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Obsessed: The Podcast

Why Hollywood's Ultimate Nepo Baby Embraces the Hate

Obsessed: The Podcast

The Daily Beast

Tv & Film

4.5686 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Tony Goldwyn joins Obsessed for a candid and hilarious conversation about everything from the final season of Hacks and the lasting obsession with Scandal to the never-ending nepo baby debate. Tony opens up about working with Jean Smart, why people still call him Mr. President, his thoughts on legacy in Hollywood, and why he proudly embraces coming from one of entertainment’s most famous families. He also reflects on his groundbreaking role in Designing Women’s iconic AIDS episode, his humanitarian work with Americares, and what makes Shonda Rhimes one of the greatest creators in television history. If you love TV, Hollywood stories, and behind-the-scenes honesty, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram ⁠@kpfallon⁠ Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram ⁠@mattjwilstein⁠ New episodes every Thursday, and Saturday; ⁠early drops on YouTube⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Celebrities and actors hide from the conversation about Nepo babies.

0:03.8

But here you are, you're inviting that conversation.

0:05.9

I had my struggles coming from a famous family.

0:08.1

I'm the third generation of Goldman's and show business.

0:10.6

What I discovered was that it was an absolutely beautiful thing to share that with my dad and

0:15.8

my mother and to feel that I was part of a legacy.

0:18.6

And I realized, wow, man, it's not unusual at all throughout history that people go into the family business.

0:23.9

I mean, it's pretty normal.

0:25.0

But somehow it's become this sort of pincushion of people cooking fun in Netball babies in entertainment.

0:30.6

There are some people who say, you know what, I just want to get away from that, which I respect a lot.

0:34.6

But I found Anna and I find it to be very special.

0:39.4

Hello and welcome to another episode of Obsess the Podcast.

0:43.9

I'm Kevin Fallon, and frankly, I'm still a little flustered because I got to talk to the actor

0:50.2

Tony Goldwyn, who a lot of us know as President Fits from Scandal.

0:55.0

Those sex scenes between him and Olivia Pope, you know I watch all of them every time they

0:59.1

show up with my timeline, which they have for the last 10 years. That's how much impact this show

1:03.8

still has. Tony first broke out in the, in my opinion, one of the best movies of all time,

1:09.9

ghosts, where he played the

1:11.5

person who betrayed poor Sam. I've been following him since the 80s, though, when he starred

1:16.4

in what I think is one of the best TV episodes of all time on designing women. It was called

1:21.5

killing all the right people. And you will do yourself a huge favor if you go seek that out.

1:27.3

It is so, so good. And for all the

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