Monica Lewinsky speaks out in details of her affair with Bill Clinton were exposed

Monica Lewinsky has spoken out about becoming 'the most humiliated woman in the world' when salacious details of her affair with then-President Bill Clinton emerged.

As part of her return to the spotlight, Lewinsky shared details in a new National Geographic documentary,

'That was one of the worst days of my life,' she said. 'I was a virgin to humiliation of that level, until that day... I was the most humiliated woman in the world.

'To have my narrative ripped from me, and turned into the Starr report, and things that were turned over or things they delved out of my computer that I thought were deleted. I mean it was just violation after violation.'

o have my narrative ripped from me, and turned into the Starr report, and things that were turned over or things they delved out of my

Lewinsky, who was 22 when she first began her affair with the president, said she was also left devastated by the media coverage.

'To be called stupid, and a slut, and a bimbo, and ditzy, and to be taken out of context, it was excruciating,' she said.

'To be in the vortex of this media maelstrom was quite alarming, and frightening. And confusing. I think a lot, too, had to do with the fact that I was a woman.'

Lewinksy's interview, which also shares her suicidal thoughts and whether or not she feels she deserves an apology from Clinton, will air on Monday. 

Her re-emergence into the spotlight comes after 10 years of self-imposed exile.

The former White House intern made her intentions known with a revealing article in May's issue of Vanity Fair, in which she made her desire to move beyond her affair with President Clinton clear.

'It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress,' she wrote in the Vanity Fair story. 'I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened.'

Lewinsky says that after laying low when Hillary ran for office in 2008, she's unprepared to put her life on hold for another possibly eight to 10 years.  

'I turned 40 last year, and it is time to stop tiptoeing around my past - and other people’s futures. I am determined to have a different ending to my story.'

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Life-altering: Lewinsky was just 22 when she and then-President Bill Clinton began an affair that would deeply affect both of their futures