Congratulations to Kerry Washington and her husband Nnamdi Asomugha — the couple has welcomed their first daughter, Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha.
According to TMZ, Washington gave birth on April 21 in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The couple has been private about their relationship and surprised fans when news broke that the two secretly got married in June. Her pregnancy was announced four months later.
Washington, 36, who stars on the hit ABC show Scandal, has rarely been spotted publicly with Asomugha, 31, a retired NFL cornerback. However, she has proudly touted her baby bump on the red carpet while the Scandal camera crew has done their best to play off her pregnancy with creative camera angles and props.
Meanwhile, Asomugha has retired from the NFL and is spending his time giving back to the community through his foundation. The former NFL player is helping to give at-risk high-school students from low-income communities a college boost through providing new experiences and resources.
“I’m very heavy into the foundation work, whatever other things I can do to stimulate my mind,” Asomugha previously told theGrio. “There’s always ways the program can get better,” Asomugha continued. “There’s always ways we can reach more people. I don’t want to be content with the numbers of people that we’ve reached.”
In the September issue of Glamour, the Emmy-nominated actress talked about her decision to keep her personal life private.
“I’ve had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it,” she told the magazine. “But I couldn’t just turn around and say, ‘I only want to talk about the good stuff, but not the bad stuff.’ So I just thought, ‘Okay, no more.’”
TheGrio wishes the couple nothing but the best, and we congratulate them on their new addition to the family!
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