olivia pope is a crisis manager for a living.
olivia pope is a crisis manager for a living.
what does olivia pope do for a living?
crisis manager
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olivia carolyn pope is a fictional character created by shonda rhimes for the political drama television series "scandal". the character is partially based on judy smith. in the series, pope is played as an adult by kerry washington and as a child by yara shahidi.









































pope is a washington, d.c.-based crisis manager who runs her own firm, olivia pope & associates (opa), that specializes in "fixing" political situations and scandals. the character has become a widely watched fashion and style trendsetter.









































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olivia pope
fitzgerald "fitz" thomas grant iii, portrayed by tony goldwyn, is the president of the united states, a republican former governor of california from santa barbara. a rhodes scholar, harvard law graduate, and decorated former us navy fighter pilot. fitz was attached to a carrier-based attack fighter squadron flying air support missions in tandem with us navy special operations during the gulf war in 1991, which is how he met jake ballard, the only man whom president grant always unconditionally trusts. he is in love with olivia pope and wants to divorce his wife to be with her. while fitz does care for his wife mellie, he is not in love with her, and has remained in his marriage at the urging of his chief of staff cyrus beene to maintain his approval ratings and to help his chances for a second term. he started his affair with olivia on the campaign trail and has been seeing her ever since, even though their relationship is hard to manage. he sleeps with amanda tanner when he becomes upset that olivia won't see him. he started to lie about it to olivia at first, but then revealed the truth. they are caught together by cyrus, who tells fitz that amanda tanner is blackmailing him and olivia pope is now representing her. when olivia won't talk to him, he goes to her house and they sit together on the couch holding each other. when the news breaks about what billy did, fitz is happy because he views this as a chance to get out of his marriage and be a normal man with the woman he loves, but olivia stops this and helps him get back with his wife, upsetting and confusing him. while olivia has tried moving on and tried keeping a professional relationship, fitz constantly tries to force affections with her and even sneaked away to be at her house. in season two, he is troubled by whether to invade east sudan and by his wife mellie's pregnancy. fitz and olivia are at a standstill in their relationship because she wants to move on, to do the right thing and he won't let her because he loves her. when olivia stops taking his calls, he does not handle it well and cyrus tells him that he is "ticking". fitz finally tells olivia that he is ending their relationship when he invites her to a restaurant, saying that he is not being responsible to mellie, olivia and america and that he needs to be a better man. after being nearly assassinated on his birthday, fitz was left in a coma for a short period of time before returning to office. the near-death experience left him a changed man, with some minor brain damage which causes him to lose his fear of doing what he wants for himself. he demanded a divorce from mellie to be with olivia, not caring if he loses his position as president and is loathed by the american people. this changed when verna reveals everything about defiance and her part in his assassination attempt, all to preserve her legacy. he kills her to preserve his own legacy and shut out everyone involved with defiance. ten months later, fitz has developed a drinking problem and has become more forceful and rash in his decisions, believing that he does not have anyone he can trust, except for jake ballard, whom he increasingly turns to more and more for advice and help handling very sensitive and problem-fraught situations for him.
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