Kerry Washington on Work-Life Balance, and Fans Playing “Find the Bump” on “Scandal”

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ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — In an interview on Wednesday’s Good Morning America, Kerry Washington opened up about how she hid her baby bump while filming the new season of her hit ABC series Scandal.

“You could play a really fun game for the first…five episodes of ‘find the bump,'” Washington joked of the new season, which premieres Thursday night.

“After that, the bump is gone,” Washington added. “‘Cause we shot five episodes before I … gave birth.”

Washington and her husband, former NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha, welcomed their second child, Caleb, on Oct. 5. The couple also have a 2-year-old daughter, Isabelle.

Washington added that her crew was able to cleverly conceal her baby bump, “behind flowers, behind Prada purses, behind big coats and capes.”

“Our crew is amazing,” the actress added. “They did such a good job of taking care of [my character] Olivia. Because even though I was pregnant, Olivia was not.”

In addition to starring in Scandal and raising two children, Washington told GMA‘s Michael Strahan that she has her own production company, Simpson Street.  “It’s a little bit of pressure to figure out what we’re doing next,” she says. “But we have a lot of stuff in the works. We’re developing projects for television drama and comedy films. Maybe some theater. It’s really exciting.”

Her advice for people trying to juggle it all?  Just “having really good people around you” and, “not being afraid to ask for help,” she said.

Scandal returns Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

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