BY: Denver Sean
Published 12 years ago
On the next episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter, Oprah sits down with actress Kerry Washington, who plays Olivia Pope on the hit TV series “Scandal.” A lot of you may not know this, but when the show debuted in April 2012 on ABC, Kerry became the first African-American actress to have the lead in a primetime show in almost 40 years.
“I didn’t know the exact statistics when I read the script,” Kerry says. “I didn’t know, because I wasn’t born in ’74. So not in my lifetime has there been…”
“Oh, do tell,” says Oprah. “Really?” — and the two women share a laugh.
“Humblebrag!” jokes Kerry. Then, on a more serious note, she says, “I didn’t know that it actually would be this momentous.”
“[Olivia Pope] is a fully realized woman,” says Oprah. “She’s not just in this role because she is African-American. [She represents] a new moment for our culture.”
Don’t miss Oprah’s Next Chapter with Kerry Washington, Shonda Rhimes, and Judy Smith this Sunday Dec 9 at 9pm EST on OWN.
