So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

Lewinsky has finally found a fitting niche on television. In 1999 Lewinsky declined to sign an autograph in an airport saying "I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.

Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23 1973) is an American woman with whom United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an "improper relationship" while Monica Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996.