{"id":68544,"date":"2023-10-03T20:57:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=68544"},"modified":"2023-10-03T20:57:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:57:23","slug":"monica-lewinsky-says-stepping-back-into-public-led-to-best-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/lifestyle\/monica-lewinsky-says-stepping-back-into-public-led-to-best-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica Lewinsky says stepping back into public led to &apos;best decade&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Monica Lewinsky recalls her &#8216;terror&#8217; at stepping back into the public eye after years of hiding in the wake of the Bill Clinton scandal &#8211; as she opens up about her &#8216;long journey&#8217; to finding joy in 25 years since her affair with then-President was revealed<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>The activist, 50, opened up about getting to &#8216;reclaim&#8217; the narrative about her life<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>She and President Bill Clinton had an affair while she was a White House intern\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Lewinsky retreated from the limelight before making a return in 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monica Lewinsky has revealed how making the &#8216;terrifying&#8217; decision to step back into the public eye has helped her to &#8216;reclaim&#8217; the narrative about her life, following the infamous fallout over her affair with then-president Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>The American activist, who recently turned 50, spoke candidly on the Today show about how the &#8216;younger generations&#8217; played a huge part in helping to change the attitudes about her story, resulting in her 40s being the &#8216;best decade&#8217; of her life.<\/p>\n<p>Opening up to host Savannah Guthrie on Tuesday, Monica admitted that she felt &#8216;incredibly grateful&#8217; to now be seen as a respected writer after initially having to shy away from the limelight in the years after her part in the political scandal that sent shockwaves across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was so overwhelmed with gratitude in that people see me for my true self now,&#8217; she said. &#8216;That I have been able to find a purpose to my past, that my narrative has been revisited, and I was able to reclaim it &#8211; in large part [with help] from younger generations.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/16\/76119431-12588699-image-m-9_1696347922280.jpg\" height=\"501\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Monica Lewinsky has revealed why taking a step back into the public eye helped her to &#8216;reclaim&#8217; the narrative about her life<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=Q9OFw2wfh0A%3Frel%3D0%26start%3D281<\/p>\n<p>Monica noted that she had been nervous to step back into the spotlight like she did in 2014, but explained that it had been the best move to make.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was terrifying. I mean, and I find doing this [interview] hard. It&#8217;s not natural to me,&#8217; she explained. &#8216;But it was a long journey from 1998. It&#8217;s been 25 years now. And I am really grateful for where things are now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Lewinsky famously had an affair with Clinton from 1995 until 1997, with their relationship beginning when she was a 22-year-old unpaid White House intern. It eventually led to his impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>On August 17, 1998, after multiple denials, the former President appeared on television and finally confessed, insisting he was \u2018solely and completely responsible\u2019 for the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The affair and its fallout became known as the Clinton\u2013Lewinsky scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After spending time away from the public, Monica made a grand return in 2014 with a personal essay for Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n<p>She has since\u00a0dedicated a large portion of her time to advocating against online bullying and working to help create a safer social media environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, she then signed on as a producer on Impeachment: American Crime Story, Ryan Murphy\u2019s series chronicling her affair with Clinton and his impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/16\/59109359-12588699-Clinton_was_infamously_at_the_centre_of_a_sex_scandal_with_then_-a-2_1696347272165.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Monica famously became tabloid fodder in the late 1990s after her two-year affair with then-president Bill Clinton in the 1990s came to light<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/20\/76119435-12588699-The_American_activist_spoke_candidly_on_The_Today_Show_about_how-m-32_1696362862016.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The American activist spoke candidly on the Today show about how the &#8216;younger generations&#8217; played a part in helping to change attitudes about her story<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/16\/76119425-12588699-image-m-11_1696347944373.jpg\" height=\"515\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She stated that it all led to her 40s being the &#8216;best decade&#8217; of her life so far as she&#8217;s now become a respected writer, activist and producer<\/p>\n<p>She went on to launch her own production company, Alt Ending Productions, in 2021 &#8211; signing a first-look deal for scripted dramas with 20th Television.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on her experiences over the past ten years, Monica gushed: &#8216;It has been the best decade for me. I&#8217;m incredibly grateful. Turning 40 was horrible and turning 50 was very empowering.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Savannah then noted that Monica appeared to have found her purpose and passion during that time, adding that the star was already working on a new TV project following the success of her collaboration with Ryan Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Monica teased: &#8216;I wish it were announced already, but I&#8217;m executive producing a series on another young woman who found her life decimated and ripped apart on the world stage, but she somehow managed to survive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;s going to be really powerful and hopefully they will announce it soon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/16\/25597128-12588699-25_years_ago_the_United_States_was_gripped_by_the_intimate_detai-m-13_1696347990974.jpg\" height=\"497\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>25 years ago, the world was gripped by the intimate details of President Clinton\u2019s affair with White House intern Monica; pictured together in Oval Office in 1997<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/16\/76115237-12588699-image-m-12_1696347968813.jpg\" height=\"770\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Monica worked as a producer on Impeachment: American Crime Story, the Ryan Murphy series chronicling her affair with Clinton and his impeachment trial<\/p>\n<p>Monica had appeared on the morning show to promote a new PSA about the dangers of self-bullying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Self-bullying is bullying,&#8217; Monica noted. &#8216;This year&#8217;s campaign was really personal for me, so I had an experience about ten years ago or so where I had taken these four seminars anonymously.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She continued: &#8216;In the course of hearing myself say these [inner thoughts] out loud, I realized how cruel I was being to myself and I would never say those things to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think for me and what I found is, first of all, we have to recognize the likelihood we&#8217;re going to eradicate the negative voice in our head is not very high.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The writer added: &#8216;It is about catching yourself and course correcting. Whether that course correcting is to something positive, and if you can&#8217;t do that, then try going neutral.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12588699\/Monica-Lewinsky-Bill-Clinton-affair-scandal-savannah-guthrie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monica Lewinsky recalls her &#8216;terror&#8217; at stepping back into the public eye after years of hiding in the wake of the Bill Clinton scandal &#8211; as she opens up about her &#8216;long journey&#8217; to finding joy in 25 years since her affair with then-President was revealed The activist, 50, opened up about getting to &#8216;reclaim&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monica Lewinsky says stepping back into public led to &amp;apos;best decade&amp;apos; 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