Posted on 06/23/2004 7:37:50 AM PDT by presidio9
Bill Clinton hopes his former paramour, Monica Lewinsky, can someday "have a good life" beyond the scandal ignited by their White House affair. "I hope that she will not allow her whole life to be defined by her Andy Warhol-like 15 minutes of fame," Clinton told Oprah Winfrey on her show yesterday.
Clinton described Lewinsky as "a really intelligent person," and said she deserved an apology for the affair and its aftermath.
"I think I owed her one and I gave it to her," he said. "Publicly."
Clinton said he has not spoken with Lewinsky since the affair became public and deems it best not to have any contact.
The former President went on to say he hopes that the ex-White House intern's "life will be full and not solely defined by the fact that she got caught up in this media and political firestorm, because she doesn't deserve that. Nobody does."
If he happened to run into her, Clinton told Winfrey, he would say, "'Hello' to her and 'I hope you're having a good life.'"
Lewinsky now lives in the West Village and has dabbled in designing handbags and served as host of a Fox reality series called "Mr. Personality." Her spokeswoman did not return a call for comment yesterday.
I'm reading a book right now by Joe Eszterhas entitled "American Rhapsody." Joe is a liberal who voted twice for Bill Clinton and is well known in Hollywood. According to Joe, there wasn't a male body that Monica wouldn't chase down and who quite often had multiple sex partners....I'll stick by my first statement. :)
"I'll stick by my first statement."
I didn't know that, but I still feel Clinton should have known better.
Her dress was!
He hopes her life isn't harmed by this scandal? Please. The only life he considers in any way is his own; he couldn't care less about Monica's life; it's all about him.
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