The affair was ultimately made public after she confided in Linda Tripp and an investigation was carried out.
In the course of the interview with host Alex Cooper, Lewinsky recalled: “I came upon in regards to the investigation a number of days earlier than the remainder of the world did. There was a sting operation that occurred at a shopping center, after which I used to be up in, there was a Ritz Carlton connected to the shopping center.
“I used to be within the resort room, realizing what felt like my life was over… definitely my life was going to vary. I used to be threatened with jail. And, basically was instructed if I did not cooperate and put on a wire that I’d go to jail for 27 years.”
“And I noticed this prepare barrel down the tracks, and I actually felt like, January 21, opening the door. I used to be dwelling within the Watergate Complicated with my mother, and I keep in mind opening the door, and this was within the days the place folks would get a newspaper delivered, and in D.C. it was all the time a number of.
“I keep in mind seeing my title above the fold and the investigation and searching down the corridor and seeing the very same newspaper outdoors everybody’s door. It was surprising. It was terrifying. I did not know the right way to course of something. And it was a second the place life as I knew it was over.”