Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinskyis an American activist, television personality, fashion designer, and former White House intern with whom President Bill Clinton admitted to having had what he called an "inappropriate relationship" while she worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. The affair and its repercussions, which included Clinton's impeachment, became known as the Lewinsky scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth23 July 1973
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me.
I was brought up with lies all the time... that's how you got along... I have lied my entire life...
I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?
At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.
I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.
Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.
Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry,
And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.
Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it...you can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world.
The jokes that take my last name and equate them to a sex act ... is a really cruel thing to do.
There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price.
Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.
I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.
He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that.