Monica Lewinsky Reacts To Beyonce's 'Lemonade': 'Let Me Know If It's Safe For Me To Listen'
As Beyonce's Lemonade spilled all over timelines following Saturday's (April 23) HBO presentation and the consecutive release of her sixth studio effort on Tidal (it was subsequently released on iTunes), social media was buzzing with GIFs and shocked face emojis over the singer's references to side-chicks, alluding to marital strife in her relationship with Jay Z.
Enter ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky -- who landed in controversy in the mid-90s when former President Bill Clinton admitted to having an "inappropriate relationship" with her -- grabbed headlines when she took to Twitter to respond to Bey's latest offering.
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"hey, will someone let me know if it's safe for me to listen to #LEMONADE? -- #sarcasmfilter," she joked on Twitter (April 24).
hey, will someone let me know if it's safe for me to listen to #LEMONADE? -- #sarcasmfilter
— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) April 25, 2016
The sarcastic tweet wouldn't be the first time Lewinsky has addressed matters pertaining to Bey. In a 2014 interview with Vanity Fair, Lewinsky addressed Bey's "Partition" lyrics, where she rap-sung, "Now my mascara running, red lipstick smudged/ Oh he so horny, he want to fuck/ He popped all my buttons, and he ripped my blouse/ He Monica Lewinsky'd all on my gown."
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"Thanks, Beyoncé, but if we’re verbing," Lewinsky said at the time, "I think you meant ‘Bill Clinton’d all on my gown,’ not ‘Monica Lewinsky’d.'"