If you—like the majority of us—ever wish to be more like (or maybe evenjust like) Olivia Pope, Kerry Washington is here to change your mind. The actress, who originated the beloved role on ABC's Scandal, wants you to know that her character is not one to be epitomized.
"I've always thought it was misguided when people tell me that Olivia is their role model," the 38-year-old revealed Tuesday at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills. But why?
"Because she's having an affair with a married man, who is President of the United States," she explained, before adding, "And a murderer."
While Washington cites this as Miss Pope's main reason for disqualification from complete aspiration, she doesn't fail to acknowledge all the reasons why we will always be oh-so-obsessed with her fictional counterpart.
"She's an entrepreneur, she's very smart, she has an amazing closet," she admitted, before echoing her prior remarks: "She is nobody's role model."
The political crisis manager portrayed on TV was designed to have a few personality traits non grata, a distinct characteristic of show creator Shonda Rhimes' writing.
"One of the things that Shonda does, and [How to Get Away With Murder creator] Pete [Nowalk] does, is all of these characters are complicated characters," Washington noted. "There are no good guys and bad guys in Shondaland. You have three-dimensional, messy human beings. Nothing is perfect in Shondaland."
Olivia Pope—perfectly imperfect if you ask us.
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