Kerry Washington on discovering dad isn’t her biological father



After wrapping “#Scandal,” #KerryWashington’s parents asked her to visit because they had something important to tell her. She had previously shared her intention to appear on a show that features celebrities learning about their family history through #DNA testing.

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28 comments

  1. Why did this need to be discussed on TV? Speaking on personal family matters on TV! Like was her first thought to tell the world when her parents told her?!! It's weird!

  2. Why are you all so pressed by someone sharing a very important discovery of themselves though? Its her identity. It’s a re-birth. Why not? It’s not like she’s painting it in bad light. She’s just sharing.

  3. She looks EAST AFRICAN.

  4. You could've kept that to yourself; clearly, she was well taken care of….I don't understand why everything needs to said.

  5. I put myself up for adoption, called CPS and divorced my mother on the Ed Sullivan show because she wouldn't let me go to my half brother who btw IS MICHAEL JORDAN and my birthday that we were going to celebrate together because my birthday is also in February, but I just recently found this out, because my family didn't want to tell me I was adopted, so fifty years later, I forgot about the brothers and father that I only met once, but I always had an empty feeling cause I was left in limbo about my birth family

  6. Only black weman don't know who the father is of their child they will destroy a child roots

  7. The amount of money i let slip through fingers over the years i didn't know you can paid donating

  8. I told my cousin her dad is not real father and now she doesn’t speak to me anymore oh well I did her a favor she deserves to know, I guess I’m the bad guy, been a hero all my all my life been living long enough to become the villain I guess

  9. Don’t know how that should affect her at all except to give her something to talk about during this cruddy show

  10. HEEEY !!! ….I just want the world know that I love her ❤.

  11. You had a father and mother who loves you that's all that matters ❤️. You have done well

  12. Kids see themselves in their parents so when this happens it's known to them already people don't get the connection kids have that's not replaceable

  13. Could u imagine being a man and even having this type of discussion. These people dont live in reality.

  14. YOU NEED TO GET OVER YOU'RE SELF,BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL TO WORRY ABOUT IT,GO ABOUT YOU'RE LIFE AS NOTHING EVER HAPPENED AND BE HAPPY.❤❤

  15. Sperm donor in 70s? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 somebody is lying.

  16. Reason number six billion why you shouldn’t be a stepdad. The kid’s instinctively will reject the parent at some level.

  17. She's black so obviously she doesn't have a father

  18. Why is she discussing personal matter on tv?😂

  19. it's different to raise a non biological seed ! they don't know who the donor is! so it's a reason you will never know!

  20. So what. You were born in a test tube.

  21. I hope she finds her biological father …..

  22. These comments have to be from children. 🤦‍♀️

  23. Who's your Daddy…??
    Say my name..!!
    Say you love me…!!

  24. No one cares. NO ONE !!!

  25. some people are shocked,

    Some people are like, "Thank God"