Monica Lewinsky on Early Flirtation with Bill Clinton | The Clinton Affair: Premieres Nov 18 | A&E — Transcript

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1. 0:00I didn't get it until the first time I
2. 0:03was really in his presence I was struck
3. 0:07in a way that he had this ability to
4. 0:10hold everybody who was there not just
5. 0:14young women not just older women but
6. 0:16young men older men gay straight
7. 0:18everybody is sort of starry-eyed in his
8. 0:21presence I kind of have to laugh at my
9. 0:26younger self but that was what my crush
10. 0:29started when the opportunity arose to
11. 0:37attend a departure ceremony or some of
12. 0:39the other events I did the first time he
13. 0:45sort of seemed on autopilot so my crush
14. 0:47kind of waned a bit the second time was
15. 0:51different he you know paid a lot of
16. 0:55attention to me he spent time sort of
17. 0:58standing there and held my hand longer
18. 1:00than he should have and gave what others
19. 1:02have described as the full Bill Clinton
20. 1:04it feels as if you're the only person
21. 1:07standing there the next day we had a
22. 1:13surprise party for Bill on the South
23. 1:16Lawn that the staff was having I did
24. 1:22this really silly thing I ran home at
25. 1:25lunchtime and I put back on the sage
26. 1:28green suit I had been wearing the day
27. 1:29before when he paid attention to me I
28. 1:31thought well maybe he'll notice me again
29. 1:34and notice me he did
30. 1:44over the course of the rest of August
31. 1:47and September and October and into
32. 1:49November we had a number of these
33. 1:51rotations and counters there was really
34. 1:56no sense for me of anything beyond I
35. 2:00have this crush and this person I have a
36. 2:03crush on is actually paying attention to
37. 2:05me
38. 2:06[Music]
39. 2:10you
40. 2:23you