Where is Monica Lewinsky – who had an affair with Bill Clinton as a White House intern – today? From her Reformation campaign to Vanity Fair essay, and producing Impeachment: American Crime Story
Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who rose to fame in the 1990s after being involved in a sex scandal with then-president Bill Clinton, has reappeared in the spotlight decades since the incident. She looks nearly unrecognisable, although as fashionable as ever.
Lewinsky has changed her image over the years, disappearing from the public eye following the relentless media attention around her controversial affair with a much-older Clinton.
Here’s what she’s been up to as she re-emerges into the spotlight.
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Where was Monica Lewinsky born?
According to The Washington Post, Lewinsky has roots in two of the nation’s “plushest neighbourhoods”, Brentwood and Beverly Hills. She was born in San Francisco on July 23, 1973 and raised in Brentwood. Her father worked as a prominent radiation oncologist who also taught at UCLA.
Why did Monica Lewinsky keep that dress?
The navy blue cocktail dress mentioned in taped conversations Lewinsky had with civil servant Linda Tripp became one of the most-discussed topics around the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal at the time. Tripp also secretly – and illegally – recorded conversations between Lewinsky and Clinton.
According to CBS News, Lewinsky had allegedly given the dress she had worn during a sexual encounter with the president to her mother for “safekeeping”. It was later revealed to have his DNA on it.
Did Monica Lewinsky ever marry?
It seems like Lewinsky hasn’t been married. In an interview with People in 2021, she revealed: “I do date, but I’m not married yet.”
“I don’t know if that will happen or not, and I’m more OK with that than I used to be,” she added. It appears that she doesn’t have kids either – but she wanted them. “I wanted a job, I wanted a husband, I wanted kids,” she told The New York Times in the same year. “I wanted to be treated normally.”
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What has Monica Lewinsky been up to?
Lewinsky debuted as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair with her essay “Shame and Survival” in 2014, and she’s since become an advocate against bullying, per People.
- Lewinsky, the ex-White House intern who rose to fame in the 1990s after being involved in a sex scandal with then-president Bill Clinton, has reappeared in the spotlight, decades since the incident
- Now 50, Lewinsky has become an activist and author, and is the new face of Reformation’s ‘You’ve Got the Power’ campaign for voting registration awareness ahead of the 2024 presidential election