Lewinsky addressed the Channel 2 news conference about her experiences in the wake of the revelations of her affair with then-US president Bill Clinton. Following her speech, Lewinsky sat down for a scheduled talk with news anchor Yonit Levi. Levi asked Lewinsky if she was still expecting a private apology from Clinton after all these years. On Twitter several hours later, Lewinsky said that she had been misled by Levi, who crossed the line. "There were clear parameters about what we would be discussing and what we would not," she wrote on Twitter. Lewinsky said Levi had asked her that question a day earlier, and she had declared it off limits. "When she asked me it on stage, with blatant disregard for our agreement, it became clear to me I had been misled. I left because it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative." cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: '36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b' }).render('4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6'); }); if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";} Lewinsky simply answered: “I’m sorry, I’m not going to be able to do this,” and quickly walked off the stage. Conference organizers did not give any reason for her abrupt departure. A spokesman would not say if Lewinsky left the stage because of the question itself.On Twitter several hours later, Lewinsky said that she had been misled by Levi, who crossed the line. "There were clear parameters about what we would be discussing and what we would not," she wrote on Twitter. Lewinsky said Levi had asked her that question a day earlier, and she had declared it off limits. "When she asked me it on stage, with blatant disregard for our agreement, it became clear to me I had been misled. I left because it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative." The news company later added that it made sure to honor all of her requests, and that "the question that was asked was legitimate, worthy and respectful, and in no way went beyond Ms. Lewinsky's requests." In a statement, Channel 2 News said it thanked Lewinsky for her appearance, “and we respect her sensitivity and wish her luck.”The news company later added that it made sure to honor all of her requests, and that "the question that was asked was legitimate, worthy and respectful, and in no way went beyond Ms. Lewinsky's requests." Monica sat down for about a minute with Yonit Levi, then - upon hearing the first question - abruptly left the stage. Story coming... pic.twitter.com/75UPeLyGCF September 3, 2018 Before leaving the stage, Lewinsky gave a thoughtful, emotional speech to the gathered crowd at the Jerusalem Convention Center. Before leaving the stage, Lewinsky gave a thoughtful, emotional speech to the gathered crowd at the Jerusalem Convention Center. “My strong sense of family is rooted in the cultural traditions of Judaism,” Lewinsky said, “but there have been periods of my life where my faith has been challenged.” Lewinsky, who attended the Sinai Temple as a child in Los Angeles, said that after the Clinton story broke, “I was shunned from almost every community which I belonged to, including my religious community. That led to some very dark times for me.” She recalled sitting in a hotel room one day in 1998 and thinking, repeatedly: “I want to die.” “There were moments for me when it seemed like suicide was the only way to end the pain and the ridicule,” she said to the crowd. Lewinsky said she has watched the emerging #MeToo movement with very mixed feelings. There is no question, she said, that when she was in the public eye, she was relentlessly attacked, with little public support. “I don’t think I would have felt so isolated if what happened in 1998 happened in 2018,” she said. “By and large I had been alone. Publicly alone. Abandoned most by the main figure in this crisis, who knew me well and intimately.” Today, she said, what happened to her would be called “cyber bulling, online harassment and slut shaming.” Lewinsky said she was silent for many years, before she slowly morphed into a public activist against such bullying, harassment and abuse of power. “I am in awe of the sheer courage and bravery of the women and men who have stood up and begun to confront the entrenched beliefs and institutions,” she said. “Part of what has allowed me to shift [into public life], is knowing I’m not alone anymore.” Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern turned anti-bullying activist, gave an emotional speech in Jerusalem on Monday night before abruptly leaving at the start of an interview.<doc-sep>(CNN) — Monica Lewinsky cut a live interview short during a conference in Jerusalem Monday night after being asked an “off limits” question about former President Bill Clinton, saying later that the interviewer disregarded “clear parameters” for their discussion. Lewinsky was being interviewed by Israeli TV news anchor Yonit Levi of Hadashot News when Levi began by asking Lewinsky whether she still expected a personal, private apology from Clinton regarding their affair in the 1990s when she was a White House intern. “I’m so sorry, I’m not going to be able to do this,” Lewinsky said before dropping her mic and walking off stage of the conference organized by the news company. Lewinsky said in a statement she posted to Twitter that “there were clear parameters about what we would be discussing and what we would not.” An activist against social media bullying, Lewinsky gave a speech on the “perils and positives of the Internet,” and she said the 15-minute conversation with Levi was supposed to be a follow up to that topic, “not a news interview.” According to Lewinsky, she told Levi the day prior that the question was “off limits.” “When she asked me it on stage, with blatant disregard for our agreement, it became clear to me I had been misled,” Lewinsky said. In a statement, Hadashot News said that it had “stood up to all of its agreements with Ms. Lewinsky and honored her requests.” “We believe the question asked on stage was legitimate and respectful, and one that certainly does not go beyond Ms. Lewinsky’s requests and does not cross the line,” the statement went on. Explaining why she left, Lewinsky wrote that it was because “it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative.” Asked in June by NBC if he thought he owed Lewinsky an apology, Clinton said, “No, I do not – I have never talked to her. But I did say publicly on more than one occasion that I was sorry. That’s very different. The apology was public.” CNN’s Andrew Carey contributed to this report.<doc-sep>Monica Lewinsky said she stormed offstage at a conference in Israel after an interviewer asked her an “off-limits” question about former President Bill Clinton. The former White House intern turned anti-bullying activist tweeted a statement early Tuesday following the incident at the Channel 2 news conference in Jerusalem on Monday night. Israeli news anchor Yonit Levi asked Lewinsky whether she still expected a personal apology from Clinton over the fallout from the scandal of their affair 20 years ago. Lewinsky responded: “I’m so sorry. I’m not going to be able to do this" before putting down her microphone and walking offstage. Lewinsky had spoken about the "perils and positives of the internet" before sitting down for the scheduled 15-minute conversation with Levi. "There were clear parameters about what we would be discussing and what we would not," Lewinsky said in her statement. She said she had told Levi that the first question was off-limits when they met the day before. "When she asked me it on stage, with blatant disregard for our agreement, it became clear to me I had been misled. I left because it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative," Lewinsky said. "To the audience: I'm very sorry that this talk had to end this way," she added. Contributing: The Associated Press More:Sen. Rand Paul rips Bill Clinton for Monica Lewinsky remark: '#GiveMeABreak' More:OnPolitics Today: A personal apology to Monica Lewinsky? No need, Bill Clinton says<doc-sep>
Monica Lewinsky stormed out of an interview in Israel on Monday after she was asked a question about former President Bill Clinton, later saying she had been "misled" about what she would be asked. The activist had just spoken at the Jerusalem Convention Center, later sitting down for a question and answer session with Channel 2 News anchor Yonit Levi, who asked a question about Clinton. "Recently in an interview with NBC News, former President Clinton was rather irate when he was asked if he ever apologized to you personally," Levi said. "Do you still expect that apology, the personal apology?" The question did not sit well with Lewinsky, who replied: "I'm sorry, I'm not going to be able to do this," before walking off stage. The former White House intern, with whom Clinton famously had an extramarital affair, had previously told the news channel that the question was off-limits when she was asked the question a day earlier, she said. And after the incident, Lewinsky, who had been speaking about cyberbullying as part of her ongoing activism, released a statement on social media. "After a talk today on the perils and positives of the Internet, there was to be a 15 minute conversation to follow up on the subject of my speech (not a news interview). There were clear parameters about what we would be discussing and what we would not," Lewinsky said in the statement. "In fact, the exact question the interviewer asked first, she had put to me when we met the day prior. I said that was off limits. When she asked me it on the stage, with blatant disregard of our agreement, it became clear to me that I had been misled," she continued. "I left because it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative. To the audience: I'm very sorry that this talk had to end this way." Channel 2 News did not issue an apology following the incident, instead telling The Jerusalem Post that it thanked Lewinsky for her appearance and "we respect her sensitivity and wish her luck."