--- description: This isn't the first time Kerry Washington has been embarrassed by her parents' Game of Thrones obsession. title: Kerry Washington's Mom Is a 'Game of Thrones' Fanatic image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kerry Washington's Mom Is a _Game of Thrones_ Fanatic  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 19, 2016 4:30 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 19, 2016 4:30 PM CUT This isn’t the first time [Kerry Washington](http://time.com/3744969/kerry-washington-scandal/ "undefined") has been [embarrassed by her parents’](http://time.com/4046452/kerry-washington-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones/ "undefined") [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4224469/game-of-thrones-season-6-teaser-2/ "undefined")obsession, and with the circles she runs in, it may not be the last. Washington appeared on Thursday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ and revealed she had brought her mother along as her guest. However, dear old mom didn’t come to sit in the audience and watch her daughter; she came to meet Kimmel’s second guest of the evening, _Thrones’_ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The elder Washington even stayed backstage in hopes of increasing her chances of meeting the man who plays Jaime Lannister. “My dressing room is next to his dressing room, so I have this fear that she’s got this cup against the wall, listening to what he’s doing,” the [_Scandal_ actress](http://time.com/4122462/scandal-abortion-planned-parenthood/ "undefined") said. “That’s the best-case scenario,” the host joked. Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4230438/kerry-washington-and-mom-obsessed-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4230438/kerry-washington-and-mom-obsessed-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Kerry Washington's Mom Is a Game of Thrones Fanatic","datePublished":"2016-02-19T16:30:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:16.421Z","description":"She has made her love for the show very clear to her daughter","url":"https://time.com/4230438/kerry-washington-and-mom-obsessed-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Scandal","Kerry Washington","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4230438/kerry-washington-and-mom-obsessed-game-of-thrones/","name":"Kerry Washington's Mom Is a Game of Thrones Fanatic"}}]}] ```