Monica Lewinsky is reclaiming her story.
We’ve come a long way from the ‘90s narrative about the White House’s most infamous intern. This week marks the premiere of a more sympathetic portrayal of a young woman caught in an incredibly complicated situation in Impeachment: American Crime Story . One of the biggest changes is that Monica is actually involved in the most recent retelling of the tale, serving as the producer on Ryan Murphy ’s latest series.
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Ahead associated with the show’s premiere on Tuesday night, the 48-year-old appeared on Today to talk about revisiting that traumatic time. Asked by Savannah Guthrie whether she hoped her former boss and affair partner, Bill Clinton , would tune in to the television event, Monica admitted:
“ I don’t even know how to really answer that. ”
As to whether she’d want to talk to the ex-President or receive an apology through him, she reflected:
“ I think there was a long period before my life changed in the last six or seven years where I felt a lot in terms of there not being this resolution. And I’m very grateful that will I don’t have that feeling anymore. I don’t need it. He should want to apologize, in the same way of which I want to apologize any chance I get to people that I’ve hurt and my actions have hurt. ”
Fair point!
The activist went on to comment on her dual roles with the FX show, sharing:
“ As a producer, I’ m very proud. As a subject, I’ m nervous. I’ m nervous for people to see some of the worst moments of my existence and a lot of behavior that I regret. If you remember your 20s not the fact that long ago, it’s pretty cringe-worthy. ”
Yeah, that wouldn’ t be pretty for anyone…
While she didn’t have veto power over the script, Monica said she felt “ heard” by Murphy and the rest regarding the team — and she was even the one who pushed to include one infamous incident, where she flashed her thong at the president. She explained:
“ Because a subject, I was incredibly grateful it was missing. But We realized as a producer which will particularly because I was involved, that the credibility of the show would have been significantly affected. And I didn’t think that was fair to anyone else. But more than that was really: I actually shouldn’t get a pass. And that is hard. ”
She felt which usually truth, context, and humanity “ were really missing at the beginning of 1998” and hoped to bring “ an enormous amount of emotional truth” to the dramatization of those events.
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Monica noted that she was very thankful for where her life is now and that she feels “ incredibly lucky the last 6 or seven years to really be able to reclaim my narrative. ” She remarked:
“ I think a lot of people know about the story, but people are going to be very surprised when they watch this of things that they didn’ t know happened. There were so many margin notes My partner and i had in the scripts involving like, ‘ Did this actually happen? ’ So even My spouse and i learned things. ”
Wow. Between Monica’s involvement, the incredible cast, and the particular opportunity to see this story told in a whole new light, Impeachment is shaping up to be a huge television event. We can’t wait to watch.
Ch-ch-check out Monica’s full Today appearance (below):
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