Monica Lewinsky 'writing tell-all book about Clinton trysts because she needs the money' as friends reveal her dream was to 'lose 30 pounds, move to the country and have a family'

Monica Lewinsky is writing a tell-all book about her affair with Bill Clinton after the scandal left her hard up, unable to get a job and with her dreams dashed, friends have claimed.


The former White House intern, 39, is reportedly penning the book - including her intimate love letters to the ex-president and how he desired threesomes - for revenge on her former flame.

But friends say it could simply be a matter of cash for Lewinsky, who was left with massive legal debts and could never achieve her dream of 'losing 30 lbs, finding a boy, moving to Westchester County and having a family' after revelations of her Oval Office trysts with Clinton surfaced.

While Lewinsky has yet to sign a deal, it had previously been claimed that publishers were scrambling for the book and had offered her as much as $12 million.

'She may very well need the money,' a friend told MailOnline. 'That’s why she did the Andrew Morton [biography in 1998]. She had massive legal debts. It was a misconception that she came from a wealthy family. She's had trouble finding work.

'She went to the London School of Economics where it was easier for her blend in, because, in Europe, what prime minister hasn’t had an affair? But when she came back to the States, she couldn’t escape her past.

'Who is going to hire her and have her name come across in an email? It's unfair. She's a smart, capable, personable woman. How many 22-year-olds have made bad judgements?

Admiration: A December 1996 White House photo shows Clinton and Lewinsky at a Christmas party

Affair: Lewinsky, pictured in November 1995, claimed she had nine sexual encounters with President Clinton in the Oval Office between November 1995 and March 1997

'I think, if she had her dream, she would have lost 30 pounds, found a boy, moved to Westchester County, and had a family.'

Speaking to the National Enquirer, friends said the book will include never-before-seen love letters that she wrote to the president - some of which were so intimate she never sent them.

They reportedly detail her love for Clinton and how Lewinsky, then just 22, could make him much happier than his wife, Hillary, who the president called a 'cold fish'.

The book will also reportedly detail how he laughed about his nonexistent sex life with Hillary - and said he thought he was not the only one looking for love outside their marriage.

'Monica can describe how Bill went on and on about his insatiable desire for three-way sex, orgies and the use of sex toys of all kinds,' the friend added to the Enquirer.

Centre of a scandal: In October 1996, Clinton embraces Lewinsky, then a White House intern

Aftermath: In July 1998, Monica Lewinsky follows her lawyer Judy Smith through a media swarm

As well as the heartbreak she suffered after her relationship with Clinton, Lewinsky also plans to detail the pain of ending a pregnancy at the height of her liaison with the president, the source said.

She was carrying a child fathered by a Pentagon employee called 'Thomas', she revealed in an earlier biography written by Andrew Morton. 'That void has never been filled,' said the friend.

She is also writing it to get revenge on Clinton, now 66, friends said.

'For years, Monica tried to protect Bill out of a misplaced sense of loyalty,' a source told the Enquirer. 'But she no longer feels that way, and her memoir is his worst nightmare.'

During her grand jury testimony against Clinton in 1998, an immunity deal prevented her from exposing intimate details about their affair in the Morton expose that came out that year.

Denial: With his wife standing by in January 1998, Clinton insists he did not have relations with 'that woman'

Truth: But in August 1998, Clinton confessed on television that he did have sexual relations with her

Coming clean: People in California in August 1998 read papers the day after Clinton admitted to the affair

'But that agreement expired in 2001, and when Bill published his autobiography My Life three years later, Monica felt betrayed by him all over again,' said the source.

But another source told MailOnline that, while she was exploring the option of writing a book, she wasn't out for revenge. 'That's not like her,' they said.

Another longtime friend added: 'Someone may have pitched her the idea and she said, "Why not?" Maybe she could do a self-help book on how to survive a scandal.'

But they added it was unlikely it would be a sordid tell-all: 'She wouldn’t get into salacious details like that. That's not her mindset.'

Editors have also cast doubt over interest in the book, questioning whether a $12 million deal is really on the cards.

One top editor told MailOnline she believed that, considering Clinton's current popularity, a book trashing him 'would be a non-starter' that would only be suited to select, conservative publishers.

'Nightmare': Lewinsky's friends believe the book could rock Clinton's marriage to Hillary, left, who he called a 'cold fish' during the affair. They are also pictured with daughter Chelsea

Her bids for a book deal will at least shake Clinton - bringing him crashing down from the success he enjoyed after an energetic speech at the Democratic National Convention earlier this month.

Her apparent attempts to cash in on the affair could rattle the Clinton marriage - and wreck Hillary's bid for the presidency in 2016.

It could also affect Clinton's health; he has undergone two heart surgeries in recent years.

Though it has been 14 years since she claimed she had nine sexual encounters with the president, her presence still looms in the life of Clinton's post-presidency and Hillary's political career.

In what was an unfortunate and awkward schedule at the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina earlier this month, Lewinsky's former rabbi - who publicly condemned Clinton during the sex scandal - gave the benediction minutes after the former President took the stage.

ABC News reported that the awkward pairing was likely overlooked by organizers because Rabbi David Wolpe is such a well-known figure in the Jewish community.

And in July, during a visit to Egypt as U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was taunted by her husband's affair by protesters as they chanted 'Monica, Monica!'