Monica Lewinsky says Bill Clinton ‘should want to apologize.
Former President Bill Clinton’s apology to Monica Lewinsky is no longer required.
“He should want to apologize in the same way I want to apologize for every opportunity I get to individuals my actions have harmed.
” she said Tuesday, just hours before the debut of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” a limited TV series about the sex scandal that almost destroyed Clinton’s presidency, on FX.
Lewinsky, who co-produced the 10-episode third season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, said it was difficult to see the scandal that changed her life play out on television.
“I’m scared for people to witness some of the darkest times of my life and a lot of bad conduct,” she revealed in an exclusive interview with NBC’s “TODAY” program.
“I’ve truly worn two hats in this project,” Lewinsky said, adding that although she’s “proud” of her work on the program, she recognizes that many sequences — actual events she experienced — are “cringeworthy.”
“I do not suggest seeing your early twenties be dramatized on TV, particularly in this case when the reality was really stranger than fiction,” she said.
On January 17, 1998, 24-year-old Monica Lewinsky was pushed into the public spotlight quickly and forcefully. Linda Tripp, a coworker, had surreptitiously taped her admitting to having a connection with then-President Bill Clinton.
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A Drudge Report headline that read “Newsweek Kills Story on White House Intern” that day altered Lewinsky’s life forever.
Humiliated and belittled, Lewinsky largely kept quiet until 2015, when she delivered a TED Talk titled “The Price of Shame,” in which she partly recounted how the scandal aftermath affected her.
The conversation quickly went viral.
“I’ve been extremely fortunate over the past six or seven years to be able to recover my story,” Lewinsky said on Tuesday.
“A lot of people are aware of this tale,” she added.
When viewers watch “American Crime Story,” they may be “surpris” by some of the facts.
“Even I learned something,” Lewinsky said.
Lewinsky provided script suggestions but did not have veto authority.
She added she took care to include portions that may not show her in the greatest light in order for the series to have “an incredible degree of emotional reality,” despite the fact that it was a dramatization.
“I shouldn’t have gotten away with it,” Lewinsky added. “At the start of 1998, truth and context were seriously lacking.”
Later on, she added “humanity” to the list.
“I think that’s what we contributed to the performance,” Lewinsky expressed her desire.
What if a controversy like this occurred in 2021? Would things have actually changed that much?
Because of “conversations about power differentials”.
and social media enabling more people to be heard, Lewinsky adds, “I may have gotten a little bit of support.”
But, she added, “I’m not sure it would be as different as people want it to be.”
In “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Beanie Feldstein plays Monica Lewinsky, and Sarah Paulson plays Tripp. Clinton is play by Clive Owen.
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