Kerry Washington — Out of Control Fan in NYC

“He’s my celebrity crush, Pope Francis, because he is so generous and such a revolutionary”.

As for the head of the Catholic Church ever needing the services of her “Scandal” character, the actress told Access she doesn’t think she would be called upon. “It’s very real in the lives of these women, whether it’s destroyed credit or losing a job or not being able to get to a job by losing transportation or access to cash”. Fortunately, Washington found respite from fashion’s anti-feminist repercussions in modern society through her contributions to the Purple Purse Foundation. “What I’m so passionate about with this initiative is that it’s really about women taking their power back and saying this is a cultural phenomenon that one in four women will be abused in her lifetime, but there is something I can do about it”, Washington says. “So I chose the textile and the shade we were going to go with, but the form was more in line with the bag that she does and we chose the metals together”.

A quarter of the proceeds will go to 160 domestic violence charities across the U.S., People reports. But what I loved about the script is that it wasn’t about somebody in the White House-it was about this person who was a powerful and yet feminine woman who lived in her own world, as opposed to in a circle in the West Wing. The network was so lovely and embraced the idea of trying to do something on television that was more fashionable than had previously been done in a show that revolved around Washington. Though she felt unbelievable in the dress, everyone’s reaction to it made her feel uneasy.

“We have turned fashion into a competition where we’ve decided that some people are better than other people, which for me, takes some of the sense of art out of it and turns something creative into a race”. According to Washington, the vibe on set was just as lively as it was in the commercial. “So yeah, it might be really fun to [design]”. And the songs they were dancing to in the spot?

Kerry Washington, a lovely woman with a laugh that sounds like bells tinkling, is doing a press tour in advance of the return of Scandal, whose fifth season premieres tonight. I always get that question and I never want to say anybody, because then you see him at a party.