In an interview with E! News, Kerry Washington has revealed she suffers from fatal food allergies. The Emmy Award-nominated actress has severe reactions to certain foods and must carry an EpiPen, a syringe containing epinephrine, with her all the time.
She said: ”Most people do not know about this but I carry an EpiPen with me almost everywhere I go because I have a lot of food allergies, like fatal food allergies, that if I eat these things, I could wind up dying in an emergency room somewhere. So I always have an EpiPen. It’s not sexy, but I’m being honest, I have an EpiPen in my bag.”
Kerry is widely known for her role on hit TV drama Scandal, where she plays Olivia Pope, a political fixer who handles major scandals in Washington, DC. However, the actress insists that she is nothing like her character.
”There is no Olivia Pope in Kerry Washington. I’m never bossy, I never suggest that people should do what I say they should do, I never think I can fix situations, I never try to take care of people and I never only keep situations to myself privately … that’s why everyone knows about my private life,” she said.