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Claim: American actress Kerry Washington is married to an Igbo man, Nnamdi Asomugha.
Verdict: TRUE! Available news reports reveal that Ms Washington is married to a Nigerian named Nnamdi Asomugha. We also found pictures of the couple and their wedding certificate to collaborate on the story.
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Kerry Washington is an African-American actress, born on January 31, 1977. She is a television show producer and film director known for her roles in Scandal and Ray, amongst others.
Femi Ajibode posted on Facebook that Ms Washington is married to an Igbo man, a Nigerian-American named Nnamdi Asomugha. In the post, Mr Ajibode noted that her husband inspired her to embrace Nigerian culture.
The actress told InStyle in 2015, “Nnamdi’s parents are Nigerian immigrants. His father passed when he was young. When you marry into the Igbo culture, you get a new name. My name is Ogechi. I wear it on a necklace my mother-in-law gave me.” The couple also gave their children Igbo names. Their daughter’s middle name is Amarachi, and their son’s middle name is Kelechi,” the post wrote.
Some commenters doubted this.
Megan Aderoju, in the comments, replied, “I believe she has Igbo ancestry too. Plus, since we know her now, her parents aren’t her biological parents. She may also have some Ethiopian or Somalian genes with that forehead since everyone is claiming Nigerian.
Another user questioned the post’s authenticity, stating she did not know the actress was married. “I didn’t know Kerry was married, let alone have kids with a Nigerian man. Never seen them kids or husbands on her IG page. I’ve seen her share moments about her dad but never about her marriage or the kids. I do not believe this.”
Other comments on the post made us know that people are unaware of the marriage as Ms Washington is very private. The page has garnered 112,000 likes, 303 comments, and 2500 shares since it was posted on Jan 31, 2024.
The personalities and virality made us verify the claim’s authenticity.
Verification
According to a report by People, an entertainment company, Ms Washington married her longtime sweetheart, Nnamdi Asomugha, in 2013. People entertainment described the wedding as a close, intimate one.
In the pair’s ten years of marriage, Ms Washington and Mr Asomugha have scarcely been seen together, and she has only opened up about their relationship a handful of times.
In another news by New York Daily News, Mr Asomugha met his wife when Ms Washington performed in the play Race on Broadway in 2009.
“Although we know the origins of their love story, Asomugha and Washington go to great lengths to keep the rest private,” the news reported.
Who is Nnamdi Asomugha?
Mr Asomugha was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, and moved to Los Angeles at three. His childhood was spent making frequent trips to Nigeria, where his family is from.
He retired from playing professional football in 2013 after spending eight years playing with the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers.
Mr Nnamdi wedded the actress after meeting her when she performed in the play Race on Broadway in 2009.
According to the newlyweds’ marriage certificate, exclusively obtained by E! News from Idaho’s Office of Vital Statistics, Mr Asomugha swapped vows with Ms Washington on June 24, 2013, in Hailey, Idaho.
We also went through the actress’s Instagram page to see if we could find pictures of the couple but only saw a few pictures of the couple here with former American President Barrack Obama and his wife.
During the movie premiere of “Sylvie’s Love,” in 2020, a page on Instagram posted the couple together at the event. When we crosschecked the actress’s Instagram page for the same event, we saw she only shared a picture of herself with the caption “proud wife moment.”
Conclusion
Kerry Washington is indeed married to a Nigerian man. They got married in 2013 in a private country home.
