ABC’s ‘Scandal’ season 4: See Kerry Washington’s ALS ice bucket challenge video

As we said recently, we are very high at the moment on the ALS ice bucket challenge as one of the greatest social media memes out there. Typically, you do not have internet sensations that combine humor, celebrities, and also a very good cause. This is the exception, which is why it’s worth taking note of.

For this latest video (see another one featuring “White Collar” star Matt Bomer here), you can see Kerry Washington of “Scandal” fame take on two separate buckets full of ice / water. The first comes on behalf of the entire cast, since many of them were filming and therefore unable to take part in the challenge with her. Meanwhile, the second comes a person challenge sent to her by her Disney boss Bob Iger.  She handles the two of them like a champ, but what else would you expect from a woman who plays Olivia Pope for a good percentage of the year.

One of the common rules about the ALS ice bucket challenge is that after you complete it (and hopefully donate to a charity), you then challenge at least one other person to do the same. In Kerry’s case, she challenged none other than her ABC co-worker Jimmy Kimmel, who we are not entirely sure will even know that he has been challenged right now. Kimmel has been vacationing in Idaho, which seems to be a popular destination for late-night hosts to spend time given David Letterman also retreats there.

How we’ve been encouraging those interested in supporting the charity is sending them in the direction of Project ALS. It is certainly a great thing to spread these videos around, but there is a case at the end of it.

Kerry and the rest of the cast are all hard at work right now on the fourth season of their popular ABC show, which is going to premiere come Thursday, September 25. As you would expect, we’re going to have so much more news before that time.

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