Kerry Washington Looks Gorgeous For Marie Claire

Kerry Washington graces the cover of Marie Claire’s April issue looking more like herself after controversy over her allegedly lightened skin tone on the March issue of InStyle magazine.

For the shoot, the “Scandal” star shows off smoky eye makeup, barely-there lip color and tousled waves. Kerry talks on fashion, family and what it’s like to work on TV. The cover story is titled ‘whywe all want to be Kerry Washington’. Here are a few tidbits from the interview;

Kerry Washington on privacy: “Earlier in my career I was much more super-sharey. There were moments when I wanted to process things that were happening to me more privately, and I didn’t have the space to do it, because once you let people in, they’re in and you don’t get to say, ‘Oh, I want this for myself.’”

On fashion: “I just put myself in a boot camp of figuring it out—and realized that I really loved it. I guess because I came to it later in life, I realized, ‘Oh, going to a fashion show is like going to the opening of Degas at the Met or going to see Swan Lake.’”

On family: “I just want [daughter Isabelle] to know that she’s heard. Really heard, because I feel like that is what we all really want. When I think about any of the missteps in my life that I’ve made, all of which I’m grateful for, it’s because I just so wanted to be truly seen and heard for who I am and was afraid I wasn’t or wouldn’t be. I see you, I hear you, I’m with you as you are.”

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On growing up: “I didn’t grow up thinking I was pretty; there was always a prettier girl than me. So I learned to be smart and tried to be funny and develop the inside of me, because I felt like that’s what I had.”

Kerry Washington covers Marie Claire

Kerry Washington covers Marie Claire

Kerry Washington covers Marie Claire