Over the weekend, Taraji P. Henson was spotted back in her hometown with her 18-year-old son Marcel as they attended an event celebrating the leading women in Washington, DC.  She also kicked it with some her fellow actresses Rosario Dawson and Kerry Washington, who were all in town for the inauguration festivities.

Taraji dished on her son on the Wendy Williams show revealing that she became a single mother after her son’s father was murdered nine years ago. She told Wendy:

“He is with us in spirit. I was so in love. He was my high school sweet heart and we were together for 8 years. [Marcel] looks just like his father.”