to Pope choosing to terminate her pregnancy, "playing her made me feel like I could be a mom. Because she knows there's always another way—there's always a way to fix it, there's always a way to solve it, to win."
"I feel like playing her made me feel like, 'All right, I can do it. I will figure out how to juggle it all,'" she adds.
Washington, who married NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha in 2013, welcomed the couple's daughter, Isabelle Amarachi, in 2014. Washington spoke on her marriage and daughter at the SXSW music, art, and technology festival this week, insisting that she would not address marriage rumors, or any speculation for that matter, because, "If somebody has rumors about what's going on in my marriage, I don't refute them, because I don't talk about my personal life."
The Scandal star covers the April issue of Elle magazine, where she opens up about her character's big decision in the midseason finale (Warning: spoilers ahead), and how that shaped Washington's own view of herself.
Elle Magazine
"Even though Olivia Pope has obviously made the decision that she is not a mom," Washington says, referring to Pope choosing to terminate her pregnancy, "playing her made me feel like I could be a mom. Because she knows there's always another way—there's always a way to fix it, there's always a way to solve it, to win."
"I feel like playing her made me feel like, 'All right, I can do it. I will figure out how to juggle it all,'" she adds.
Washington, who married NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha in 2013, welcomed the couple's daughter, Isabelle Amarachi, in 2014. Washington spoke on her marriage and daughter at the SXSW music, art, and technology festival this week, insisting that she would not address marriage rumors, or any speculation for that matter, because, "If somebody has rumors about what's going on in my marriage, I don't refute them, because I don't talk about my personal life."
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