Bill Clinton: Comments About Lewinsky This Week Not My ‘Finest Hour’

In advance of the New York State Democratic primary on April 19, former President Bill Clinton spoke with members of the labor union 1199 - SEIU at a campaign organizing event for Democratic Presidential candidate Hi... In advance of the New York State Democratic primary on April 19, former President Bill Clinton spoke with members of the labor union 1199 - SEIU at a campaign organizing event for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the union's headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA on March 31, 2016. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is acknowledging that his combative response earlier this week to questions about Monica Lewinsky wasn’t his “finest hour.”

Still, Clinton says, “It was very painful thing that happened 20 years ago,” adding that he had to “live with the consequences every day since.”

In an interview with NBC’s “Today” released Monday, Clinton bristled at questions over whether he should have resigned 20 years ago because of his sexual relationship with the White House intern.

Clinton was asked Tuesday by the host of CBS’ “Late Show,” Stephen Colbert, if he realized why some people thought his response was “tone-deaf” in light of the MeToo movement.

The ex-president responded, “It wasn’t my finest hour,” adding, “I was mad at me — not for the first time.”

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  1. Get off the stage, Bill, and take the rest of your generation with you.

  2. I hope my first girlfriend isn’t still mad at me for cheating on her.
    I was 12 years old then. lol

  3. Please, Bill, and I mean this truly, just shut the fuck up and go away. Retire somewhere nice and stop giving interviews. Really, just stop.

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