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What Now? with Trevor Noah

Kerry Washington Is Ready To Tell the Truth

What Now? with Trevor Noah

SiriusXM & Day Zero Productions

News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.64.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Trevor is joined by actress/producer/author Kerry Washington. The good friends unpack the end of the Hollywood strikes, the shocking family secret Kerry shares in her newly published memoir, the responsibility of being first on the call sheet, why James Corden is concerned for Kerry, and the one feature Trevor inherited from his family. Trevor also catches up with friend Christiana Mbakwe Medina about their different life choices and the reason she wants Trevor to marry and have kids.

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0:00.0

I could hear Chris Rock in my head sometimes like no matter what you do you don't forget your black audience

0:08.4

If my parents hadn't had the shame and desire for secrecy and desire to maintain appearances that they had,

0:16.4

they probably would have adopted.

0:18.4

So it's not only their love, it's actually their shame and their secrecy that led to me being on this planet.

0:25.5

Wow.

0:26.9

My mom would be like, you've got your grandfather's ass.

0:29.1

I was like, what a great inheritance.

0:31.4

Thank you, Grandpa.

0:32.1

Um... What a great inheritance? Thank you Grandpa. This is what now with Trebanoa. So, happy Carrie Washington Day everybody.

0:54.0

Happy Carrie Washington Day.

0:56.0

I'm really excited to have Carrie on the show for multiple reasons as well.

1:01.0

You know, obviously I fell in love with Carrie on scandal and

1:05.4

Carrie's one of those actors where you see them in all the movies that they're in

1:10.5

but you somehow don't notice them because they're that good.

1:13.3

They just become every single character.

1:15.8

And now Carrie's written a book which I don't know have you have you read it.

1:19.3

Christina how are you have you read it?

1:20.7

I've started and I'm really surprised that she's going there.

1:24.7

She's always been like this very buttoned up private public figure.

1:28.6

Yeah she has right now she's letting it all out and I'm like oh my gosh this is intense yeah but you know what

1:34.5

what you know what's interesting is she's letting it out but still within how can I

1:41.3

put it it's almost like it's a walled off letting it out. It's a so I won't

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