Monica Lewinsky on Life After Clinton: ‘The Shame Sticks to You Like Tar’

More than two decades after the scandal that tore her life apart, Monica Lewinsky is still nervous about giving interviews. After news broke of her affair with president Bill Clinton in 1998, she became the object of international scrutiny, shame, and ridicule.

Monica Lewinski arrives for the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images

More than two decades after the scandal that tore her life apart, Monica Lewinsky is still nervous about giving interviews. 

After news broke of her affair with president Bill Clinton in 1998, she became the object of international scrutiny, shame, and ridicule.

I felt like every layer of my skin and my identity were ripped off of me in '98 and '99.

— Monica Lewinsky