Monica Lewinsky (left), Hillary Clinton.Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty; Michael Loccisano/Getty
Though she has a much dissected (and soon-to-be televised) past with former PresidentBill Clinton,Monica Lewinskysupported his wife,Hillary Clinton— when it came to the election, that is.
According to a new profile of the 47-year-old Lewinsky inThe New York Times, she voted for the former first lady and secretary of state in the 2016 presidential election.
The piece, which details how Lewinsky retreated from and then carved out a new role in the spotlight, also quotes her reflecting on how her view had changed of the ’90s Clinton affair and all that surrounded it.
“It just doesn’t impact me the same way, you know?” Lewsinky told theTimeswhen asked what sort of effect the couple has on her now. “They don’t loom nearly as large as they did for two decades in my life.”
Lewinsky is making the media rounds ahead of the Sept. 7 premiere ofImpeachment: American Crime Storyon FX, for which she served as a producer.
Lewinsky, now a noted speaker on the topics of bullying, public scrutiny and shame, recently spoke about the difficulties that came with making the show toThe Hollywood Reporter, saying that she was open about giving notes when it came to scenes she experienced — but less so when it came to scenes depicting the Clintons' private lives and conversations.
Lewinsky has also shared that shehelped Feldstein, 28, prepare for her role, with the two sending videos to one another and spending “several hours on Zoom” going through family photos.
“I just thought, I’m not going to sit down with Beanie like a new therapist, ‘Okay, let me tell you the story of my life,’ and this way she’d get to understand my world in a more organic way since we couldn’t hang out [due to COVID-19],” Lewinsky said. “But I haven’t done any of this before, and it was hard for me — I’m a total control freak.”
In the four-part 2020 documentary seriesHillary, President Clinton, 74, recalled the moment he came clean about the affair to his wife and their daughter, Chelsea, who was a teenager.
“I went and sat on the bed and talked to [my wife],” he said. “I told her exactly what happened, when it happened. I said, ‘I feel terrible about it.’ I said, ‘We’ve been through quite a bit in the last few years. I have no defense. This is inexcusable, what I did.’ "
source: people.com
