The long reach of 1995 was reconfirmed the other day in the interview a portrait artist gave to a Philadelphia tabloid.
The artist, Nelson Shanks, said in the interview that he slyly painted into his portrait of President Bill Clinton a shadowy reminder of Clinton’s sexual dalliance with Monica Lewinsky.
She was a 22-year-old White House intern when she began a relationship with Clinton in November 1995, an intermittent affair that ultimately rocked the American government and give rise to the president’s impeachment in 1998.
Shanks was quoted by the Philadelphia Daily News as saying Clinton probably is “probably the most famous liar of all time. He and his administration did some very good things, of course, but I could never get this Monica thing completely out of my mind and it is subtly incorporated in the painting.”
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