Monica Lewinsky Speaks Out; Monica Lewinsky Breaks Her Silence
KEILAR: Two decades ago, she became the central figure in a White House sex scandal that nearly scuttled Bill Clinton's presidency. And now, for the first time in 10 years, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky is talking, and she is articulating deep, never-before-shared feelings about being in such a glaring, unforgiving spotlight. Here's CNN's Tom Foreman.</s>TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: These are details from a new National Geographic interview with Lewinsky that will air this weekend, and it is an eye-opener.</s>MONICA LEWINSKY, FORMER WHITE HOUSE INTERN: I was the most humiliated woman in the world.</s>FOREMAN (voice-over): That is how Monica Lewinsky is emerging from 10 years of silence. Her relationship with President Bill Clinton was uncovered in a far-reaching investigation by special counsel Kenneth Starr. And when he released the details --</s>LEWINSKY: That was one of the worst days of my life. I was a virgin to humiliation of that level until that day.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm not even going to get into what, I don't know.</s>FOREMAN: White House supporters like Dee Dee Myers went on defense while Lewinsky went through public ridicule.</s>LEWINSKY: To have my narrative ripped from me and turned into the Starr Report and things that were turned over or things they dealt out of my computer that I thought were deleted -- I mean, it was just -- it was just a violation after violation.</s>FOREMAN: The coverage stunned many even at the time.</s>BRIAN WILLIAMS, ANCHOR, NBC NEWS: There were nights, because I had young children, and I was a parent first, where I called home and just said, maybe this is a good night to mute the first part of the broadcast or keep the television off.</s>FOREMAN: Still, for a woman who says she wants her past left behind, Lewinsky is talking about it a lot, telling "Vanity Fair" two months ago, "I was too young to understand the real-life consequences and too young to see that I would be sacrificed for political expediency." She has not, however, condemned the Clintons, and Hillary Clinton promoting her book on ABC returned the favor.</s>HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I would wish her well. I hope that she is able to, you know, think about her future and construct a life that she finds meaning and satisfaction in.</s>FOREMAN: But Lewinsky reveals pointed dissatisfaction with how she was treated by many people way back then.</s>FOREMAN: What is interesting here is the passion behind Lewinsky's words, how much she's finally showing her feelings about all that happened. You can see it all for yourself on "The '90s: The Last Great Decade." It begins July 6th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern on the National Geographic Channel. It should be good viewing, Brianna.</s>KEILAR: It should be. Tom Foreman, thank you so much. And thank you so much for watching. I'm Brianna Keilar in THE SITUATION ROOM. "ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT" starts right now.