On Wednesday (Feb 4) the 38-year-old actress revealed the cover to her followers, with the following caption: "I'm THRILLED to share with you all that I'm on the cover of this year's March @instylemagazine! Can't wait for you guys to see it and read it! So honored. And crazy excited."
Washington's Instagram currently has 24, 865 'likes' and over 1,800 comments - most of which are from fans voicing their outrage of the "overly-edited" photo and lashing out at what they described as a "false representation" of the Scandal star.