Photo:Kerry Washington/Instagram
Kerry Washington/Instagram
Kerry Washingtonis celebrating a new milestone.
The actress, director, producer, and activist, 46, is in celebration mode now that she has finished hermemoirThicker Than Water, which will be released on Sept. 26.
To commemorate the special moment, she posted a hilarious video lip-syncingSnoop Dogg’s “I Wanna Thank Me,” thanking the 51-year-old rapper “for the bars” on her Instagram story Wednesday.
“That feeling when you finish a memoir that took you 4 years to write 💁🏾♀️,” shewrotealongside a callout to pre-order the book through the link in her Instagram bio.
TheScandalstar previously posted about pre-ordering her book on Instagram last week with anotherhilarious lip-syncing video— this time, quoting herself as herScandalcharacter Olivia Pope.
Also in the recording studio, Washington says in line with the now-popular TikTok sound, “Speaking to me is a privilege. You do not have privileges.”
“Do you hear me?” she continues before text appears on the screen, reading, “Until September 26th when you can listen to my audiobook!!!”
Washington exclusively confirmed toPEOPLEin January that she had written a book.
According to a press release, Washington’s memoir will give readers “an intimate view into both her public and private worlds — as an artist, an advocate, an entrepreneur, a mother, a daughter, a wife, [and] a Black woman.”
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Reflecting on her life, theUnPrisonedactress will reveal for the first time how she “faced a series of challenges and setbacks, effectively hid childhood traumas, met extraordinary mentors, managed to grow her career, and crossed the threshold into stardom and political advocacy, ultimately discovering her truest self and, with it, a deeper sense of belonging.”
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source: people.com
