Monica Lewinsky‘s life would look very different had her path gone a different direction.
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MONICA LEWINSKY SAYS CANCEL CULTURE HAS ‘BECOME A LITTLE TOO BROAD’
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“I think had my life unfolded differently and had there been a different path that allowed me to get back on a more normal developmental path or to get a job and move forward in life, I’m not 100% sure I’d be an anti-bullying advocate at the moment,” she shared.
After attending graduate school, she continued, she realized she “couldn’t run away from what happened,” but that she had to “integrate it.”
Monica Lewinsky said she might not be an ‘anti-bullying advocate’ had her scandal not broken and had she not been publicly shamed.
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Lewinsky said it’s “not easy” for her to examine public shaming in the way that she has for the sake of the documentary, but she finds it “important to do.”
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She added that when she receives positive feedback on her anti-bullying work, it’s “worthwhile” to again examine her tumultuous past.
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“15 Minutes of Shame” will hit HBO Max on Thursday.