Given the trauma Monica Lewinsky has endured since her affair with Bill Clinton became public knowledge, it may seem surprising that she's agreed to co-produce a 10-episode season of "Impeachment: American Crime Story" focusing on the events leading up to Clinton's impeachment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

However, producer Ryan Murphy said he'd offered Lewinsky the position because he wanted the story to be told from her perspective, telling Vanity Fair in 2019, "I told her, 'Nobody should tell your story but you... If you want to produce it with me, I would love that; but you should be the producer and you should make all the g*****n money." The installment, which is set to premiere on September 7, wasn't an easy journey into the past for Lewinsky. "It's been really, really complicated... And as hard as it might have been for us, it was harder for her," co-producer Brad Simpson said to THR.

Nevertheless, Lewinsky has been committed to ensuring that her story is told authentically, even if that means including difficult scenes. She insisted that a scene of her flashing her thong at Clinton get written into the script, telling THR, "Listen, I would've loved to have been really selfish... Ultimately, I felt two things: One was that I shouldn't get a pass because I'm a producer; and two, that it was unfair to the team and to the project because it would leave everybody vulnerable."

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