NOW, A NEW DOCUMENTARY IS PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN.
>> WE ALL BRING OUR BAGGAGE TO
LIFE.
LIFE. AND SOMETIMES WE DO WHAT WE
SHOULDN’T DO.
SHOULDN’T DO. IT WAS AWFUL WHAT I DID.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
NOW OPENING UP ABOUT HIS AFFAIR
WITH THEN-INTERN MONICA
LEWINSKY, INCLUDING WHEN HE TOLD
HIS WIFE ABOUT IT.
>> I TOLD HER EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED, WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND
I SAID, I FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT
IT.
IT. >> I WAS SO, YOU KNOW,
PERSONALLY JUST HURT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS.
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU LIED.
>> SHE SAID, YOU HAVE TO GO TELL
YOUR DAUGHTER.
YOUR DAUGHTER. SHE SAID, THAT’S WORSE THAN ME.
AND SO, I DID THAT.
THAT WAS AWFUL.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER
PRESIDENT BLAMING ANXIETY IN
OFFICE FOR HIS TRANSGRESSIONS.
>> YOU’VE BEEN IN A 15-ROUND
PRIZE FIGHT THAT’S BEEN EXTENDED
TO 30 ROUNDS.
HERE’S SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE
YOUR MIND OFF OF IT FOR A WHILE.
>> Reporter: THEIR REVEALING
COMMENTS PART OF A NEW HULU
DOCUMENTARY "HILLARY," FOCUSED
ON HER CAREER AND LIFE IN THE
SPOTLIGHT.
SPOTLIGHT. >> I STOOD BY HIM BECAUSE I
THOUGHT THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS
WAS WRONG.
WAS WRONG. BUT THAT WASN’T THE NECESSARY
ANSWER TO WHAT I WOULD DO WITH
MY MARRIAGE.
MY MARRIAGE. >> Reporter: THE CLINTONS’
CANDID REVELATIONS FOLLOWING
YEARS OF SCRUTINY AFTER BILL’S
ACTIONS WITH MONICA LEWINSKY.
>> LOOKING BACK ON WHAT HAPPENED
THEN, THROUGH THE LENS OF #METOO
NOW, DO YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY OR
FEEL MORE RESPONSIBILITY?
>> NO.
>> NO. I FELT TERRIBLE THEN.
AND I CAME TO GRIPS WITH IT.
>> Reporter: IN 2018, CLINTON
SPEAKING TO CRAIG ABOUT MUN
LEWINSKY.
LEWINSKY. >> WOULD YOU GIVE HER AN
APOLOGY?
APOLOGY? >> NO.
>> NO. I NEVER TALKED TO HER.
BUT I DID SAY ON MORE THAN ONE
OCCASION THAT I WAS SORRY.
>> I CAME TO THIS POINT THAT I
HAD TO REALIZE, I COULDN’T RUN
AWAY FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
>> Reporter: LAST OCTOBER,
LEWINSKY TOLD SAVANNAH HOW SHE’S
TRANSFORMED HER OWN PAIN INTO AN
ANTI-BULLYING CRUSADE.
ANTI-BULLYING CRUSADE. >> HOW DID IT FEEL TO COME OUT
AND RECLAIM YOUR STORY?
>> WELL, IT WAS TERRIFYING.
IT COULD HAVE GONE DIFFERENTLY.
AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY IT
CHANGED.
CHANGED. >> Reporter: CLINTON SAID IT’S
UNFAIR HOW LEWINSKY’S NAME GAME
SYNONYMOUS WITH SCANDAL.
>> I FEEL TERRIBLE THAT MONICA
LEWINSKY’S LIFE WAS DEFINED BY
IT, UNFAIRLY, I THINK.
OH
OH OVER THE YEARS, I’VE WATCHED HER
TRY TO GET A NORMAL LIFE BACK
AGAIN.
AGAIN. BUT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO
DEFINE NORMAL.
DEFINE NORMAL. >> STEPH, WE HEARD THE FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE THERE,
DEFENDING HER HUSBAND, IN PART,
BY SAYING, THE IMPEACHMENT
PROCESS WAS WRONG.
BUT SHE WAS UNSURE ABOUT WHETHER
TO STAY IN THE MARRIAGE.
WHAT ELSE DID SHE SAY ABOUT THAT
DECISION, TO STAY IN THE
MARRIAGE.
MARRIAGE. >> IT’S INTERESTING.
ONE DECISION, WHETHER OR NOT TO
DEFEND HIM, WHICH SHE DID,
DURING THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS.
AND THE OTHER, DECIDING WHETHER
OR NOT THEY STILL HAD A MARRIAGE
AFTER ALL THIS.
THEY SAID THEY WENT THROUGH
COUNSELING, WHAT THEY
DESCRIBE -- HILLARY CLINTON
DESCRIBED AS PAINFUL COUNSELING.
AND BILL CLINTON SAYS IT WAS ONE
OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT HE
EVER DID.
EVER DID. IN TEND, THEY STAYED TOGETHER.
>> IT’S REMARKABLE TO HEAR THEM
SPEAK SO EMOTIONALLY ABOUT THIS.
AND THEY OPEN UP ABOUT SPEAKING
WITH CHELSEA AFTER THE
REVELATION
REVELATION REVELATIONS.
REVELATIONS. >> IT’S THE DAY AFTER BILL
CLINTON COMES OUT AND ADMITS TO
HAVING THIS AFFAIR WITH MONICA
LEWINSKY.
LEWINSKY. AND THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO
MARTHA’S VINEYARD.
MARTHA’S VINEYARD. AND CHELSEA CLINTON STANDING
BETWEEN THEM.
BETWEEN THEM. SHE’S ONLY 18 AT THE TIME.
AND GRABS BOTH OF THEIR HANDS.
YOU SEE IT IN THE VIDEO THERE.
AND HILLARY CLINTON SAYS, AT
THAT MOMENT, SHE WAS SO STRUCK
BY HER DAUGHTER AND HOW STRONG
HER DAUGHTER WAS AND HOW SHE
KNEW THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY
NEEDED IN THAT MOMENT.
PRETTY REMARKABLE.
PRETTY REMARKABLE. >> THAT DOCUMENTARY, BY THE WAY,
OUT ON HULU TODAY.
VERY QUICKLY, WHAT WAS THE
MOTIVATION?
MOTIVATION? DO WE KNOW WHY THEY DECIDED TO
DO THIS NOW?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HILLARY CLINTON SAYS IS SHE IS
NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
OPEN.
OPEN. I KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT SORT OF WISHED
THAT OPENNESS HAPPENED A WHILE
AGO.
AGO. BUT IT’S OUT THERE NOW.
>> REALLY GREAT POINT.