Monica Lewinsky admits she wants to feel ‘special’ fueled by ‘bad decisions’ in DC
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Monica Lewinsky admits what led her to make the decisions that helped ignite one of Washington’s biggest scandals.
More than 25 years after her relationship with then-President Bill Clinton sparked an international firestorm, Lewinsky admitted that her desire to feel “special” led her down a path of “bad decisions.”
“I think in a way that’s part of what got me into a lot of trouble in my early 20s to want and want to be special and feel that sense of specialness, of validation,” he said on his podcast, “Rediscovering Monica Lewinsky.” “And when it came down to it, I fell into that, I made bad decisions a lot of times, not just in DC, but in a lot of different ways.”
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In her podcast, Monica Lewinsky revisits her “bad decisions,” admitting her need to feel “special” played a role. (Gilbert Flores/Anonymous)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Lewinsky for comment.
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A photo showing former White House intern Monica Lewinsky meeting President Bill Clinton at a White House event was submitted as evidence in Starr’s investigative documents and released by the House Judiciary Committee on September 21, 1998. (House Judiciary Committee/Getty Images)
Her comments came during the podcast episode “Laura Day on Reclaiming Intuition & Turning Trauma into A Superpower,” part of a broader discussion focused on the idea of trauma as a catalyst for growth.
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Just 22 years old, Lewinsky was a White House intern when her affair with Clinton came to light in the late 1990s — a revelation that sparked impeachment proceedings against the president in December 1998 and thrust Lewinsky into the public eye overnight.
Then President Bill Clinton answered 81 questions from the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment inquiry the day after Thanksgiving in 1998. (Diana Walker/Contour by Getty Images)
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What followed, he said, was not just a political outburst – it was human destruction.
Lewinsky recently described the uproar as a form of “public conflagration,” as late-night jokes, media coverage and relentless scrutiny reduced her identity to a global debate.
Monica Lewinsky says wanting to feel “special” made her make “bad decisions,” revisiting the scandal with Bill Clinton more than 25 years later. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
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Despite the enduring stigma attached to her name, Lewinsky said she made the wise decision not to distance herself from it, as it has become synonymous with one of the most heated controversies in modern political history.
In recent years, Lewinsky has reemerged in the public eye, becoming an anti-bullying advocate and public speaker. You often face the long-term effects of public shaming, especially in the digital age.
