The #MeToo movement is shedding new light on old scandals. While on the Today Show, Former President Bill Clinton was asked if he would have approached the Monica Lewinsky situation differently if it happened in the #MeToo era of 2018.
"I don't think it would be an issue," Clinton said. "Because people would be using the facts instead of the imagined facts. If the facts were the same today, I wouldn't." Clinton did the Today interview alongside author James Patterson, to promote a new book they've written together titled The President Is Missing.
It's been 20 years since the Monica Lewinsky scandal captivated America. In 1998, Clinton first denied then later admitted to an affair with Lewinsky, who was a White House intern at the time. The scandal launched a lengthy investigation that ended with Clinton becoming the second president to be impeached.
Clinton also admitted during the interview that he has never apologized to Lewinsky in private or publicly.
"I've never talked to her," the former president said. "I did say, publicly, on more than one occasion, that I was sorry. The apology was to the public," said Clinton.
He responded, "no, I do not," when asked whether he owed Lewinsky an apology.
