Ew, boys! Scandal’s Kerry Washington obtained sizzling and heavy on display screen with costars Scott Foley and Tony Goldwyn for six years, but it surely seems she wasn’t a fan of her character’s steamy scenes.
Washington, 45, defined throughout a Friday, Could 19, look on The Ellen Degeneres Present that whereas she tried to not favor both main man, Foley, 49, and Goldwyn, 61, would have most well-liked that she didn’t keep diplomatic.
“I believed I used to be maintaining the peace by saying, ‘I don’t like kissing both of them,’” the Emmy Award-winning actress revealed to host Ellen DeGeneres. “[But] they have been each fairly pissed for years.”
The Little Fires In every single place alum claimed that her costars have been mad she “would say that on nationwide tv,” alluding to the duo being embarrassed that she wasn’t a fan of sharing smooches over time.
When DeGeneres, 64, joked that the New York native was “mendacity,” teasing that there “is clearly one higher kisser,” the Promenade star performed coy by pretending to zip her mouth closed.
Washington portrayed protagonist Olivia Pope for six years on the ABC thriller from 2012 to 2018. The hit collection was penned by Shonda Rhimes and adopted Pope by her makes an attempt to open a disaster administration agency whereas concurrently making an attempt to shake ties from her previous.
All through a lot of the present’s run, Washington’s character struggled to search out stability in her love life. The White Home correspondent was caught selecting between romantic pursuits Jake Ballard (Foley) and President Fitzgerald Grant (Goldwyn) — a love triangle Goldwyn, for his half, loved being a part of.
“I prefer it, it’s enjoyable,” the California native advised Hollywood Life in a September 2014 interview. “You get Scott Foley, and I get assaulted by followers. One got here up and pushed [me] out of the best way and stated, ‘I’m staff Jake!’ So yeah, it’s enjoyable!”
Whereas the collection finale alluded to Pope discovering her fortunately ever after with the p]resident, 52-year-old Gray’s Anatomy creator remained impartial on the subject, telling Vulture in a 2018 interview that she is “Staff Olivia, not Staff Jake or Staff Fitz. This isn’t a romance present.”