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"  There&amp;#039;s no doubt we are obsessed with Scandal. So when Bellamy Young aka Mellie popped by the Cosmopolitan office to hang out, we had a billion questions we wanted to hound her with. HOWEVER. We kept it cool, played word association, and got some more dirt about Mellie and the show.        Mellie is a character we love to hate. How do you transform into her? As soon as I put on that heavy wig, I am Mellie. I can&amp;#039;t not be. It&amp;#039;s a solid reminder that I am in character. It&amp;#039;s so heavy! How do you feel about the fact that majority of viewers are rooting for the mistress instead of the wife? Well Shonda Rhimes is a genius. She is able to create characters that imitate life. Life is pretty complicated. And look, Olivia and Fitz are truly in love and our marriage is not good. We have lost the true connection. But I think a lot of viewers have those moments where they&amp;#039;re like, Am I really rooting for the mistress? Oh my god. I&amp;#039;m rooting for the mistress. It&amp;#039;s just all so human. Also...Kerry Washington is a cutie! Alright. But Mellie is kind of getting on our nerves. Why doesn&amp;#039;t she just get it? Fitz doesn&amp;#039;t want her anymore! She still believes there&amp;#039;s something between her and Fitz. Mellie remembers what he was like before he knew what real love was. When he meets Olivia, she transforms him. Mellie is also just so hurt and ready to lash out. She thinks that she can figure it all out and that she will be able to fix all of this. Her and Olivia have a lot of the same traits. How do you think Mellie would be as president? She would be a badass. She doesn&amp;#039;t always make the best decisions, but she sure is more decisive than Fitz. He&amp;#039;s so wishy-washy. She&amp;#039;s also super selfish and just wants everything to fall in place along the way. What is up with America&amp;#039;s Baby? We barely see that child! Well, the baby is actually played by two twin girls. But I don&amp;#039;t know if we&amp;#039;ll be seeing more of them. We did take our promotional photos and they were in the shots. Every time I&amp;#039;m on set and the baby is in my arm, I always ask, &amp;quot;Does it look like I&amp;#039;m holding it right?&amp;quot; So...you ARE Mellie?! Ha. No! I love babies. What do you think about the fans aka gladiators? I love them! They are like our family. The gladiators are just so incredible. Someone once sent us a Tiger Beat version of Scandal. It. Was. Awesome. And I love live-tweeting with the fans. However, I hate reading when people talk shit about me (Mellie). So I tweet from my phone and have my laptop open to just my Twitter page. I don&amp;#039;t look at my mentions. Lastly, will we die after seeing the second season finale? YES. You will die. Be reborn. And die again. GASP. For more on our Scandal obsession check out: Join Us For a Live Chat With Scandal&amp;#039;s Tony Goldwyn! 21 Questions That Will Haunt Us During the Scandal Hiatus 10 Reasons to Start Watching Scandal Sexiest President Ever: Scandal&amp;#039;s Tony Goldwyn Katie Lowes From Scandal: Trust No One Our New BFF: Tangela Ekhoff AKA Scandal&amp;#039;s Funniest Fan How to Put a Man In His Place Like Olivia Pope Is Your Vagina Apolitical Like Scandal&amp;#039;s Olivia Pope? Want more from Dara? Follow her on Facebook and Twitter @dadeeyo. Photo: ABC "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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