--- title: Kerry Washington's Parents' Intense 'Game of Thrones' Moment description: Washington's mother “turned into a 16-year-old girl” canonical: https://time.com/4046452/kerry-washington-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T15:45:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:58.382Z og:title: Why Kerry Washington Was Embarrassed by Her Parents' Love for 'Game of Thrones' og:description: Washington's mother “turned into a 16-year-old girl” og:url: https://time.com/4046452/kerry-washington-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Kerry Washington Was Embarrassed by Her Parents' Love for 'Game of Thrones' twitter:description: Washington's mother “turned into a 16-year-old girl” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Why Kerry Washington Was Embarrassed by Her Parents' Love for _Game of Thrones_ > Sponsored content. 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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. 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