While Gabrielle did admit to auditioning for Scandal in a previous interview, she did not confirm that this was the audition she was alluding to.

“Going in for Scandal, Shonda [Rhimes] empowered every Black woman who came through her door,” Gabrielle told RollingOut magazine. “Even if I don’t get the next job, or the next five jobs, I don’t want to be treated less than how Shonda treated me. I was one of the last five or ten to audition. When Kerry [Washington] got it, I congratulated her. Now after each episode, I’m leading the charge, like Gladiators, stand up! I’m obsessed with the show…”