Hillary Clinton continued her bid for TV domination on Monday night by surprising the cast and crew of the hit political show Scandal on set.
As part of her fundraising tour of Los Angeles, the Democratic Party presidential candidate was photographed with Kerry Washington, who plays Washington DC’s top political fixer Olivia Pope, and Tony Goldwyn, who stars as President Fitzgerald Grant III in the show. Washington shared the picture of the pair on Instagram, saying “A good friend came by set tonight. Proud to say ... #imwithher.”
Goldwyn, who recently came out for Clinton in the Nevada primary, later described her as the “ultimate gladiator” on Twitter.
It is far from the first time Clinton has been backed by the US TV industry. Earlier this month, Scandal’s showrunner Shonda Rhimes, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gina Rodriguez and Amy Poehler contributed to Girls creator Lena Dunham’s #imwithher video campaign to show their support. “I’m with her because I want to maintain my freedoms,” said Rhimes. “I’m with her because I want my daughters to grow up safe ...”
Clinton is also set to take a cameo role on season three of the brilliant stoner comedy show Broad City – though whether she will be playing herself remains a mystery. This month, Broad City creators and stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson told the Guardian how the collaboration came about: “It was this very cool thing that went down that we were not even really planning on,” said Jacobson. “We were like: ‘Fuck it, let’s just see if she would want to be involved’, and she was into it.”
While Clinton will not be starring in Scandal, it is perhaps no wonder that she’s a fan: in a ripped-from-the-headlines plot, the show’s first lady Mellie Grant is getting ready to kickstart her own presidential run.
