Monica Lewinsky, 52, Details Self-Acceptance After 1998 Scandal on Podcast
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Monica Lewinsky, 52, Details Self-Acceptance After 1998 Scandal on Podcast
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Summary
Monica Lewinsky said on a recent episode of “Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky” that acceptance was essential to overcoming years of shame tied to the 1998 Clinton scandal.
The 52-year-old activist said progress came only after she stopped trying to leave “Monica Lewinsky the White House intern” behind and instead learned to integrate that past into her identity.
Lewinsky described her “dark decade” as a period when public ridicule felt relentless, saying she was “severely impacted” by billions of strangers thinking negatively about her.
She said dissociation helped her survive the early fallout and that 20 years of “energy work” also became part of her healing process.
Lewinsky, whose relationship with then-President Bill Clinton became public when she was 22, has increasingly framed that experience through activism, recovery and reclaiming her story.