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'Scandal's Bellamy Young wants Hillary Clinton to be president 'more than anything'


UPDATED FEBRUARY 27, 2019 12:04 PM EST

AddScandal’s Bellamy Young to Hillary Clinton’s list of celebrity supporters. Theactress, whose TV character, First Lady Melody Grant, has her eyes set onbecoming the first female president, revealed that she would love to see a womanin the White House.

“Morethan anything but not just for my own personal greed,” she told HELLO! on Sunday at Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Oscar party. Bellamycontinued, “[Hillary] would be an outstanding president.”

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Bellamy Young and Ed Weeks at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscars viewing party Photo: Getty Images

The46-year-old also revealed that playing her character has made her more political inreal life. “I also play a Republican on the show. I’m Democratic inreal life so it makes me pay attention in a more well rounded way," Bellamy said.

She added, "I think Iused to self-curate so now I have much more empathyand I try to stay much more in tune.”

For the star-studded Oscar party on February 28, the ABC star wore a floral embellished DennisBasso gown paired with a Bulgari clutch. She admitted, “I feel like a fairytale princess!”

Bellamy wasaccompanied by her “partner in crime” Ed Weeks to the Hollywood soiree. When asked if the two aredating, the Mindy Project actor told reporters, “Sure,” as his date for the evening giggled.

Reporting by Alex Cramer