Kerry Washington used an interesting method to conceal her engagement ring, but why did she do it?
The American actor recently opened up about her relationship with her husband, Nnamdi Asomugha, with whom she shares two children. She is also the stepmother to Asomugha's daughter from a previous relationship.
Asomugha, 42, is a former NFL player and a current actor and producer.
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The couple have been married since 2013, and are known for keeping their personal lives relatively private.
But it looks like the Scandal star is finally lifting the lid on their relationship, speaking on SiriusXM's This Life of Mine hosted by British comedian and talk show host, James Corden.
The 47-year-old detailed how they have succeeded as a couple by keeping their relationship 'sacred'.
Corden asked Washington to pick a possession that makes her who she is, and the Django Unchained star picked some seashells that she collected on her honeymoon in the summer of 2013.
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She revealed that she collected those shells during 'the happiest two weeks' of her life, when they celebrated their marriage in a resort on an island just off the coast of Zanzibar.
Washington explained: "I think maybe it has something to do with how much I love the ocean. It has something to do with how much I loved that week.
"You know, the two happiest weeks of my life outside of anything having to do with children are my honeymoon and hosting SNL."
Washington also spoke about how the shells were a reminder of the kind of relationship they chose to have from the beginning, with a private, secretive wedding followed by a secluded honeymoon.
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The actor kept details of the wedding on the down-low at the time, but has now revealed how she managed to keep it a secret.
She admitted: "I used to pin my engagement ring to my undergarments because I loved my ring so much, so I would sleep in it at night, and then in the morning, I would pin it to my undergarments so that nobody knew we were engaged."
Washington said that life was too hectic at the time to keep their relationship out of the public eye if they were to make it known.
She continued to tell Corden: "He had a groundbreaking, record-breaking contract that he had just walked through, and he had been in three or four Pro Bowls, you know.
"When I met him, he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and I was on this hit show. It just felt like there was a lot of public energy around our careers, but we kept our relationship very private when we were dating, I think mostly because we just wanted to protect ourselves and each other."
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Citing a previous public engagement and breakup with actor David Moscow in 2007, she grew tired of sharing her personal life with the public.
Washington said: "I think it's really hard when people have a lot to say about your relationship, and I had been in a really public engagement that when it ended.
"I was in the unfortunate position of being on the cover of a bridal magazine and it was a bridal magazine that came out quarterly, so for three months I walked around and I thought, 'I think I'm done talking about my personal life in the public'."
In her memoir, Thicker Than Water, Washington opens up on her family's life, as well as experiences with disordered eating, abortion and suicidal thoughts.
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But she also reveals a bit about her parenting style, highlighting that her children are raised in a home that 'really values honesty', and that they are encouraged to ask questions.
Topics: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
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