Family Secrets with Kerry Washington
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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Many of us grow up wrestling with the feeling that we don’t quite fit into our families—but what happens when that feeling is rooted in a hidden truth? Kerry Washington joins us to talk about the deeply personal family secret that inspired her powerful memoir, “Thicker Than Water,” and how she’s managed to protect her privacy and set boundaries while writing such a candid story. She reflects on her most iconic roles from “Save the Last Dance” to “Scandal.” Recorded prior to the 2024 US presidential election, she also makes a strong case for why voting matters, and then we test her astrological intuition in a game of “Virgo or Aquarius?”
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by the good old folks over at Airbnb. |
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| 0:10.0 | Take it from me, some trips are better in an Airbnb. |
| 0:14.0 | Now, let's start the show. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello, it's your girl Kiki Palmer here for another episode of Baby. |
| 0:24.9 | This is Kiki Palmer. |
| 0:26.1 | Today, I have somebody I truly look up to on the show as an artist, a mother of voice for progress. |
| 0:32.0 | It's Carrie Washington, okay? |
| 0:33.5 | And we're going to get into her memoir and how she's been able to keep her family life private while telling her deepest darkest secrets to the world. I know this is going to be a good one because, baby, this is Kiki Palmer. No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, popo, Amazon music, sit back and listen. Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad because money always involved. |
| 0:54.4 | No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. |
| 0:56.5 | Nothing else will do but kick it with the homies and kids. |
| 0:58.8 | So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only one gets to... |
| 1:02.5 | You know it's your girls! |
| 1:03.6 | Baby, this is, this is Kiki. |
| 1:07.9 | Baby, this is Kiki Poma, yeah. |
| 1:11.6 | Okay, Sharon, I'm excited to talk to you today. |
| 1:16.6 | First of all, because I love talking to you. |
| 1:19.6 | Secondly, we're going to be talking with Carrie Washington about her memoir that she just, you know, |
| 1:23.6 | that she came out with not too long ago and shared a lot of stuff. So I think the topic of the day is ultimately how to share things in your life while also maintaining your privacy. And I know you and I talk about this a lot because you have no problem sharing, but as a Virgo, you also know when to say that ain't none in your business. Right. And I'd love to hear one of the factors that let you know what you want to tell and what you don't want to tell. |
| 1:46.9 | Yeah, well, I grew up in a home where my mother was very old school in regards to your personal life. |
| 1:53.6 | And she would say things like, you don't never have to talk about your man or your money. |
| 1:58.7 | You know? |
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