Kerry Washington Is Pregnant, Expecting With NFL Husband Nnamdi Asomugha: Will ‘Scandal' Actress’ Baby Bump Affect The Show?

Kerry Washington is pregnant! Kerry Washington and her NFL player husband Nnamdi Asomugha are expecting. But will Kerry Washington's baby bump affect her role on the TV show "Scandal"?

Kerry Washington, 36, married her husband Nnamdi Asomugha, 32, in a very secretive ceremony on June 24 in Hailey, Idaho, Us Weekly reports. They started dating in 2012.

Kerry Washington, infamous for keeping her private life private, has also been keeping her pregnancy under wraps - speculation that she was expecting has been going on for weeks, but only now has been confirmed by sources.

The "Scandal" actress has recently been wearing loose-fitting dresses, and speculation that she was pregnant really took off when she showed up on the set of "Scandal" in early October wearing her husband's oversize sweatshirt.

"Kerry and Nnamdi are ecstatic," a source told People magazine.

The baby is due in late spring.

Kerry was reluctant to make the news public, but the source says her upcoming "Saturday Night Live" appearance this weekend made her come out with the news.

"She didn't want the focus to be on whether or not she has a bump," the source said.

Does Kerry Washington's pregnant mean her "Scandal" character, Olivia Pope, will also be expecting a child in the storyline?

Sources told E! News that ABC and executive producer Shonda Rhimes are figuring out how to address Washington's pregnancy on the show.

However, one insider insists it's "unlikely" that Olivia Pope will get pregnant, saying, "It would slow Olivia and the show down."

What's more likely is that Washington's pregnancy will be hidden and the production schedule will be slightly altered to tailor to Kerry's needs, E! News reports.

E! News recently asked Kerry if it's a possibility for Olivia to get pregnant on "Scandal," and she replied with a laugh: "I don't know. God, those are Shonda questions! I really never know where the show is going. That's the part I love about television, you just don't know what the beginning the middle and end is going to be, so really anything can happen. Olivia can die, she can get married, she can get pregnant - anything can really happen." 

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