Abby Whelan? Is that you?
As President Joe Biden‘s press secretary made her grand entryway today with her very first White House rundowns, Scandal fans seemed like they were experiencing remembrance.
Viewers of the ABC drama rapidly observed the impressive similarity in between real civil servant Jen Psaki and the red-headed character Abby Whelan, played by starlet Darby Stanchfield on Scandal. Abby also worked as White House press secretary on the program, till she ended up being the chief of personnel to the imaginary President Fitzgerald Grant.
As one Twitter user wrote, “Jen Psaki is giving me boring Abby Whelan vibes and I’m LOVING it.” Another asked, “Did we get our real life Abby Whelan? Lol.”
After all, Abby does not have some security clearance. She has all of it.
The cherry on top, nevertheless, was when Stanchfield in fact responded (in character!) to the discuss Friday, Jan. 22, by using an amusing list of professional suggestions for Psaki, as she enters her brand-new function.
