In an interview published over a month after his death, Anthony Bourdain slammed Bill and Hillary Clinton for their handling of the scandal with Monica Lewinsky in the s. Entitled, rapey, gropey, grabby, disgusting, and the way that he, and she, destroyed these women and the way that everyone went along, and are blind to this. The late celebrity chef — who was a prominent MeToo advocate on behalf of his girlfriend, Asia Argento, who was among Harvey Weinstein's accusers — said even if Clinton's affairs were consensual, the couple's attacks on women who came forward were "unforgivable. Bourdain was critical of how Hillary Clinton responded to the sexual assault allegations made against Weinstein last October.
Monica Lewinsky Tweets Brilliant Response To Mueller Report Comparison
Anthony Bourdain Blasted Bill And Hillary Clinton In One Of His Last-Ever Interviews
Some — like Ivanka Trump , who cheered the supposed lack of evidence of collusion — are happy. Some — like much of Hollywood — are mystified. Want daily pop culture news delivered to your inbox? Lewinsky, whose experience being ridiculed as a result of the Clinton scandal prompted her to become an advocate against cyberbullying, is earning props for her on-the-nose response. The way you have handled yourself all these years is quite literally unbelievable. Props to you, who has shown remarkable poise through a nation throwing a shitstorm at you. Damn straight.
Monica Lewinsky's reaction to the Mueller report 'just won tweet of 2019'
Monica Lewinsky has weighed in on Attorney General William Barr's summary of Robert Mueller's report into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign. Sharing a tweet early on Tuesday that envisaged the similar communication of a s report detailing the sexual activity between President Bill Clinton and the former White House intern, Lewinsky commented: "If. The tweet that spurred the reaction came from University of Southern California Gould School of Law professor Orin Kerr, who wrote on Monday: "Imagine if the Starr Report had been provided only to President Clinton's Attorney General, Janet Reno, who then read it privately and published a 4-page letter based on her private reading stating her conclusion that President Clinton committed no crimes. From to , independent counsel Kenneth Starr investigated alleged abuses including the dismissal of seven Travel Office employees and conduct relating to former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton.
I was 21, a senior in art school, alone in my studio talking out loud to the TV in disbelief — not at the fact that the president was being called to answer for something gross, but that his certitude was a dead giveaway for his impropriety. Something in my gut told me he was lying. When had a man ever actually admitted to any wrongdoing? Clinton himself had already been accused of so many things that it could hardly come as a surprise to anybody that it was happening again. I could imagine how seductive the situation must have seemed to her.