Before they were Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald Grant, the actors had a totally different dynamic, Washington revealed on Keke Palmer's podcast

"On the show, I'm sleeping with the president,'" she recalled telling President Obama's senior advisor. "But like, you know, it's gonna be fine, right?"

"She's got the whole walk down all the way to the room," recalled the actor during Washington's Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony

On Dec. 2, the 'Scandal' alum received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her achievements in television