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Bellamy Young’s Character Became Pregnant To Hide A Scandal

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Bellamy Young’s character forced her husband, the President of the United States, to impregnate her after a videotape was leaked to the press that shows him and his mistress. She figured a child would prove that their marriage is as strong as ever.

It sounds like a plotline that was made up on the fly after a real-life pregnancy, but it’s the exact opposite. Young wasn’t really pregnant when her character Mellie Grant pulled this major power move in Scandal.