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Kerry Washington Tweeted While in Labor for a Very Specific Reason!

Kerry Washington Tweeted While in Labor for a Very Specific Reason!

Kerry Washington takes the cover of Net-a-Porter’s The Edit magazine looking stunning!

Here’s what the 38-year-old Scandal star had to share with the mag:

On tweeting while in labor: “Every Thursday within three weeks of my (daughter Isabelle’s) due date, I loaded up pre-tweets based on the episodes and what I would want to say. I tweeted in the very early stages of my labor. I figured that if I went completely silent on social media, then people would know I was in the hospital!”

On what she’d be if she wasn’t an actress: “I would be involved in politics, but I would probably be teaching. It’s what my mother did, so it’s in my blood. My mother is so badass. I watched her get her doctorate when I was a little girl: she got that around the same time that I graduated from kindergarten so we both had caps and gowns. I grew up with a belief in the importance of a woman’s mind and that has been a real gift for me.”

On if she feels pressure to be politically active: “I have a sense of responsibility that was ingrained in me as a kid, but I’m not perfect; I haven’t voted in every election. But I’m trying to be better about it because so many people put their lives on the line for me to have this right.”

For more from Kerry, visit Net-a-Porter.com.

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Credit: Photos by Bjorn Iooss/courtesy of NET-A-PORTER’s THE EDIT
Posted to: Kerry Washington, Magazine