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Scandal's Kerry Washington: Trump 'Completely' Derailed Season 6 Plans
Throughout its sixth season, Scandal was forced to handle its toughest adversary yet: President Trump.
As star Kerry Washington revealed on Thursday’s The Daily Show, the results of the real-life presidential election heavily influenced Season 6 of the ABC drama — and an entire storyline had to be scrapped when it too closely mirrored the actual investigation into Trump’s ties with Russia.
“Our writers have really been challenged,” the actress told Trevor Noah. “[They] were actually going to end this season with the Russians hacking the election. And they were like, ‘I guess we can’t do that, because that’s a reality show!’ They’ve had to completely restructure the end of the show.”
While it might be easy to joke that Olivia Pope should “fix” the real-world political climate, Washington would prefer her character not be used as a scapegoat.
http://tvline.com/2017/05/19/scandal-donald-trump-russia-investigation-season-6-video/
Only Olivia Pope could save The Donald from himself...
