Whereas Gabrielle did admit to auditioning for Scandal in a earlier interview, she didn’t verify that this was the audition she was alluding to.
“Stepping into for Scandal, Shonda [Rhimes] empowered each Black girl who got here by her door,” Gabrielle instructed RollingOut journal. “Even when I don’t get the following job, or the following 5 jobs, I don’t wish to be handled lower than how Shonda handled me. I used to be one of many final 5 or ten to audition. When Kerry [Washington] received it, I congratulated her. Now after every episode, I’m main the cost, like Gladiators, get up! I’m obsessive about the present…”
