Monica Lewinsky abandons interview for Bill Clinton
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often ridiculed she became an anti-bullying advocate and activist1 twenty-eight years after her affair with bill clinton monica lewinsky appears not to have forgiven her former boss1 lewinsky was sitting for the question-and-answer session after speaking about the pros and cons of the internet at a conference organized by the israel television news company on monday1 the interviewer asked if lewinsky was still waiting for a personal apology from clinton haaretz reported1 recently in an interview with nbc news former president clinton was rather irate when he was asked if he ever apologized to you personally news anchor yonit levi said. do you still expect that apology the personal apology1 lewinsky 44 replied im so sorry im not going to be able to do this before storming off stage1 lewinsky became a household name after her affair with clinton in the 1990s when she was working as a white house intern in her early-20s1 lewinsky on monday stormed out of an interview in israel at a conference after the interviewer asked her a question about the former u.s. president1 she later took to twitter to defend herself saying that there were clear parameters about what we would be discussing and what we would not1 the exact question the interviewer asked first she had put to me when we met the day prior i said that was off limits1 when she asked me it on stage with blatant disregard for our agreement it became clear to me i had been misled1 lewinsky said that walking off stage sent the message that it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative1 the nbc interview that levi referenced took place back in june. clinton was asked by craig melvin if he ever personally apologized to lewinsky1 ive never talked to her. but i did say publicly on more than one occasion that i was sorry clinton said during the interview1 he also took issue with melvins line of questioning saying someone should ask you these questions because of the way you formulate the question1