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Scandal actress Kerry Washington welcomes baby number two

The TV actress is over the moon with her new son… and his name is just gorgeous!
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Kerry Washington is a mother again!

The actress, famous for her role as Olivia Pope on TV’s Scandal has welcomed her second child into the world with husband Nnamdi Asomugha.

The pair have named their new son Caleb Kelechi Asomugha.

No doubt big sister, two-year-old Isabelle Amarachi, is thrilled to have a little brother to dote on.

A source has gushed about the happy new arrival to People magazine.

The proud new parents!

“Kerry was so thrilled to be a mum of two,” the insider revealed.

“Isabelle changed her life for the better and she was so excited to expand the family.”

The source also revealed that it had been a relatively trouble-free – even enjoyable – pregnancy for the actress.

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“Pregnancy treats her well!” the source said.

She ate very healthy and knows how to take care of her body.”

Kerry has been slaying it in the fashion stakes with her pregnancy wear.

She received thumbs up all around for her Emmys ensemble of a long flowing black gown with cut outs just over her pregnant belly.

Kerry slayed it in the pregnancy fashion stakes.

She spoke to Ellen DeGeneres earlier in the year about how the producers of Scandal went about hiding her growing bump on the show.

“Big coats, big bags … hiding behind different body parts of other actors,” she confessed of the television trickery.

And the couple got a big surprise when it came time for the birth, as they had opted to not find out the gender until the big moment.

“We’re hoping for a human!” she joked to Ellen at the time.

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