Monica Lewinsky has a request for Beyoncé: that the Grammy Award winner edit the name-dropping “Partition” lyric referencing the anti-bullying advocate’s affair with Invoice Clinton.
“Uhmm, whereas we’re at it… #Partition,” Lewinsky, 49, tweeted on Monday, August 1, in response to the information that the “Break My Soul” singer, 40, tweaked the lyrics from “Heated” to eradicate an ableist slur.
This isn’t the primary time the previous White Home intern — whose late ‘90s affair with then-President Clinton is without doubt one of the greatest political and popular culture scandals of all time — has known as out Beyoncé for the NSFW point out in “Partition.”
“He popped all my buttons, and he ripped my shirt,” the “Formation” artist sings on the 2013 observe, detailing a heated hookup at the back of a limo. “He Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my robe.”
In her 2014 Self-importance Truthful tell-all, the London College of Economics and Political Science graduate revealed her tackle the “Partition” line.
“Thanks, Beyoncé, but when we’re verbing, I feel you meant ‘Invoice Clinton-ed all on my robe,’ not ‘Monica Lewinsky-ed,’” she commented on the time. The previous president was impeached over the scandal in 1998; Lewinsky grew to become a punchline for many years.
Although the “Loopy in Love” artist — who dropped her newest album, Renaissance, on Friday, July 29 — has but to answer Lewinsky’s newest plea, she joins a number of stars who’ve modified offensive lyrics from their catalog. Lizzo, for one, eliminated the identical slur from her music “Grrrls” one month prior. Taylor Swift, Paramore, the Black Eyed Peas and extra have additionally modified previous lyrics through the years.
Whereas Beyoncé is at present within the highlight because of the launch of her critically-acclaimed file, Lewinsky has additionally been within the limelight lately. Since taking again her narrative — starting along with her 2014 Self-importance Truthful editorial — the California native has shined a light-weight on bullying, slut-shaming and her aspect of the affair. In 2021, she produced Impeachment: American Crime Story, by which Beanie Feldstein portrayed Lewinsky.
The Lewis & Clark Faculty alum has additionally been recognized to poke enjoyable at herself — and the affair — on social media. In Might 2021, after @UberFacts requested customers to disclose “essentially the most high-risk, low-reward factor you’ve ever executed,” Lewinsky merely responded, “👀” — a response that shortly went viral.
Two years prior, after a psychologist polled Twitter to seek out out “the worst job recommendation” individuals have ever acquired, the TV producer had the right comeback. “An internship on the white home will likely be superb in your resume. 😳,” she wrote on the time.
