A lot of you have been calling this for months, and here’s the confirmation: Kerry Washington is pregnant! According to Us Weekly, she’s about four months along, which means what for her July wedding? Either she got pregnant on her honeymoon with her new husband Nnamdi Asomugha, or they had a super-quick shotgun wedding just as soon as they discovered her pregnancy. This does mean that she was pregnant (but not really showing, despite theories otherwise) at the Emmys. What I’m saying is that pregnancy or no pregnancy, there was NO reason for that Marchesa dress.

Kerry Washington, like her Scandal alter ego Olivia Pope, sure knows how to keep a secret. The 36-year-old actress, who married NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha in a super covert ceremony in June, has yet another surprise on the way — a baby! As the new issue of Us Weekly exclusively reveals, the Scandal star is pregnant with her first child.

“She’s about four months along,” a pal tells Us of Washington. (Thus far, the mom-to-be has kept any hint of a baby bump concealed under roomy dresses.)

This will be the first child for the Emmy-nominated beauty, who married San Francisco 49ers cornerback Asomugha on June 24 in Hailey, Idaho. According to reports, the couple first started dating in the summer of 2012; Washington was previously engaged to actor David Moscow.

Asked about her top-secret wedding in an interview with Glamour magazine in September, the Django Unchained actress said she had “learned through experience” that talking about her personal life just “doesn’t work” for her.

“I’ve had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it,” she explained. “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, ‘Okay, no more.'”

That said, Washington isn’t trying to dupe anyone. “I’m walking around in the world with my ring. And when people say congratulations, I say thank you,” she said. “But I’m going to continue to not talk about it and just let it unfold.”

For more on Kerry Washington’s pregnancy — including her morning sickness, her style, and how this might affect Scandal — pick up the new issue of Us Weekly.

[From Us Weekly]

It would be cool if they wrote her pregnancy into the show, right? I haven’t been watching Scandal, but I’m vaguely familiar with some of the storylines. Wouldn’t it be possible to make Olivia Pope pregnant with the president’s baby? That might take the story to a different place though. It’s far more likely that they’ll decide to hide Kerry’s pregnancy with great clothes, and maybe they’ll make her hold purses, laundry baskets and boxes in front on her bump throughout the rest of this season.

Anyway, congrats to Kerry and Nnamdi Asomugha! I feel like they’re going to be great parents.

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