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| Monica Lewinsky's late 1990s affair with then-president Bill Clinton is back in the spotlight thanks to the new documentary series "The Clinton Affair," premiering Nov. 18 on A&E at 9 EST/PST. In 2014, The former White House intern, now 45, is looking back at the scandal in a post-#MeToo light. Getty Images |
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In
a 2014 Vanity Fair story, Lewinsky broke years of silence in her Vanity
Fair article, stating that her affair with President Clinton was
“consensual" and said it was “time to burn the beret and bury the blue
dress,” referring to the hat she wore in a famous photo and the stained
dress her former colleague Linda Tripp allegedly kept as proof of the
affair. Associated Press
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In
a new Vanity Fair essay published Nov. 13, 2018, Lewinsky, now 45,
shared her thought process about participating in "The Clinton Aiffair."
She wrote, "The process of this docuseries led me to new rooms of shame
that I still needed to explore, and delivered me to Grief’s doorstep.
Grief for the pain I caused others. Grief for the broken young woman I
had been before and during my time in D.C., and the shame I still felt
around that. Grief for having been betrayed first by someone I thought
was my friend, and then by a man I thought had cared for me. Grief for
the years and years lost, being seen only as 'That Woman'—saddled, as a
young woman, with the false narrative that my mouth was merely a
receptacle for a powerful man’s desire. Grief for a relationship that
had no normal closure." Getty Images
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White
House intern Monica Lewinsky greets President Clinton at a White House
Christmas party on Dec. 16, 1996. This photo was submitted as evidence
in documents by the Kenneth Starr investigation and released by the
House Judiciary Committee in September 1998. Getty Images
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The
Clinton family walks with their dog, Buddy, toward a helicopter from
the White House on Aug. 18, 1998. The family departed for vacation on
Martha's Vineyard, Mass., one day after Clinton admitted on national TV
that he misled the public about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Roberto Borea, AP
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From
right: House Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., confers with
Parliamentarian Dan Freeman, Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., and Rep. James
Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., on Oct. 5, 1998, the opening day of the Clinton
impeachment inquiry. Luke Frazza, AFP
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President
Clinton walks to the podium to deliver a short statement on the
impeachment inquiry in the Rose Garden on Dec. 11, 1998. He apologized
to the country for his conduct in the Monica Lewinsky affair and said
he would accept a congressional censure or rebuke. J. Scott Applewhite, AP
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Monica
Lewinsky leaves the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on Feb. 2, 1999, one
day after giving a deposition to House impeachment managers. Greg Gibson, AP
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Monica
Lewinsky leaves the Howard County Courthouse in Ellicott City, Md., on
Dec. 16, 1999, after testifying in the Linda Tripp wire-tapping trial. Manny Ceneta, AFP/Getty Images
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"Bye-bye, Lewinsky scandal," she wrote in her 2018 Vanity Fair essay. "I think 20 years is enough time to carry that mantle." Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
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