Kerry Washington Talks Secret Marriage With Glamour Magazine

Were you all just as shocked as we were when you learned actress Kerry Washington had secretly married NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha? (Click HERE for details)

Yeah, thought so.

Ms. Olivia Pope, herself, sits down with Glamour magazine’s journalist, Cindi Leive, for her first exclusive interview detailing her decision to keep things private.

Here’s what the actress had to say:

Cindi Leive: …In interview after interview, you always use the same phrase: “I don’t talk about my personal life.” I’m curious about the discipline that it requires to be so tight-lipped.
Kerry Washington: I learned through experience that it doesn’t work for me to talk about my personal life. I’ve had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it. I was on the cover of a bridal magazine [InStyle Weddings, in 2005, when Washington was engaged to actor David Moscow]. But I couldn’t just turn around and say, “I only want to talk about the good stuff, but not the bad stuff.” So I just thought, OK, no more.

CL: You even managed to get married in June without anyone knowing.
KW: Absolutely! I’m walking around in the world with my ring. And when people say congratulations, I say thank you. But I’m going to continue to not talk about it and just let it unfold.

CL: It must have been satisfying to pull off a wedding with no press around.
KW: [Laughs.] I don’t want to sound smug about it…but the point is to do what’s best for me. I have girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it works for them, and I love it. But not for me.

The issue hits news stands September 10th.

For more on this interview head over to Glamour mag.

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Kerry Washington’s First Public Appearance Since Secret Wedding