On April 3, Monica Lewinsky attended the Broadway premiere of Good Night and Good Luck in New York City. She was dressed in a bold strapless black gown with ruffled edges and sleek heels and looked right at home among Hollywood’s biggest stars.
Celebrities like Cindy Crawford, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, and Jennifer Lopez also attended the premiere, but Lewinsky’s appearance told a different kind of story. Her red carpet moment was her way of showing that Monica Lewinsky is no longer hiding behind headlines from the past. She’s owning her story, and she’s doing it with grace, grit, and glamour.
What was the scandal between Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton?
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Back in the late ’90s, Monica Lewinsky became a household name, but not by choice. At just 22, she was a White House intern when she got involved with then-President Bill Clinton. Their relationship, which was supposed to be private, turned into one of the biggest scandals in American politics.
Things spiraled fast, and then the FBI got involved. Her conversations were recorded, and the story took over every TV and newspaper. Clinton, who was 49 at the time, ended up facing an impeachment trial in December 1998, but he was later cleared. She, on the other hand, had to face the backlash that followed the events alone.
Monica Lewinsky comes back to the limelight after the scandal
Years later, Monica Lewinsky has found her way back, but this one is on her own terms. In 2017, she began writing for Vanity Fair and has since become a contributing editor. Now, she wears many hats. She’s a speaker, an anti-bullying activist, a producer with her own company (Alt Ending Productions), and most recently, a podcast host.
Her show, Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky, explores life, growth, and how people rebuild after being broken in public. So far, she’s interviewed guests like Olivia Munn, Jon M. Chu, and Tony Hawk, and each of them has joined her in honest, healing conversations.
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