Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn are at all times down to clown their devoted Scandal followers.
“I really am so grateful for the healthy relationships that I was able to have, also, with the men on that show like Scott Foley and Tony Goldwin,” Washington, 49, mentioned in the course of the Tuesday, April 14, episode of the “Good Hang” podcast. “I love their wives. They love my husband.”
Podcast host Amy Poehler famous that, regardless of Washington being married to Nnamdi Asomugha, individuals nonetheless “ship” her and Goldwyn in actual life. (Goldwyn has been married to spouse Jane Musky since 1987.)
“So hard,” Washington agreed. “By the way, we like to f*** with people. I post stuff all the time with Tony.”
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Poehler added, “And that’s how you can tell everyone’s secure.”
Washington performed the long-lasting Olivia Pope on the Shonda Rhimes-created drama for seven seasons, from 2012 to 2018. She shared the display screen with Goldwyn, who performed her on-again, off-again love curiosity President Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, throughout the present’s run.
“I love that people ship them. I love it. I love it so much,” Washington continued. “I love that people get into arguments. … I love that we gave people romance, that we gave people escapism, that we made people think, that we made people feel. I love all of that.”
In the years that Scandal has ended, followers have hoped for a reboot — and the forged is completely on board.
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Foley (who performed Olivia’s different love curiosity, Jake Ballard) provided his ideas to Us Weekly solely in December 2025 about bringing the present again.
“I think it would take Shonda Rhimes getting excited, having an idea of where all those characters, where they are in their lives,” he mentioned on the time. “Kerry’s everywhere right now. She’s got the new Knives Out sequel. I think it would take her slowing down a minute to give us some time to shoot some more Scandal.”
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Earlier this yr, Washington echoed this sentiment, explaining to Variety that Rhimes has to in the end be the one to ask.
“But you know, I do have these imaginary children that I’ve been taking selfies with all over town,” she quipped in March, referring to actors Chase Infiniti and Tyriq Withers who’ve been referred to by followers as Olivia and Fitz’s youngsters.
Washington spoke additional about Infiniti and Withers throughout her “Call Her Daddy” appearance that very same month.
“But this joke about Chase Infiniti and Tyriq being our children, this is like the joke that will not die. And I love it so much,” she gushed. “They truly do [look like us]. She has my smile, and Tyriq has his smile. It’s so absurd.
