“They Were Going to Take it To Their Graves” - Kerry Washington on Her Family’s Big Secret

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9 ай бұрын

Actor and best-selling author Kerry Washington says learning the truth about her biological father has brought the whole family closer together. Check out Kerry’s memoir, “Thicker Than Water,” available everywhere now.
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@kathleentucker1238 9 ай бұрын

My late father used to say "Blood is may be thicker than water, but LOVE is thicker than blood".

@brynneholt1990 9 ай бұрын

Wise man.

@pa7957 9 ай бұрын

❤

@justayoutuber1906 9 ай бұрын

And nothing is thicker than a Shake Shack shake

@chrsmcfrln 9 ай бұрын

My Dad used to say me and my brother were thicker than pig shit.

@DZJ0595 2 ай бұрын

@@justayoutuber1906😂😂😂💀💀💀

@demonsorrows 9 ай бұрын

Whenever I watch interviews or listen to podcasts, you can listen to people, how they act, and in moments you can tell whether or not they're legitimately decent, crappy, or they're playing at it for appearances. She's legit good people. Best wishes to her family and her.

@jiubboatman9352 9 ай бұрын

You can tell when an actor is being legit? Does that make them a bad actor?

@nicholasschoonbeck6866 9 ай бұрын

While its true that its possible to observe the way people behave & make some educated guesses about them, the majority of people aren't great at that, especially when they can't ask the person any questions. There are so many disciplines to be well versed in, including psychology, sociology, wisdom, experience, body language, microexpressions, good mental health & coping tools, & more. One way that someone without those disciplines can still be good at analyzing people is through their own trauma, meaning if someone grew up in abuse, they often become hypervigilant, meaning constantly aware & on edge for danger & threats, & they can become very good at reading other people's behavior as a coping skill to avoid the abuse. There can be less useful results from abuse though as well, some people can learn to avoid the abuse by becoming abusive, reclusive, etc, & that can impact their ability to analyze others, making them see things in a constant negative, suspicious light. But like the other comment says, when looking at professional actors, there is the fact that they are adept at playing a part, which can include their public persona which can be different from their private behavior.

@MC-cb9kl 9 ай бұрын

אוקי אוקי אוקשל אוקשל את את כל הפרטים הקטנים האלה הם הם הם רבי רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים רוצים נחמן להיות להיות יותר יותר טוב טוב מזה

@demonsorrows 9 ай бұрын

@@jiubboatman9352 Yeah I know. Not really possible to fake it for a camera. There's a big difference between suspension of disbelief and being unaware. On a more serious note, if you watch people pretending on TV/film and think they talk like normal people.. :| Christ on a crack binge behind a Walmart that's not a good sign. But people are so used to watching/listen/read scripted dialogue in entertainment and they think that it's NORMAL. While they're all great, people absolutely use them way too much. Myself included.

@demonsorrows 9 ай бұрын

@@nicholasschoonbeck6866 (Apologies for length. I'm just thorough with my thoughts is all.) I agree with a lot of that. I personally went through a lot so I did learn to pay attention to people growing up and be on the look out. With that, I learned quite a lot of people don't have a healthy sense of disbelief in regards to media and entertainment. They either fall short and can't let things go, or fly far past it being unable to separate media/story/actor/fantasy from real people and reality to the point they suspect and attribute everything others do to being a character. We watch so much entertainment media that the pretend behavior is more recognized as the default, and anything that contradicts our default (depending on what media you consume most) must be an act with nefarious intent attached.

@kumudinimallawaratchi6200 9 ай бұрын

Half way through her book. So well written. What an intelligent and articulate woman.

@silentjay01 9 ай бұрын

That "Oh god" as the phrasing of "I don't think you could do me well" hits her is some solid accidental comedy.

@Carlton_Banda 9 ай бұрын

It was hilarious 😂😂😂

@BrandonOsborn404 9 ай бұрын

She is exquisite. I was adopted, and met my biological mother a few years ago. I am happy I didn't grow up with her, she is awful. My adoptive parents had (and have) their own issues, but I am lucky to have had the opportunity to get clear of that woman.

@TheBrownIsland 2 ай бұрын

That's why it's not always a good idea trying to find these people. *You were given away for a reason.*

@noam65 9 ай бұрын

Having grown up with an absent father, I can tell you, if you're lucky enough to have had the love of a dad who stood in for your father, you're doubly blessed. Though I lacked even this, I became this for the children I've raised, none of whom I'm genetically related to, and stand in dad to one of my children's school friends, who also labeled me dad.

@JM-vj7we 9 ай бұрын

Yes sir! 🩷

@kommisar. 9 ай бұрын

@@JM-vj7we You're even more lucky if you're black, because 70%+ of the time the father leaves the kid.

@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 9 ай бұрын

So glad that we might....might...be approaching a time when societal pressures and the cult of failure that stalks young males of color might be improving. Because sometimes, many times, there are reasons that people leave. What if we could be a nation that supports families of all colors with a fair tax code that doesn't prioritize billionaires over the obscene numbers of women and children who are living in poverty. 🗽

@MrGarfield900 9 ай бұрын

thats the thing. nobody cares about the family to keep it together. if the dad said that he wanted the family to stick together but somehow didn’t thats the mom fault. and vice versa. its a good chance that the women did not love him that deeply to begin with.

@Dannon1111 9 ай бұрын

That Woman is stunning.

@rikkiechambers4959 9 ай бұрын

She is such a beautiful woman and I don’t just mean on the outside either ! I love hearing about books more than movies or tv as I don’t watch those much at all , I’m glad that at least the actors strike gives us an opportunity to learn more about the actors than just the next Hollywood project !

@robinhahnsopran 9 ай бұрын

Hi! I'm also donor-conceived, and it's so lovely to hear stories like ours. My parents told me when I was very young, and it was just a cool story, the sort of anecdote I could bring out at parties. It didn't impact our relationship at all - my dad is still my dad, even though (with the help of genetic companies and my 30+ known siblings!) I'm now in contact with my donor. I firmly believe family is who you choose it to be, and her joy and honesty and openness in sharing her donor-conceived story is so, so valuable for other DC folks. Thank you! 💖

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 9 ай бұрын

I miss seeing you on my TV screen every week, Kerry Washington!!!! God bless you on the book and I'll be getting copies for all of us (we have a huge family book club)! 🤗

@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 9 ай бұрын

Family book club sounds like a cool idea!! Btw, can your family do a thing on banned books? Maybe share it a bit with neighbors? Might be a great way to put an end to that horrible movement? Stay awesome. 📚🗽📚

@nicholasschoonbeck6866 9 ай бұрын

The real key to circumstances like hers is good parenting. If you are a good parent, your family can survive something like this & be ok.

@DavidEdwards9801 9 ай бұрын

Truth mixed with comedy is the world's best medicine !!

@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 9 ай бұрын

Can you imagine the doner watching Kerry on screen and thinking 🤔 "huh she kinda looks like me.... Naw couldn't be"

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 9 ай бұрын

That was my same thought! In a way, it reminds me of the ending of the movie *They Cloned Tyron.* 🤣😅

@DisruptedSinner 9 ай бұрын

Kerry is awesome. Love her!

@perahauraki2985 9 ай бұрын

Warm fuzzies over the inclusiveness of your amazing and inspiring guests 🥰

@lazyperfectionist1 9 ай бұрын

This woman is _46!_ I know that only because I just looked her up. I would _never_ have guessed it from seeing her. She _looks_ like she's in her twenties.

@joannejohnson7006 9 ай бұрын

I adore Kerry and will definitely read this one. Surprise, I didn’t know that I was adopted until 9 years ago 😮 How lucky with lessons and blessings ❤ And I am beginning to understand that the donation situation was somehow a part of my life as well… What is hidden will always come to light. Two amazing people on the same stage this morning😂 A beautiful mood was created Thank you ❤

@therealzilch 9 ай бұрын

Wow. What an intelligent and _simpatica_ woman. Live long and prosper, Kerry.

@mikewhite4560 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful Woman.. Like Dianh Carol...😊

@oakbluffsdiva922 9 ай бұрын

Kerry got that 10 year wedding anniversary ring upgrade. It's beautiful.

@mikesummons9714 9 ай бұрын

Kerry Washington is so charming, and her book sounds interesting. Also, easy to agree with Stephen here! 05:14

@Static-ash 9 ай бұрын

She's stunning, what a lovely lady 💕

@litwin707 9 ай бұрын

💗Love Kerry! Looking forward to reading her book!!

@DeusEx.Machina 9 ай бұрын

She’s so elegantly hot and graceful.

@peterbathum2775 9 ай бұрын

What a nice person . Thank you for sharing.

@melanies.6030 9 ай бұрын

I can't wait to see her "Finding Your Roots" episode now. Love that show! Just realized what a good guest Dr. Gates would be for Stephen. I can't recall if he's been on. I loved the FYR episode with Stephen.

@kpof5567 9 ай бұрын

Kerry Washington is so stylish! Love how we had a little glimpse of her gorgeous Louboutin boots ❤

@justayoutuber1906 9 ай бұрын

That woman is the whole package.

@krisfrederick5001 9 ай бұрын

I have no idea who she is but her parents did an amazing job. Parenting comes from love. Not just from blood. ❤

@violet156 9 ай бұрын

shes overrated

@melanies.6030 9 ай бұрын

@@violet156Must not be, since there're people who haven't heard of her.

@janireland 9 ай бұрын

Jealous Violet??? @@violet156

@DavidEdwards9801 9 ай бұрын

3:34 Not just "lucky you" Lucky All of us !! You are a part of what makes America Great ! 😇

@nicolad8822 9 ай бұрын

Quite often sperm donors were Med students.

@nicolad8822 9 ай бұрын

Finding your roots already had to tell one guy his father was other than he thought.

@biancawitt6692 9 ай бұрын

Love from Germany ❤

@suecastillo4056 9 ай бұрын

Kerry! I LOVE/WANT that FABULOUS necklace!!!!♥️☮️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

@rhaegarrubey4488 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful and sweet. I love Kerry!

@SpiderWireless 9 ай бұрын

She's charming and beautiful.

@lashendawest7509 9 ай бұрын

We love kerry washington and stephen colbert

@longlivedemocracy756 9 ай бұрын

Great interview!

@mlose50 9 ай бұрын

What a cute outfit

@tranquilnice775 9 ай бұрын

She still can pull off that lengerie from I think I love my wife. This woman is timeless.

@maysawilson423 9 ай бұрын

Gladiators 4Life!!!!

@jujitsujew23 9 ай бұрын

So damn gorgeous

@JojoBean-zo7nx 9 ай бұрын

She's so pretty

@mightyone3737 9 ай бұрын

Such a cool guest!

@juliettebobcat704 9 ай бұрын

She will always be Lil Troublemaker to me. Django loved her so much.

@g7924 9 ай бұрын

I love her outfit she looks so beautiful!

@thunderousapplause 9 ай бұрын

Fabulosity.

@dr.peppermintpatty4925 9 ай бұрын

She could be Lynn Whitfields daughter… both are stunning imo

@cynthiajubiter6889 9 ай бұрын

I love this intelligent black woman.

@DavidEdwards9801 9 ай бұрын

2:00 Would I want to relive my life on stage?!? Helz to the no 🥰

@ElGordo1959 9 ай бұрын

5:02 at last recognition for my public service! 🙃

@lisadiane55 9 ай бұрын

Great necklace, though I kept wanting to reach out and center the round part. Maybe my OCD? Anyway, I've missed this show so much.

@markphc99 9 ай бұрын

Sistah!

@teenygozer 9 ай бұрын

"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" is the actual saying, the opposite meaning to what it devolved into, "blood is thicker than water".

@blackmarvel6578 9 ай бұрын

70s NY? I hope Kerry is not my literal Auntie cause I been fanticising some things 😂😂😂

@yearight5050 9 ай бұрын

No offense I don't think you could do me well, oh god, hahaha

@nahuelma97 9 ай бұрын

Joy Bryant's husband is called Dave *Pope* and I feel like that's some level of inception shit right there 😂😂

@Dr_1212 9 ай бұрын

😎👍

@cityonfoot6023 9 ай бұрын

She had to take a moment to forget the image of Stephen playing her in a movie.

@ethelConley-ux2gu 9 ай бұрын

Kerry you are beautiful, I hope one day you find your real father, but meanwhile your mom,and step dad did a great job.😆

@melanies.6030 9 ай бұрын

Her dad that raised her is not her "stepdad", and can you imagine how hurt that man would be to hear some anonymous sperm donor be called her "real dad". How rude and totally tactless. Yuck. 😠

@ROLtheWolf 9 ай бұрын

I think Kerry found out that her real dad was a doctor.

@mikejackson2228 9 ай бұрын

I have a friend who's mom is white and she was engaged to a Black man, and one night they got into a huff. She needed to blow off some steam so she went to the bar. Nine months later my friend comes out a stark white redhead. The guy she played pool with that night was Irish.

@jeffreysalley 9 ай бұрын

She could tell her boyfriend the baby is...black irish

@mikejackson2228 9 ай бұрын

Nice. Gimme one more come back. Set up. When she was sixteen she ran a traffic light on a left hand turn and they got a photo. The photo was her taking a 5th of JD to the head like a porn star. Lost her license for 5 years. @@jeffreysalley

@samnelson2343 9 ай бұрын

I read that before the section and wondered what the heck you were telling us for. .relief

@perahauraki2985 9 ай бұрын

@@jeffreysalleyor black-ish

@77Creation 9 ай бұрын

Did she catch chlamydia too?

@SonetsKonjam 9 ай бұрын

whoever is editing the thumbnails for the video, please go back to the older font, this one looks a bit too jarring for late night smhh

@yurielcundangan9090 9 ай бұрын

The party of “personal responsibility” is too cowardice to take personal responsibility

@Marshall_Stacks 9 ай бұрын

I recognize your profile pic as being that a silly troll.

@abhinav87 9 ай бұрын

Please go back to the old font for the thumbnails! The new font seems too heavy and not as easy to read.

@NuiYabuko 9 ай бұрын

Please stop spamming.

@tyrannosaurusburke 9 ай бұрын

Clark Backo would be ideal to portray Kerry Washington.

@yurielcundangan9090 9 ай бұрын

The party of “personal responsibility” is too cowardice to take personal responsibility🎉🎉

@ttownkeith 9 ай бұрын

WTF are you even talking about?

@EmpyreanLightASMR 9 ай бұрын

How about interviewing an author who doesn't have easy connections and endless money? Being an author is hard. For about 99% of authors who aren't already multi-millionaire celebrities. Just sayin!

@laalaa99stl 9 ай бұрын

I like this: promoting books instead of movies. I hope the SAG-AFTRA strike drags on forever. (Kidding. Just kidding.)

@charlottemoran8311 9 ай бұрын

#OliviaPopeVoteBlue

@pgoody7698 9 ай бұрын

They should have been allowed to take it to their graves and left Kerry a letter to be opened upon their deaths. She opened them up to the evil trolls.

@Winter23224 8 ай бұрын

They’re still may not be telling the truth. Take the Ancestry DNA test anyway😊. Especially, if they were going to take that to their graves. Ijs🥰. It could be a high school sweetheart or someone from the old neighborhood. All parents have/keep secrets from their kids.

@RCCrosby 9 ай бұрын

@pinkbooklessons Kerry Washington mom lied for 41 year?

@charlie-obrien 9 ай бұрын

Kerry was born in 1977, she is 46 years old. She is right that using a sperm donor to conceive was like the "wild west". Donor information was inexact, no DNA available so there were risks of genetic disorders, or inherited diseases. As anyone can clearly see, Kerry was fortunate to receive superior genes, but more importantly to be raised by loving and committed Father and Mother. Mom didn't lie, she loved.

@curlyAlQubaisi 9 ай бұрын

Does she reveals her lesbian flings she’s had over the years ?! 🤔

@user-mw3mb2uv8n 9 ай бұрын

Maybe it’s just me, but I think Kerry Washington just needs to play with me…😮

@user-ts4zi3yi7z Ай бұрын

Hello, sweetheart.Do you think you can play me?No, that's refresh that.Do you think you can ask me😂🌹

@waryaawariiri1812 9 ай бұрын

Is it my eyes or does she uncannily resemble Rep. Ilhan Omar?

@ap5933 9 ай бұрын

Why is she dressed like that on tv?

@Buyis 9 ай бұрын

Nicole Beharie

@eldonphukuile 9 ай бұрын

I’m all too happy to slap Kerry on her behind and say ‘who’s your daddy?’

@johnkochen7264 9 ай бұрын

So now it is not p.c. to call her an actrice? Is this another pronoun thing?

@davidwiley4953 9 ай бұрын

Your parents should have stopped doing crack when they were having you. It clearly caused brain damage.

@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 9 ай бұрын

For a very long time, actors of all genders have preferred the term "actor" to apply to all. This really isn't new at all. Not sure why this offends you. It is their profession. They should be allowed to use terms that they can get behind. Sorry they didn't ask your permission first??📽️🎭📽️

@laalaa99stl 9 ай бұрын

"A lot of sperm donors watch this show."

@ttownkeith 9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@DEMONICKHILLER-fx2ln 9 ай бұрын

Lol even the audience and the host are like 💀😳. Girl you damn fool for this. 🤣🤣🤣

@JM-vj7we 9 ай бұрын

Why why do people have to share all of their personal lives… aren’t some things just private?

@DEMONICKHILLER-fx2ln 9 ай бұрын

No need to share this. She has a problem with oversharing. She is just not that likable period. She says and does desperate things. And takes on desperate roles. Huge disinformation onto blck women’s lives and how we are viewed. Isnt there cheating scandals with her husband too? Just be quiet.

@SpiderWireless 9 ай бұрын

Are you off your meds again?

@girlmeetsreality4644 9 ай бұрын

Go to bed