Oct 3, 2026 · 1h 24m
Kerry Washington weighs truth, motherhood and leaving Olivia Pope
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Kerry Washington connects career reinvention with family revelations, therapy, motherhood and the difficult work of deciding what comes next.
- 1Washington explains why ending Scandal and leaving Olivia Pope felt necessary after a defining chapter.
- 2A revelation about her biological father reshaped Washington’s understanding of family, truth and unconditional love.
- 3The conversation treats therapy, creative persistence and childhood places as tools for building a more honest life.
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Washington recounts discovering that her father was not her biological father and explains how the revelation transformed her family’s approach to truth, therapy and love.
The brief
Kerry Washington joins Scott Evans with a conversation that moves easily from her new film Animals and character-building to mocktails, impressions and moral dilemmas.
The ethical game becomes a rehearsal for Animals’ tensions, forcing Washington and Evans to weigh privacy, loyalty, danger and the crimes loved ones might commit.
Washington explains why she was ready to leave Scandal and Olivia Pope, balancing the show’s historic importance with the freedom—and loss—of moving on.
A revelation that her father was not her biological father changed her family’s relationship to truth, leading to therapy, a search for the donor and deeper questions about love.
Washington traces her podcast The Street You Grew Up On to family history and childhood places, then turns neighborhood trivia into a celebration of influence and creative inheritance.
Featuring
Kerry Washington
Olivia Pope
Shonda Rhimes
Ben Affleck
Whoopi GoldbergListen to the full episode and explore every guest, topic, and moment on PodLume.