What would you do if your worst private heartache was on the front page of every newspaper around the world? Kate Nason knows…
Seven years into her marriage, Kate discovers her husband was cheating on her with multiple women. Then, the unimaginable happens.
It’s January of 1998 & Kate wakes to the news that one of her husband’s mistresses was having an affair with none other than US President, Bill Clinton. The press surround Kate’s home, clamouring for details about her husband’s affair with a White House Intern, transforming Kate’s private heartbreak into public mortification.
Kate’s new memoir, “Everything is Perfect”, uncovers the little-known side of one of the world’s biggest scandals, unveiling a cautionary tale about the ways we deceive ourselves, when we allow ourselves to be deceived by those we love. It’s also an intimate look at the impacts of infidelity, the fallout of gaslighting, and a deep insight into the silent, stoic wife at the press conference.
Confession time beloved BRAVE JOURNEYS family, I’ve always felt inordinate compassion for Monica Lewinsky and the way her life was all but decimated after her affair with President Clinton. He walked away relatively unscathed. She was brutalised, derided and the butt of late-night talk shows ever since. It was never OK. And her work in the anti-bullying space is to be commended. No-one is simply their worst mistake.
But as you’ll realise from this astonishing episode of BRAVE JOURNEYS, Kate was also collateral damage and her life was literally blown up through no fault of her own…
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Creator, Host & Executive Producer: Tammi Faraday
With thanks to my special guest: Kate Nason
Audio Editor: Zoltan Fecso
With very special thanks to George Weinberg and Ursula Ferguson
BRAVE JOURNEYS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we record this podcast on, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung who are part of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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