President Bill Clinton made national headlines in the 1990s.
Now a familiar face on the public stage since her resurgence in 2017, Lewinsky attended the star-studded Broadway premiere of Good Night, and Good Luck, produced by George Clooney, in New York City on April 3.
Lewinsky posed for photos ahead of the event, wearing a strapless, asymmetrical black gown with ruffle detailing, paired with black heels and her hair styled down.
The high-profile premiere drew numerous celebrities, including Cindy Crawford—who arrived with husband Rande Gerber and daughter Kaia—as well as Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, and Julianna Margulies.
Lewinsky first gained national attention in the late 1990s as a former White House intern involved in an affair with President Clinton. The scandal led to Clinton’s impeachment trial in December 1998. At the time, Clinton was 49 and Lewinsky was 22. Though Clinton was later acquitted, the fallout propelled Lewinsky into the public eye. After several attempts at reinvention, she stepped away from the spotlight in the mid-2000s.
Lewinsky returned to the public eye in 2017, beginning a writing career with Vanity Fair, where she is now listed as a contributing editor on the magazine’s website.
“She is an anti-bullying social activist, global public speaker, and producer with her company, Alt Ending Productions,” the site notes.
Her most recent piece for Vanity Fair was published on March 31, following a previous article released ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
In January, Lewinsky debuted her own podcast titled Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky.
The show’s synopsis reads: “Every week, I’ll draw from my own unique experiences (like say, surviving a global scandal at 24 years old), and delve into the personal and often messy ways people find their way back to themselves.”
Monica Lewinsky attended the Broadway opening night of Good Night and Good Luck at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on April 3, 2025.
Since launching her podcast, Monica Lewinsky has featured guests such as Olivia Munn, Wicked director Jon M. Chu, and skateboarding icon Tony Hawk.
At the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar party, Lewinsky was photographed alongside Munn and her husband, comedian John Mulaney.
Just a month after debuting her own show, Lewinsky appeared as a guest on the chart-topping Call Her Daddy podcast.
During the February episode, host Alex Cooper asked Lewinsky how she believed the media should have handled the scandal in the 1990s.
“I think the right way to handle a situation like that would have been to probably say it was nobody’s business and to resign—or to find a way of staying in office that didn’t involve lying and throwing a young person who was just starting out in the world under the bus,” Lewinsky said.
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky pictured on February 28, 1997.
Lewinsky reflected on how the scandal not only upended her own life but also had a broader impact on women of her generation.
“I think there was so much collateral damage for women of my generation—to watch a young woman be pilloried on a world stage, torn apart for my sexuality, for my mistakes, for my everything,” she said.
In a 2021 interview with People magazine, Lewinsky shared that she has since found the strength to confront what happened “between the most powerful man in the world and an unpaid intern less than half his age.”
“At 22, I was overwhelmed by the experience—the awe of being at the White House, the power of the presidency, and the attention of a man with incredible energy and charisma,” Lewinsky recalled. “I was enamored, like so many others. His charm was undeniable—and, in my case, it was a dangerous kind of charm. I was completely swept up in it.”
She went on to say that her situation isn’t unique. “A lot of people find themselves in similar dynamics—maybe it’s a professor, a boss, or a direct supervisor. In our early 20s, we think we’re standing on solid ground, but really, it’s quicksand. You believe you’re an adult, but at that age, I couldn’t even rent a car without a parent’s signature.”
At the time of the interview, Lewinsky was serving as a producer on 15 Minutes of Shame, an HBO Max documentary exploring cancel culture. She also shared that she no longer feels the need for an apology from Clinton.
“If you had asked me five years ago, there was still a part of me that wanted something—some form of closure or understanding,” she admitted. “Not a relationship, but maybe a final piece of acknowledgment. I’m deeply grateful that I don’t need that anymore.”
Lewinsky shared with the outlet that she hoped her story would encourage conversations around power imbalances—particularly between powerful men and those with none.
“As we all came to realize, it wasn’t just about losing a job,” she said. “It was about the power to be believed, the power to be shielded from media scrutiny, the power to damage someone’s reputation in ways that are all too effective. It was also about understanding consequences—something I hadn’t yet learned in my very first job out of college, while others had already held many important roles.”
