Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern at the center of a scandal involving former President Bill Clinton, has stated that he should have resigned from office after their affair was revealed.
In a recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper, Lewinsky discussed the fallout from the affair and the way it was handled by both the media and the White House.
“I think the right way to handle a situation like that would have been to probably say it was nobody’s business and to resign,” Lewinsky explained.
She reflected on how the scandal negatively impacted many young women, noting that the intense media scrutiny she faced was deeply damaging. “I think there was so much collateral damage for women of my generation to watch a young woman be pilloried on a world stage – to be torn apart for my sexuality, for my mistakes, for everything,” she said.
Lewinsky recalled being portrayed as a “stalker” in the media, and the immense pressure she faced after the affair was exposed.
In 1998, Clinton famously denied having an affair, claiming, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Despite being impeached by the House of Representatives, Clinton was acquitted by the Senate and continued to serve out his term.
At the time the affair began, Lewinsky was 22, while Clinton was 49.
