Kerry Washington is pregnant after all! The Scandal star confirmed her pregnancy by appearing at the Met Gala along with a baby bump, according to USA Today. Yet exactly how will certainly the 39-year-old actress’ pregnancy affect her character on ABC’s strike dramatization Scandal?
#Scandal star @kerrywashington is pregnant again along with baby #2! https://t.co/nZKD84vbiI http://pic.twitter.com/gzv7EQPQxr
— Parents Magazine (@parentsmagazine) May 3, 2016
Rumors of Kerry Washington’s pregnancy initial surfaced on the internet last Monday, Yet the Scandal actress didn’t leave her supporters hanging for also long. Later the very same day, she appeared on the red carpet at the Met Gala along with a tiny baby bump, confirming the pregnancy rumors.
Kerry Washington appeared at the Met Gala in a tight Marc Jacobs dress, and the crowd went crazy as quickly as they realized the actress is expecting the second youngster along with her husband, NFL star Nnamdi Asomugha.
Kerry Washington triggered pregnancy rumors as quickly as she earned an appearance at the White Residence Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. last weekend. It was the actress’ choice of dress too as the method she held her clutch the entire time that earned the crowd suspect there was something going on.
Kerry Washington – White Residence Correspondents Dinner in Washington https://t.co/i4mxeltEfD http://pic.twitter.com/PdHqbdT5Ja
— Ashly Parnell (@luvClebs) May 1, 2016
Kerry Washington and Asomugha have actually a 2-year-old daughter, Isabelle, that has actually rarely appeared in the public eye. It’s because of the actress’ approach to steer clear of family talk in her interviews too as never ever taking selfies along with her family or discussing her family members on social media.
And Kerry Washington wasn’t the just one that rocked her baby bump on the red carpet at the Met Gala. Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively, Sicario actress Emily Blunt, and House actress Olivia Wilde every one of boasted their baby bumps at the event.
And Scandal supporters cannot Yet wonder just what adjustments Kerry Washington’s second pregnancy will certainly delivering to the ABC strike series. exactly how will certainly showrunner Shonda Rhimes hide the actress’ baby bump, or won’t she?
The situation is somewhat much like as quickly as Kerry Washington announced her initial pregnancy in 2013. Scandal supporters after that wondered whether Rhimes was checking out make Washington’s character pregnant too, or whether they would certainly merely hide the continuously growing baby bump behind giant objects along with the assistance of camera tricks.
And Rhimes opted for the latter. And while there is no doubt Scandal’s group did a excellent task at hiding Kerry Washington’s baby bump throughout Season 3, their camera tricks were somewhat also obvious.
#Kerry Washington: Pregnant Multitasker on ‘Scandal’ Set! – http://t.co/Awqfzbcaah http://pic.twitter.com/s7VlvL2jjN
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And while Kerry Washington had to hide behind huge chairs and lamps too as be shot from the chest up throughout her initial pregnancy, just what will certainly the actress’ second pregnancy mean for the show? will certainly Rhimes make Olivia Pope pregnant this time?
Rhimes has actually a lot more choices at hew disposal this time, according to Entertainment Weekly. The ABC prove to could grab delayed and pushed to midseason, which would certainly get some time for Kerry Washington to deliver her second baby.
It would certainly mean that Rhimes doesn’t should make Olivia Pope pregnant and grab distracted from the main plot of the show. It would certainly additionally mean the character wouldn’t have actually to hide behind huge objects as soon as Kerry Washington begins filming again.
Scandal could additionally grab its episode order reasonable to concerning 18 episodes, simply enjoy ABC did throughout Kerry Washington’s initial pregnancy, as quickly as Scandal Season 3 was trimmed to 18 episodes as opposed to the usual 22.
But Rhimes will certainly many most likely do the very same she did in Season 3: simply hide Kerry Washington’s baby bump along with the assistance of camera tricks. And despite the fact that those attempts to trick viewers are hilarious at times, it’s still the many most likely scenario for Washington’s second pregnancy.
But there is still a tiny probability that Rhimes could make Olivia pregnant too. In fact, Olivia was currently pregnant on the show, Yet after that she got an abortion.
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