Kerry Washington is known to keep her personal business private, but her on-camera Scandal dad said she's been bonding with her unborn baby on set. 

In an interview with PEOPLE, Joe Morton, who plays Rowan Pope on the hit-ABC series said that the cast members have kept the pregnancy news a secret for a while.

"We're loyal to her and that's what she wanted - she wanted to keep it private - and we thought, 'Well, it's her baby, let's help her do that," he said. 

Despite Washington's hectic schedule, she is looking forward to being a mom. 

"She spends a lot of time singing to it and talking to it to say we're just playing pretend and everything's going to be okay, so don't worry about it," Morton said.  "She's very excited about being a mom," he added. "She's sort of floating around having just been married and now having a baby and putting a family together. She's in pig heaven, as they say." 

The 66-year-old actor also best known for his roles in The Good Wife and American Gangster said that Washington's natural nurturing personality will make her a great mom. 

"She's a very smart woman, very kind, very affectionate and she wants this baby - which is the key to it all."

As far as advice he'd give Washington's husband, Nnamdi Asomugha, Morton said the former 49ers cornerback better "be loving and affectionate and just take care of my daughter."

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