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
constantly to walk us through all of this, to sort out the facts from the theater.
Why can't I just scrape that crap off and put it in a plastic bag?
When we turn on CNN and see her picture, it's really hard to believe she's at the center of all this because ... that's just Monica.
took to the Senate floor to denounce the president's conduct as immoral and harmful because 'it sends a message of what is acceptable behavior to the larger American family.'
I did not provide him with a copy. No ... I believe I showed him a copy, ... I think he may have said, 'I don't need to see it.'
I think I brought it up. The president wouldn't have brought up Betty's name, because he didn't -- he really didn't discuss it.
pleased that she does not have to go through the painful and humiliating ordeal of having to testify on the floor of the Senate.
I think anybody who really knows me knows I'm not a media hound and knows that I'm really sort of trying to do the best I can with the situation that I found myself in.
He didn't discuss the content of my affidavit with me at all, ever.
I think I told her that, you know, at various times, the president and Mr. Jordan had told me I have to lie. That wasn't true.
I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty.
I was enamored with him. And I was excited. And I was enjoying it.
This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character.
I think probably the qualities that I look for in a man are somewhat different than they were before I became a public person, but not that much different. I think that, sort of, the element of trust is certainly much bigger for me, but the other things that - the other qualities, intelligence and kindness and sense of humor, those things.