Jay Leno Denies He Focused Monica Lewinsky, Says She Was Honest Sport

Jay Leno is responding to Monica Lewinsky’s claims that he went notably onerous on her after her affair with Bill Clinton hit the headlines throughout the ’90s.

Sources close to Jay inform TMZ he didn’t purpose Monica personally once more then — he says she was merely a easy punchline and truthful recreation, since she was in all places throughout the data on the time.

Addressing Monica’s claims from Tuesday’s “Title Her Daddy” interview with Alex Cooper, sources say Jay wouldn’t identify it unfair — she was sometimes the butt of the jokes, nonetheless no person was out to get her personally. It’s merely that, in comedy, usually people get hurt.

As well as they degree out that making jokes about her was a part of the late-night host rivalry — every male host was doing it.

That talked about, our provide tells us Jay couldn’t apologize or be sincere about it because of, successfully, that was the knowledge on the time — and that’s what they did throughout the late-night recreation.

We’re suggested Jay will get why Monica’s upset, nonetheless reminded us we keep in a singular time now, and he hasn’t talked about her establish in 30 years — and it’s not one factor he’d joke about at current.