Kerry Washington stopped by the Today Show on Monday to promote her memoir Thicker Than Water, which hits bookstores on September 26.
The Scandal alum, 46, looked absolutely gorgeous in a turquoise blue short-sleeved turtleneck and a high-waisted, long, red skirt with a pink and green floral pattern.
Kerry paired the festive look with a pair of grey boots and carried a handbag in the same shade as her top.
She wore her hair parted on the side and straight as she smiled and waved at gathered fans outside of the studio.
A handler held a black umbrella over the Django Unchained star’s head to protect her from the rain.
Gorgeous: Kerry Washington stopped by the Today Show on Monday to promote her memoir Thicker Than Water, which hits bookstores on September 26
Floral beauty: The Scandal alum, 46, looked absolutely gorgeous in a turquoise blue short-sleeved turtleneck and a high-waisted, long, red skirt with a pink and green floral pattern
New tome: Kerry has been dropping bombshells from the book during interviews promoting her memoir
Kerry has been dropping bombshells from the book during interviews promoting her memoir.
In the book, she shared that she had an abortion in her 20s when she found herself unexpectedly pregnant right after she landed the lead in Spike Lee’s 2004 film She Hate Me.
It wasn’t easy for the Django Unchained star to include that part of her story in the book and she almost left it out.
‘I struggled a lot in the beginning with whether or not to include my abortion story,’ she told People.
‘At first I wasn’t really sure how it fit into this story of my life. But I started to feel like it was really important for me to share this.’
The Little Fires Everywhere star revealed that she gave a fake name to the doctors that performed the abortion to protect her privacy.
And even though the termination was the right choice for her, she admitted that she felt shame as the procedure was performed, especially because as a teenager she was a sexual health educator.
‘I’m telling my truth about my life, excavating some of my secrets,’ she explained, ‘I don’t want my not telling it to make anybody think there is shame to be had.’
‘This story had so much to do with my understanding of myself and the world as my career unfolded,’ she told People.
New book: She wore her hair parted on the side and straight as she smiled and waved at gathered fans outside of the studio
Rainy day: A handler held a black umbrella over the Django Unchained star’s head to protect her from the rain
In white as well: Washington was also seen in a white dress with black boots
The School for Good and Evil actress also realized we are at a unique point in history with reproductive rights being stripped away in many states in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade.
‘We’re at a moment where it’s really important to be telling the truth about our reproductive choices because some of those choices are being stripped away from us,’ she explained.
‘It’s just so important to me that abortion is not a bad word, and that my abortion is not another thing on the list of things that I’m ashamed of,’ she added.
And now, 20 years later, Kerry has three kids a teenage stepdaughter as well as daughter Isabelle, nine, and son Caleb, six, with her husband of 10 years, former NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha.
