Kerry Washington on discovering dad is not her biological father
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Actor Kerry Washington talks about her revealing new memoir called “Thicker Than Water” in which she opens up about finding out her dad is not her biological father and her struggle with body dysmorphia from a young age.
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I am in my 50’s now and i found out my step dad that treated like his own was not my biological dad. I felt so hurt. But considered him my dad more than anything. He loved me and never treated me differently. He was great.
I can relate to this story so much.
That’s what I’m saying!🥰🙏🏽💯
Do you prefer if you knew younger? What is the right age do you think?
@@TheLifeandThoughtsofShan there probably isn’t a right age, but the right time.
I respect Kerry because in the age we know live in, she told everything on her terms. She owned every single reveal, that must of been powerful.
Except the first baby born in the United States through IVF is a woman named Elizabeth Jordan Carr born in Norfolk Virginia in 1981. She was on TIME magazine... Soo...her mother is STILL lying. There's been no successful births in 1977 when Kerry was born. Not hard to research.🤷🏽♀️
Which "terms" of the lies?
Please, stop with "trendy hollyweird" terms and phrases
Any body can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a dad and a father!🙏🏽💯
I’m sorry stop the BS her mother lied to her. She’s been lied to for most of her life all of her life anybody could be the father when you name some of the father and it literally doesn’t have to be the dad because the mother lies.😂
@@keymusabe7207 If her and her parents worked it out.Good for them .Now keep it movin no use beating a dead horse.
@monadugas9113 the mother lied.
I can totally relate to this life story Kerry Washington! I was 9 years old when my 10 year old sister told me that my mother had been married before and that the wonderful man raising us was not our real father. My sister found my mother's marriage license, divorce papers and our birth certificates while she was prowling through our mother's cedar chest & she figured it out. I was sworn to secrecy by my sister because she didn't want to get in trouble for prowling through Moma's things. Daddy told us the truth when we were 15 & 16 years old. He called us to come to his office at his job to talk about it. Moma wasn't even there. She never seemed to understand why I wanted to meet my biological father & didn't even want to answer my questions about him. I always felt like I couldn't measure up to the my sisters & my parents before I even knew my Daddy had.adopted me & my older sister. I wasn't trying to disrespect my parents by wanting to meet my biological father. I was just trying to figure out who I was & why I was so different from them. I found out years later that my biological father & his mother both had mental health issues just like myself & my oldest son. My Daddy died of cancer when I was 24 & never got to meet my kids. He was an awesome father & I miss him so much! My biological father committed suicide in 2011. I'm 65 now & still trying to figure out who I am & why my.oldest son had to end up with.mental health issues too. I am so worried about him. He is grown & won't take his meds.
Even if you find your real dad...you'll still struggle. You'll never know who you are until you know your Father in Heaven "God" found in know religion. Found only when you cry out to God for answers and truth..You'll find once you come to believe and know Jesus as the Holy Spirit will lead you in to the Truth to set you free. John 3:16 Romans 8:9,14-17 being adopted into God's family. Our identity is found in knowing our Father. "Abba Father". Romans 10:9 Repent and turn whole heartedly, You'll find everything you ever need. Just Believe ❤
🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thanks for sharing your story
Hugs
This is deep wishing you all the best may God see you through.
This is such a relatable story cause a lot of families go through an experience like this but can have trouble accepting that reality. I was 25 when i found out my dad had fathered a son nearly a decade before he and my late mother were even introduced to each other. I met my half brother and we immediately hit it off and we actually are in regular contact which makes it great for the 4 of us kids as we have all since had an interaction with one another
I am in the midst of reading Kerry's book and I absolutely love her writing style. It is very beautiful.
My brother and I can relate too, as my mom forced it to be a secret for all of our lives. My brother and I found out we were half siblings a few years ago, because my uncle got a little too drunk one night and let it slip about my dad being my dad but stepping up to take care of my brother. I hate secrets with a passion, because I can relate to being surrounded by so many. A big reason I'm so open about my stories as well. We need to stop acting like anything good comes from it, because it really doesn't.
She always seems so composed. Honey, if that's an act, teach me! If not, how'd you learn?! 😃
"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
The way Miss Kerry finishes the abridged quote says just that. 🥰
she prob feels more whole expressing this n going on this journey 💖🦋
I admire how she shares her story. Kerry is absolutely RIGHT! A person going through this similar experience feels a sense within. I, too, in a deep level, felt something off, and when I found out the truth, my senses were right all along on this deep sense I had.
Love you Kerry. Been writing about perfectionism, adoption (and being a full part of my husbands family and our kids) and ED issue and faith. So happy you wrote this, I know it will help so many! So good to see you as you! Love you
She's so gorgeous ❤
She is such a classy lady. This is how a lady should present herself.
I relate to Kerry Washington so much…
*I always knew there was something different and unique Kerry Washington and it started with her captivating role in Save The Last Dance. Kerry Washington demanded attention as a single mother growing up with a brother who was in a interracial relationship. Every since then I was avid listener and a fan lady of her work.* 💞💞
She killed that role in save the last dance that's one of my favorite dance movies of all time dirty dancing is one as well and step up and honey
Outstanding interview!! ❤
Brilliant, lovely and delightful Kerry...
Kerry Washington for her knowing the truth is best in helping her heal and coup with life. A father is very important part of all of our lives and I believe this experience will make her stronger.
Kerry is awesome. Great interview. Hoda and Jenna did a great job interviewing Kerry.
This blessed me
Beautiful interview! I love Kerry Washington ❤
One of my family members found out she was adopted on the playground and was devastated. So yes, Kerry is right about being honest.
Such a beautiful person❤.
Love Kerry Washington. So genuine
Look forward to reading it, Kerry has been a favorite for me since "Our Song"😍
Relatable in so many ways...!!
Dad's and Moms are truly not biological anyway.. its who raises you. It's who was there, it's who you bond with. It's who you adore
This is so sad. I hope everyone finds healing
Great interview & I rock with Kerry!!!
Kerry , you look beautiful in that skirt and top. Congratulations on your new book and thank you for sharing your story with us. Love you on Scandal, that is my all time favorite TV show. I had the calendar, the t-shirt and the bracelet that said “It’s handled “. 🥰🥰👏🏽👏🏽💚💜💕🙏
Being open and humble. 😊
I wonder why Kerry's parents felt the need to share this information with her after all these years? I'm sure it doesn't change the love she feels for her Dad. I hope this is something they truly wanted to share with her now and were not blackmailed/forced into revealing it. Maybe they feel that as they are getting older they don't want to take such a secret to the grave? I've always loved Kerry Washington, especially on Scandal. Olivia Pope is such an icon!
How our parents were thinking then is very different from us now. Most of them are stoic and it is very difficult for them to unlearn certain things and a situation like this happening 4 decades ago was very rare and it was obviously coupled with shame hence the need to keep going without realising how holding this huge revelation was affecting Kerry unknowingly.
Actually the first baby born through IVF in the United States was Elizabeth Jordan carr 1981 Norfolk Virginia. It was blasted all over times or life magazine. There are no successful birth before that year and Kerry was born in 1977 in New York. If that was the case she would have been all over Life or time magazine . Kinda not hard to look up😬That's why they're saying this now so she won't look into the fact that her mom cheated. Why lie?
Because she was about to go on Dr Henry Louis Gates show Finding Your Roots
Because her parents held a secret that was not ok!!! Parents should NOT keep this kind of secret.
I don't think every personal revelation has to be told for public consumption. But I do believe every child has a desire & a right to know the two people that created them.
Congratulations on your book!!!!! ❤️😇..... Xxxxx
How she handled the phone ringing off set was very funny and professional
Your parents love you Kerry
she looks beautiful!
Every individual human being is impacted, by something, by the experiences they go through in life. She seems an example of her own story, her own strength, her own vulnerability. It would seem some people might be inspired and re(assured) by her life story, the interview conversation/topic discussion. An important women chat/human.
Congratulations Kerri....I also wrote my first book, Lonely Sunday via Amazon 🙋📖. It was a freeing experience plus I was in one year of inner healing counseling processing my book journey 🤗
and nobody cares...
🤔 clearly your comment is about you promoting your book & not! about Kerry Washington's journey & her story....🤨
@DAISYROSE22 I bet you anything, that more people care about it than you leave this world.
Hoda, Jenna and Kerry ❤️❤️❤️😘
finally one video appear on my subscriber list.
What a treasure!😘
Jenna’s parents did a remarkable job raising both she and Barbara. 🙌🙌🙌
Drunks!
I will read Kerry's book. I felt the same confusion when I learned the man I love so much was not my biological. I've wanted to share my truth for so long I am in the process of writing my book, seeing this is a sign for me. Wow!! Universe's is speaking to me.
Yes, write ✍️
A BLESSED OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ALL WOMEN WITH ISSUES THAT ARE PAINFUL . QUEEN KERRY IS KIND,BOLD AND BRILLANT AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. WE ALL HAVE A STORY AND WE CAN TAKE AWAY THE SOMETIMES BEYOND CRUEL TREATMENT FROM OTHERS AND SOME WHO CLAIM THE ARE CHRIST LIKE ECT, CARRY ON !!!! MISS ROSEMARY 77 YEARS YOUNG LOL LOVE FROM ARGENTINA OMG.
We make decisions for ourselves but we gotta think how our kids and family will also be impacted it's not just making a decision want we want and need in a bubble
My mom never told me who my biological father was. She took that secret to the grave. I found who he was because of relatives. I think she felt ashamed.
@@md9710 i am so sorry...for you and for your mom carrying the weight of that shame and secrecy...i pray you are on the journey of healing
So true!
Kerry grew up to be successful and confident, she did not spend her life looking for her father therefore she had time to live and focus on herself. Hee parents made the right choice.
I'm almost 40 amd I found out my dad is not my biological father. The secret my mom kept hurts. I don't know if my dad knows and the fact that I can't get information from my mom and dad hurts even more. I talked to my biological dad once. He said he wanted to meet me, but had to reveal my existence too... I never heard from him again. I was/am the secret child. I still cry sometimes. Being rejected by your biological father hurts. Especially when you learn that some of your talents come from him. That your identity is influenced by his dna. I have a void. Now I feel like I have to keep two grown folks secret. I don't want to keep their secret, their lies. If I am honest, I want my bio dad to love me and want to know me. 😢
Interesting to learn how her father might feel about her bringing this to the media.
I know it must hurt but it’s her story though
@@roxyj3182 True, it is her story...as well as her father's. Having said so, hopefully they have/can meet in the middle on perspectives concerning the difficulties of the story. Peace upon them.
everyone is a mess, what matters is the results. its important for kids to learn self reliance
Parenting presents significant challenges. Initially, it made sense to hide the truth about her father, but revealing it later must have been a difficult decision for the parents. I have reservations about celebrities disclosing family secrets and criticizing their parents publicly to boost book sales, especially considering a man willingly stepped into a parental role for a child who wasn't biologically his. It's important to consider that African American parents from that generation lacked the resources and tools available today, and they likely believed they were doing what was best for their family.
Kerry looks like she has roots in Somalia or Ethiopia. She should look Into this
Yes she really does look like she has East African roots. Over the years always felt she never looked like her parents
@@madjoabutterflyancestry test 🤔
Yeah she always seemed this way to me
Agreed
Her mother is just biracial/ mixed.
Hey Kerry 👋. Regardless of how you got here, God said you were wonderfully and splendidly made!
It shouldn't matter. A father is the dad who raised you.
You can't say that if you haven't gone through it. Are you serious??
Literally no.
Exactly she should be happy with that smh...
Imma need that skirt and top, Kerry! I love it! Oh, great story too!😂😂
She is my blood welcome your community (Somalia❤ 🇸🇴)
Is she a Somali?
I remember seeing a photo of her with her parents when she was up and coming as an actress years ago, I thought the genetics were interesting as she didn’t really look like either of them. I had the thought they were a fine looking bunch but didn’t have a certain something coming through in the photos... now I know why.
Love Kerry and the story she is sharing! On another note, is there something wrong with Jenna's shoulders especially the left one. Both shoulders look too 'high'. Looks like she might be going through a lot of stress. I hope she is ok.
It’s interesting both of Kerry’s parents didn’t want her to share this story publicly.
Because it's a lie. They lied to her twice.
The very first IVF procedure was introduced in 1981 that baby was on the cover of LIFE magazine, she was born in 77"
Sperm donation and IVF are different. Educate yourself.
@@a.a.6762 IUI (intrauterine insemination) aka artificial insemination The first successful in the US wasn't introduced until 1978" plz make it make sense.
@@cindywilliams8188 Sperm donation, as a medical practice, began in the late 19th century. The first recorded case of artificial insemination using donor sperm took place in 1884 when Dr. William Pancoast, a physician from the United States, performed the procedure on a woman without her knowledge. The woman's husband was aware and had consented, but the procedure and its nature remained a secret from the patient. The practice of artificial insemination with donor sperm (AID) began to gain wider acceptance and use in the mid-1900s, particularly after World War II. The 1960s and 1970s saw a significant increase in its use, driven in part by advances in medical technology and changing societal attitudes. By the 1980s and 1990s, sperm donation had become more mainstream
What does your parents think of what you have gone through? How can they not feel that they contributed to your young years?
Why would or should they not feel that way?
Another blame on parents for every bad thing that happens in your life? I am glad she is not built that way.
I'm listening to the audio book. It's very interesting. My family had a secret involving adoption. A huge weight is lifted for everyone once the secret is out in the open.
I feel like honesty is the best way to go. Who wants to live their whole life as a lie?? Give children a chance to find and connect with the missing puzzles pieces.
Some children's real fathers are grapists or criminals. Sometimes it's better they not know them. Kerry grew up feeling safe and secure.Her parents made the right choice.
Love you Hoda and Jenna 🇺🇸🌹🇺🇸💕💞 Raider Nation Kerry Washington 😁😉😎lol have a blessed day Everyone
*I am so glad Kerry shared this story because I am on the verge of going to the sperm bank. Hollywood has been open about singles and couples visiting the sperm banks in movies and sitcoms for decades. What was once taboo is now seeing the light and getting the recognition needed for surrogates and sperm donors.. Honestly I think it is a beautiful story. However it SUCKS for those who wish to not be contacted once artificial Insemination takes place. Other than that, I say, go for it. Do what makes you happy.*
I would like to see her children though!
Kerry , Kirk and my hubby should have a tet a tet!!!😢
✝️🙌🏾.....I Hear, YOU, SISTER KERRY ❤🤎!!! May GOD BLESS YOU & YOUR FAMILY & LOVE ONES WITH PEACE, GUIDANCE, JOY, GIFTS✨️, & HIS LOVE in the name of JESUS CHRIST ✝️ 🙌🏾🕊
Lovely fit btw.🎉
I forgot she is an activist. I love her and Meghan Markle., They have similar interests.
She's so amazingly *fine*
That cough...secret confirmation after that ringtone. PR SUPPORT??
Certain things should be kept private 🏴
She's not a "donor kid".
She's a kid of a mother that slept around and doesn't know who fathered her.
Sperm donation began way before IVF, so your comment on first donor baby was in the 80s is wrong. please get your facts right before you judge people
@@a.a.6762Kerry was conceived in the mid 70s, not the 80s. I have to admit, I wonder if her parents are being 100% honest with her. She said they lived in public housing growing up...how could they afford donated sperm way back then?
@@a.a.6762 Indeed sperm donation to be placed in cryo banks but plz explain the means of conception since IUI intrauterine insemination aka artificial insemination first successful procedure wasn't until 1978" get it 2gether just buy the 📚
& fantasy narrative she's also selling.
@@a.a.6762 My facts are right.
Really your facts are right!! Sperm donation, as a medical practice, began in the late 19th century. The first recorded case of artificial insemination using donor sperm took place in 1884 when Dr. William Pancoast, a physician from the United States, performed the procedure on a woman without her knowledge. The woman's husband was aware and had consented, but the procedure and its nature remained a secret from the patient. The practice of artificial insemination with donor sperm (AID) began to gain wider acceptance and use in the mid-1900s, particularly after World War II. The 1960s and 1970s saw a significant increase in its use, driven in part by advances in medical technology and changing societal attitudes. By the 1980s and 1990s, sperm donation had become more mainstream
Kerry is actually Halima.
IVF in the late seventies was she a scientist ?
Probably through IUI.
I knew it.....always said she has to be somalian mixed bc she has the somalian features.
These people who are having donor kids for fun, need to realize how this impacts the child.
Uh excuse me. Fun?
You’re insensitive for this. People struggling to have kids ain’t doing it for fun. Do better
I don't think people are having donor kids for "fun." I think people who have difficulties conceiving want a family and are opting to create a family, via a donor.
You clearly no NOTHING about the struggles of couples who have gone through years and years of IVF and heartbreak when pregnancies are repeatedly lost. You are foul for this statement.
They just should’ve told her a LONNNNNG time ago.
40 sano kadib Somalia in aatahay lasheegee runmiyaa eebaay🇸🇴
Anyone else feel like Hoda and Jenna's questions seem more like an inquisition. Just doesn't feel organic. I'm feeling lately like they are both about click bait.
Something is off she was born in the 70s and the first IVF/Donor baby was born in 1981 . How was she born through donor?
Not true, she didn’t say ivf and there were sperm banks where you could get frozen anonymous sperm in the 70’s and earlier.
She did say sperm donor, could’ve been IUI and not IVF, which first baby born in UK in ‘78.
Read a book, Google Artificial sperm insemination used since ancient times!!! This is what Kerry's parents Infertility doctor did. You're obviously not well educated
Nice cough cover.
Not trying to be insensitive to her story but was sperm donors an option for African American women in 1976?? I'm no investigator but...
Your comment has left me thinking it a sperm 'sperm donor'. In african communities in the 70s and 80s , if a couple is struggling to have children and they know the problem was with the man, they would ask his close relative who looks like him to sleep with his wife as a sperm donor. The secret would be taken to the grave.
@@wonder219 wooooow! Really!!!?? 😳 never knew that. This topic will definitely make me ask a lot more questions if I was Kerry.
@@wonder219U know Africa has 54 countries right??!! So which Africa are u talking about. Hm
But what difference would it make if they left it.
this statement comes with no judgement, but this is why i never understood adoption b/c the children when older often have this reaction while they package it nicely they really are saying " I knew you weren't my REAL" family, but i still love you...
How ironic that she did the movie “She Hate Me” about a man who is a sperm donor, and then that ends up being her life.
Having a donor sperm or donor egg is most of the time due to infertility in either the husband or the wife. There should be no guilty feeling about it. For some people it is either that or adoption or living with no children
Why did she feel the need to publicize this? How hurtful for the father that raised her. He’s the only father that she’s ever had. People need to keep these kinds of things in the family. She’s private about her marriage and kids but she puts the family she was raised in and her father on blast. That is beyond low! So what she came from a sperm donor…does that change everything her father has done for her? She needs to STFU and stop hurting her family..specifically the father that raised her.
I totally agree with you. She sounds narcissistic
Pretty sure she talked with her parents about making this public. She has a right to do what she wants.
This! I feel so bad for her dad. I can't imagine how taboo it was for her parents to deal with infertility and seek the assistance of a sperm donor.. Now, something so sensitive is plastered all across the Internet and every headline reads "not her biological father"... I would be devastated if I was a parent suffering from infertility.. There's a reason why it was kept a secret. No matter how Kerry spins it, this secret changes things. She just gave the world permission to put an asterisk next to this man's title of father.
Tik Tok has proven that everyone could benefit from therapy.
Great interview, but OMG Jana is so annoying because she always interrupts everyone, could someone please coach her on this? 🤦🏻♀️
Weird..why can’t she just admit that a) mom had an affair or b) her bio dad relationship with her mom didn’t last
Kerry Washington has kid's?
She doesn't owe anyone explanation of where she came from. Did not have to disclose the "donor" source. Totally unnecessary . Well, it's her canvas, so how she "paints" is really her problem.
The first donor kid was born in 1982...Washington was born in 1977...her mom is lying.
Your wrong. Do some research on the difference between IVF and sperm donation
You aren't me and that's too much nothing on the markets underneath. This is too old where the state said New..
No thank you!
Thank you to understand that there is a problem with any one who is using my face, and my name, and also the name of Kerry who complained, who is this woman ?, I don't know what she is speaking about ? Me I am Queen Nefertiti Sun Giving (Suzie Abessolo)
The obvious question went unasked. Have you a longing to meet donor?
A bouie ????? Huh. What is that.
She speaks about Water..
Sounds like God was trying to lead her to the water that will satisfy she'll never thurst again. She will find in Jesus Christ John 4:14 Savior of the World only if they believe and confess and repent and turn
She looks definetely like she is from
Ethiopian
Believe that if you want to. "Sperm donor"....lol ok ma'am
No respect. You air out the family business to sell a book.