--- --- # Why Kerry Washington Was Embarrassed by Her Parents' Love for _Game of Thrones_ by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly Sep 23, 2015 3:45 PM UTC by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly Sep 23, 2015 3:45 PM UTC Well, how would _you_ react if you met Khal Drogo in the flesh? On Tuesday’s _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, _Scandal_ star Kerry Washington revealed that her parents — who are _huge_ _Game of Thrones_ fans — embarrassed her at an HBO after-party for the Emmys a few years ago. Despite having been married to Washington’s father for “over 40 years,” her mother “turned into a 16-year-old girl” upon meeting Jason Momoa. She totally lost it, says Washington, but her father didn’t seem to mind: “My dad’s crush is about the same.” Needless to say, Washington’s parents did not attend the Emmys at their daughter’s side this year. The segment ended with host Jimmy Kimmel putting a mental image in Washington’s mind that will surely haunt her nightmares for the rest of her life. Check it out above. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/23/kerry-washington-game-of-thrones-jimmy-kimmel-live) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ### See Photos of the Emmys Dresses That Turned the Most Heads  Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Giorgio Armani at the 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 10, 1995 in Los Angeles. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Joanie Laurer in a leather lattice dress and Shane McMahon at the 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 12, 1999 in Los Angeles. Ron Galella, Ltd.—WireImage/Getty Images  Christina Hendricks in a Johanna Johnson dress at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 18, 2011 in Los Angeles. Gregg DeGuire—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at the The 51st Annual Emmy Awards on Sept. 12, 1999 in Los Angeles. Jeff Vespa—WireImage/Getty Images  Lucy Liu in a Versace illusion gown at the 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 10, 2000 in Los Angeles. Steve W. Grayson—Getty Images  Kim Cattrall in Giorgio Armani during The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Award on September 21, 2003 in Los Angeles. Jean-Paul Aussenard—WireImage/Getty Images  Joan Rivers at the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 4, 2014 in Los Angeles. Laura Rauch—AP  Lady Gaga in a Stephane Rolland dress at the 39th International Emmys on Nov. 21, 2011, in New York City. Henny Ray Abrams—AP  Sharon Stone in Elsie Katz Couture at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 19, 2014 in Los Angeles. Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Blake Lively in a red Versace dress at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, 2009 in Los Angeles. Gregg DeGuire—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Olivia Wilde in a Marchesa dress at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, 2009 in Los Angeles. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Gwyneth Paltrow in Emilio Pucci at the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held on Sept. 18, 2011 in Los Angeles. Donato Sardella—WireImage/Getty Images  Lena Dunham in a pink tutu dress at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Aug. 25, 2014 in Los Angeles. Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty Images Kerry Washington's Parents' Intense 'Game of Thrones' Moment ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4046452/kerry-washington-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4046452/kerry-washington-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Why Kerry Washington Was Embarrassed by Her Parents' Love for Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2015-09-23T15:45:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:58.382Z","description":"Washington's mother “turned into a 16-year-old girl”","url":"https://time.com/4046452/kerry-washington-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Kerry Washington","Jimmy Kimmel","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly"}],"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/4046452/kerry-washington-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones/","name":"Why Kerry Washington Was Embarrassed by Her Parents' Love for Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```