David Letterman Monica apology for making fun of her during Clinton-Lewinsky scandal sounds moot. Letterman was a rising star with the Tonight Show while Lewinsky, a White House intern, was taking a lot of heat for some 'naughty' stuff she'd done in the Oval Office.
It was a different era, reports Ecanadanow.com. This is the era of the millenials and either people don't remember Monica all too well or they've moved on. But it's daja vu for Monica, because she's back to present herself as she is. So, Letterman seems to have jumped on the bandwagon expressing the 'regret' for mocking Monica while she was going through a difficult time in her life.
"The media were not the only ones that put a spotlight on Lewinsky. Comedians were just as unrelenting, with a barrage of jokes, and innuendos that helped set the stage for judgment and ridicule. Media and comedy often dubbed her such names as Lewinsky-gate, and zipper-gate," Ecanadanow.com reported.
Letterman says, 'She was just 21, and I added to the humiliation to the point of suffocation.'
That sounds a little bit like a 'little bit too late.' In some sense, Monica may not have realized it, but she really has moved on, and she doesn't have to prove it to Letterman or anyone else. So, why the article in Vanity Fair?
It could be that Monica was going through a "moral trial that played itself out in the national media demoralizing Lewinsky," said one report. President Clinton had a lot more to lose but somehow he came out winning. The impeachment vote 10-11/12 was close but he got through the flood.
Monica has announced a book, titled 'Monica's story.' Why go through so much trouble. She wants to "to set the record straight and absolve her reputation from a media trial, which has made it impossible to be gainfully employed, or move on."
Letterman did get it right when he said though she was the brunt of jokes, were comedians making fun of her because she was in the limelight or "overall this is a sad human situation."
In an interview Barbara Walters spoke to Monica Lewinsky, who told her side of the story in front of a TV audience assumed to be as high as 74 million.
Letterman said something that he is sorry he added 'fuel' to the fiasco to the 'point it was suffocating' and apologized, to which Walters said poignantly, "Good, Let's stop."
In the Vanity Fair, Monica had mentioned that she wasn't able to get a job that she liked due to the negative publicity from the media, which is much larger than just the 'Late Night with David Letterman Show.'
In some ways, it might be easier for Letterman to take back his jokes now that he's retiring, but Dave was a heavy hitter when it came to affairs, fiascos and all things gone wrong. He had a way of pulling down the crowd with his side-kick 'Paul', if you will, and was able to get away with crude and condescending remarks even at the guests who were present at the show.
The Washington Times reported that Letterman regretted making Lewinsky the butt of countless jokes after her involvement with President Bill Clinton. Looking back in time, perhaps, it was an easy way to get higher ratings and news that stands out is the best material for comedians.
"For the first time, Letterman admitted that he and his late-night brethren crossed the line in their merciless skewering of the former White House intern," said Globe and Mail.
But his confidante who was sharing an interview with Letterman, Barbara Walters was more tempered and understood Monica's predicament saying "she needed to move on." She said about Lewinsky being stuck in the Clinton fiasco: ""I don't think she's ever been given the chance to move on... she is still stuck in the humor of it."
As Hillary Clinton is primed to announce her ambitions for the presidential candidacy in 2016, she will be releasing her book 'Hard Choices' in June, while Monica too will release her story in June.
