She revealed that what she went through was “an avalanche of pain and humiliation”. “And I think that at 24 years old it was really hard to hold on to a shred of dignity or self-esteem when you’re just the butt of so many jokes, of being misunderstood,” she added.

While the slut shaming was difficult to deal with, Lewinsky also found that people were making fun of the way she looked, which has had a lasting effect.

“It was not only just the slut shaming, not only having had an intimate relationship with someone who was now describing me in a way that no young woman would want to be described, there was also my looks,” she said. “I was very about the touch ups and make up. Part of my vanity now comes from the wound of having been made fun of for my weight, people saying I was unattractive.”

Lewinsky has previously written about the affair with Clinton, saying that it was consensual. In the interview with Oliver, she said that she had made mistakes and said and done stupid things, but the experience after the affair was “terrifying”.

Monica Lewinsky describes “avalanche of pain” at public shaming