Highlights

• Monica Lewinsky's epic post about Bill Clinton won social media, inspired by a popular Taylor Swift meme.
• Many praised Lewinsky's bravery and humor in posting the meme, while others resorted to crude jokes.
• The post was hailed as the best tweet of the year, sparking calls for a potential retweet from Hillary Clinton.

As anyone who follows the music business will already know, Taylor Swift is incredibly successful, which allows her to keep getting richer. While there are many reasons for Swift's overwhelming success, the main key is that she releases incredibly popular songs.

During her career, Swift has written many songs with lyrics that fans love to quote and turn into memes. In April 2024, Monica Lewinsky mocked her scandalous past with Bill Clinton in a way that was inspired by a popular Swift meme.

This article will reveal how Taylor Swift inspired Monica Lewinsky to mock Bill Clinton. Then the article will look at how fans reacted to Lewinsky's epic Clinton post that played into a popular Swift meme.

Monica Lewinsky's Taylor Swift-Inspired Meme About Bill Clinton Went Viral

At the beginning of 1998, Monica Lewinsky became one of the most famous people in America after her affair with President Bill Clinton was exposed. Lewinsky and Clinton's affair began when she was working in The White House as an intern. Throughout the majority of the rest of the year, Lewinsky's name seemed to be in virtually every headline.

At the height of the Clinton-Lewinsky controversy, it seemed like virtually most members of the media delighted in shaming her. In the years since that time, many people have remarked on how unfairly Lewinsky was treated.

One of the people who has spoken out about how unfair the coverage of the controversy was is Lewinsky herself. In many cases, Lewinsky has proven to have a sense of humor about her situation, including when she posted a meme that referenced the controversy.

On April 24th, 2024, Monica Lewinsky posted a photo of The White House on Twitter at 8:57 PM. Alongside that image, Lewinsky included a simple caption. "you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me."

The image and caption were an obvious reference to how brutally Lewinsky was treated during the Clinton scandal.

After Lewinsky and Clinton's affair was exposed, she was often demonized in the media. That was the case despite the fact that Lewinsky was a young woman when she met Clinton, and he held so much sway over her. After all, Lewinsky was a White House intern and Clinton was the President of the United States.

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To say the pressure that Lewinsky was under would be too much for most people to handle is an understatement. In fact, a season of American Crime Story that depicted what Lewinsky went through made many viewers see her in a new light.

Before Lewinsky uploaded the photo of The White House, loads of people were posting different images or videos alongside the same caption. The meme was a way for people to brag about how most people couldn't handle the things they've gone through.

As an article on Know Your Meme outlines, the meme was inspired by a Taylor Swift song titled "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?". That song appears on Swift's 2024 album, "The Tortured Poets Department".

"Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" features lyrics about how strong Swift has become because of everything she has gone through. The caption that Lewinsky and other people posted are taken from two lines that reflect how Swift is a survivor.

"I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me/ You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"

Monica Lewinsky Posted The Ultimate Taylor Swift Meme According To Many Observers

Anytime a meme goes viral on social media, many people join in just for the fun of it, never expecting to get much attention. On the other hand, some people put a lot more effort into memes, in hopes of posting the ultimate version.

When Monica Lewinsky posted her Taylor Swift meme, there was no way to know how much effort she put into her post. What was clear, however, was that Lewinsky's post got a huge response from people on social media.

Long before Monica Lewinsky posted her Taylor Swift-inspired meme in April 2024, she already had a relationship with the music business. In March 2015, The Cut posted a list of rap songs that mentioned Lewinsky. That list of songs was extremely long, as there were 118 entries, and it is reasonable to assume The Cut missed some songs.

Almost immediately after Lewinsky made her post, other users reacted with amazement and praise. On top of that, most observers seemed to agree that Lewinsky's version of the meme was so epic, given what she'd been through, that it couldn't be topped.

One of the top replies to Lewinsky's post summarized that argument perfectly.

"OK… I think those of us who are of a certain age can agree that this wins that particular prompt/meme. Well played Ms. Lewinsky. Well played. 🙏🏽"

Of course, it shouldn't surprise anyone that some of the replies to Lewinsky's post were a lot less positive. In fact, some replies made crude jokes about the Lewinsky-Clinton scandal from the '90s. While Lewinsky must be used to jokes like that, it is still unfortunate that she has to put up with that kind of behavior.

It is also worth noting that some of the replies went a step further with their praise for Lewinsky's post. One example of that is a post from a user who goes by @Alexius_sc2 who labeled Lewsinky's post as the best overall tweet. "Tweet of the year."

One of the top replies to Lewinsky's post suggested one thing that could take her meme to a whole new level. While it is all but certain that the suggestion from @chrisjollyhale will never happen, it is easy to imagine how crazy the internet would go if it did.

"If Hillary retweeted this, the internet would break."