After Beyonce confirmed she would rework lyrics in her new song “Heated,” Monica Lewinsky suggested the singer make another change and remove her name from an older track.
“Uhmm, while we’re at it… #Partition,” Lewinsky tweeted.
uhmm, while we’re at it… #Partition
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— Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) August 1, 2022
Lewinsky thinks her name should be taken out of Beyonce’s 2014 single “Partition,” which includes a reference to the former White House intern’s relationship with Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s.
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“He Monica Lewinsky’d all on my gown,” Beyonce sang.
A fan responded to Lewinsky’s tweet, asking if she had directly reached out to Beyonce. Lewinsky admitted she had not but that it was a fair suggestion.
no, i haven’t. i did mention it in the first vanity fair article i wrote in 2014… which was the first public thing i’d done in 10 years. but you make an interesting/fair point…
— Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) August 2, 2022
“No, i haven’t,” Lewinsky responded. “I did mention it in the first vanity fair article i wrote in 2014… which was the first public thing I’d done in 10 years. But you make an interesting/fair point.”
In 2014, Lewinsky wrote an op-ed for Vanity Fair saying, “Thanks, Beyoncé, but if we’re verbing, I think you meant ‘Bill Clinton’d all on my gown,’ not ‘Monica Lewinsky’d.’”
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