after Donald Trumps inauguration), Rhimes said, I am not commenting on conversations with my boss.
I like my job.
Anything about scheduling, ask the internet.
Im fine with whatever they do, Rhimes said dismissively on Tuesday.
It has nothing to do with my job.
I like to stay in my lane.
We arent in reaction to that.
Five episodes were shot before we knew anything.
Added Rhimes: I dont know that there are any similarities.
I dont think that the candidates have any similarities to the candidates in real life.
Francisco Vargas is very hopeful, a very different kind of democratic candidate.
These candidates dont equate.
So I dont think that you might correlate the two.
(Five episodes of the drama were shot earlier in 2016 to accommodate Kerry Washingtons pregnancy.
She delivered in October.)
We were building that into the storyline.
The writers room was full of people staring at the board going, Oh, my God.
Unfortunately, reality is extrapolating itself to its most crazy degree right now.
