In the interview, journalist Craig Melvin asked Clinton about the # MeToo movement and then read Lewinsky's column about the impact the #MeToo movement had on her perceptions of sexual harassment. Melvin asked Clinton if he felt any differently about the incident now.

In what the former president calls “not my finest hour,” he admits he was not prepared to be accused of never apologizing to Lewinsky.

The former president's new memoir Citizen reflects on the scandal that nearly ended his political career, revealing frustrations over a 2018 interview in which he was asked if he had ever directly apologized to Monica Lewinsky.