Monica Lewinsky says it took 20 years to overcome “public humiliation”

Monica Lewinsky reflected on her long way of recovery from “public humiliation”, which during Bill Clinton Sexual scandal.

“The experience of public humiliation and healing is interesting that it will not happen alone,” said Lewinsky, 51 years, on Tuesday, March 25, her episode of her episode “Regeneration with Monika Lewinsky” Podcast.

Lewinsky became the character of an international control-and often public mockery-in 1998 in the middle of the revelation that she had an affair with the then President Clinton between 1995 and 1997 as a White House trainee. In exchange for immunity before prosecution, graduate Lewis and Clark College were even forced to testify to the intimate details of her sex life before the big jury.

She spoke in the latest edition of Lewin’s podcast Evil director Jobs Men The way her experience concerned the musical of the hit film.

“In fact, you can’t be publicly humiliated in a vacuum. Someone has to do something, or something has to happen, or you f – up. If you’re alone when you’re alone, you are not publicly humiliated,” she stressed.

Lewinsky continued: “It’s the social dynamics that is really interesting. You know, my experience, Elphaba reclaimed it in one song (in Evil) And it took me 20 years, but I think I just saw how it was, really, a social and collective process that I could heal and get back. ”

Compared her scandal to one of the EvilThe most poignant scenes where Elphaba (Cynthia Eriva) It defies the angle and the cruel judgment in the dance room to frill in to perform a strengthening dance routine.

“It was so powerful to me that the scene was to frill with Ballroom,” Chu said, 45. Ariana (GrandeWho plays Glinda), but I think the magic between you and Cynthia in this scene you have captured a public humiliation in a way that I think is hard to do. ”

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Lewinsky added, “From that movie there were times when people would say,” What was 1998? “It was a lot of humiliation, but basically I can point out (Evil“The scene Ozdust Ballroom) and say,” It was this, again and again and again and again. “But (scene) has captured (Lewinsky’s experience) in such a way.”

“I think so many of us experience public humiliation ways that (not) must be on the front New York Times“She said.

Lewinsky spoke in depth About the trauma of the Clinton scandal during the February performance at the podcast “her dad”. At one, especially a poignant moment, she claimed that the key lessons from her public mockery had not learned 20 years later.

“What I have experienced and now, why I care so much on anti-jicked people, because I understand what online and social media are,” she said. “It literally looks like the whole world is laughing. And it’s devastating.”

Lewinsky launched her podcast “regenerative” in February and had a discussion so far Molly Ringwald, Olivia Munn, Kara swisher and #metoo founder Taran BurkeAmong other things. New episodes are released on Tuesday through Wondery.