Monica Lewinsky net worth
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What is Monica Lewinsky’s net worth?
Monica Lewinsky is an American writer, speaker and anti-bullying activist with a net worth of $1.5 million. Lewinsky first gained notoriety after having an affair with President Bill Clinton during an internship at the White House in the mid-1990s. The scandal led to Clinton’s impeachment and Monica became an international celebrity.
Lewinsky once said that she was “the first person to completely destroy its reputation globally through the Internet” and has been an anti-cyber bullying activist since 2014, and she is an important supporter of the #MeToo movement. In 1999, she co-published the book “Monica’s Story” with author Andrew Morton. According to reports, her book advance payment was $500,000. Monica also designed her own handbag series, served as the spokesperson for Jenny Craig, and hosted the 2003 Fox dating show “Mr. Personality”.
In 2021, Monica helped produce the FX series “Impeachment: American Crime Story”, featuring Bini Feldstein as Monica and Cliff Owen as Bill.
Early life and education
Monica Lewinsky (Monica Lewinsky), formerly known as Monica Samille Lewinsky (Monica Samille Lewinsky), was born on July 23, 1973 in San Francisco, California. She grew up in a Jewish family in Los Angeles, mother Marcia (writer), father Bernard (oncologist) and brother Michael. Monica’s parents broke up in 1987, and they both remarried after a painful divorce. Lewinsky studied at Sinai Temple School, Sinai Autumn Leaves College, John Thomas Day School, Beverly Hills High School and Bel Air Preparatory School, and graduated in 1991.
She then enrolled in Santa Monica College and worked in the drama department of Beverly Hills High School, then transferred to Lewis Clark College in Portland, where she received a degree in psychology in 1995. In July 1995, Monica started as an unpaid intern as the White House chief intern. In December of the same year, she obtained a paid position in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Ten years later, she returned to school, studied social psychology at the London School of Economics, and obtained a master’s degree in 2006.
Presidential scandal
Lewinsky once stated that between November 1995 and March 1997, she had 9 sexual contacts with Clinton, but these contacts did not include sexual intercourse. Monica was transferred to the Pentagon in April 1996 because her superiors thought she had spent too much time with the president. She confided to her colleague Linda Tripp and admitted that she was related to the commander-in-chief. In September 1997, Tripp began to secretly record her telephone conversation with Lewinsky.
Monica stayed at the Pentagon until December 1997. In the following month, she denied the relationship with Clinton in an affidavit filed in the Paula Jones case. She tried to persuade Linda to lie after taking the oath, but Tripp gave her tape to Kenneth Starr, who served as independent legal counsel during Clinton’s presidency and is investigating the Clintons’ whitewater real estate investment.
Tripp persuaded Lewinsky not to dry clean a blue dress with evidence of having sex with Clinton, and told her to keep any gifts he gave her. At a press conference in January 1998, Clinton denied having sex with Monica after taking the oath, but after Starr received the blue dress, the president changed his words and admitted that he “has had sex with Miss Lewinsky. Inappropriate relationship”. Both Lewinsky and Clinton testified before the grand jury, and the Office of Independent Legal Counsel granted Monica immunity from the transaction.
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Profession
In March 1999, Monica accepted an interview with Barbara Walters in “20/20”, which attracted 70 million viewers; at the time of writing, it is still the second highest-rated interview in TV history ( Second only to Oprah Winfrey’s 1993 interview with Michael Jackson), international broadcasting rights earned Lewinsky US$1 million. Monica guest starred in “Saturday Night Live” on May 8, 1999, and appeared in two sketches. In January 2000, she started producing ads for Jenny Craig, Inc.; the weight-loss company reached a $1 million endorsement agreement with Lewinsky, requiring her to lose at least 40 pounds within six months. The company’s choice of Monica as its spokesperson caused controversy, and ended her campaign in April of that year, paying her only $300,000 of the promised $1 million. Also in 2000, Monica appeared on the “Tom Green Show” and had her own show “Monica’s Postcard” on Channel 5 in the UK.
In 2002, Lewinsky appeared in HBO’s “Black and White Monica”, which gave her the opportunity to tell her story and answer audience questions. In 2003, she hosted the reality show “Mr. Personality” and appeared in “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, “The View” and “V Graham Norton”. In 2005, Monica moved to London and stayed hidden from public view for nearly ten years, but in 2014, she started writing for Vanity Fair and appeared in the special program “90s: The Last Decades” on the National Geographic Channel. And publicly opposed cyberbullying in Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” event.
Lewins gave a TED talk on the subject in March 2015. Three months later, she joined the anti-bullying organization Bystander Revolution as an ambassador and strategic consultant, and talked about bullying at the Cannes International Creativity Festival. In 2017, Monica contributed to Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate, co-authored by Sue Scheff and Melissa Schorr. ) Wrote the foreword, and in 2019, she discussed public humiliation in “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”.
Monica worked as a producer in the third season of Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which focuses on the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. The show will start filming in the fall of 2020 and will premiere in the fall of 2021.
personal life
Monica once said that after the scandal, she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and knitting helped her cope with unnecessary media attention. This hobby prompted her to create The Real Monica, Inc. in 1999 and design handbags for sale in stores such as Fred Segal and Henri Bendel. After the scandal, Lewinsky has lived in New York City, London, Portland, and Los Angeles. From 2005 to 2014, she basically stayed away from the spotlight when she wrote an article for Vanity Fair, “Shame and Survival” “And became a continuing contributor to the magazine’s website.
