Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern whose affair with Bill Clinton led to his impeachment, returned to public life on Monday, giving her first speech in 13 years and joining Twitter. In an emotional address at Forbes’ inaugural Under 30 summit in Philadelphia that recalled the 1998 sex scandal with Clinton, the 41-year-old brunette announced a campaign to end online bullying.
On her @MonicaLewinsky Twitter profile, Lewinsky describes herself as a social activist, public speaker, contributor to Vanity Fair magazine and a ‘knitter of things without sleeves.’ Lewinsky told a packed auditorium that she became one of the earliest victims of cyberbullying after she ‘fell in love’ with Clinton.
‘I was Patient Zero,’ she said. ‘The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.’ ‘There was no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram back then,’ she said.
‘Having survived myself, what I want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive, too,’ she said. ‘I want to put my suffering to good use and give purpose to my past.’
On her @MonicaLewinsky Twitter profile, Lewinsky describes herself as a social activist, public speaker, contributor to Vanity Fair magazine and a ‘knitter of things without sleeves.’ Lewinsky told a packed auditorium that she became one of the earliest victims of cyberbullying after she ‘fell in love’ with Clinton.
‘I was Patient Zero,’ she said. ‘The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.’ ‘There was no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram back then,’ she said.
‘Having survived myself, what I want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive, too,’ she said. ‘I want to put my suffering to good use and give purpose to my past.’