Both Halle Berry and Monica Lewinsky have been mentioned in countless rap songs over the years – but the two women view their mentions quite differently.
Over the weekend, a fan tweeted the actress and wrote: “Halle Berry may be the most rapped about woman in history. Imagine being that fine.”
In a retweet, she replied, “and I appreciate every rap song reference. What are you guys’ favorite?”
While Halle is often mentioned for her looks, Monica is more often referenced for a particular sexual act she is associated with due to her 1990s scandal with then-President Bill Clinton. So understandably, she’s not as enthusiastic.
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Replying to Halle’s post, Monica joked, “wanna trade?!?” with a wink emoji.
Back in 2022, the BeyHive came for Monica Lewinsky after she suggested that Beyoncé should remove a lyric from her 2013 single “Partition” in which she mentions Lewinsky’s affair with Clinton.
Lewinsky got the idea after it was reported Beyoncé would be removing the word “spaz” from her Renaissance single “Heated.”
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Evidently, there were plenty of people offended by the word, which they deemed “ableist.” Lewinsky re-shared an article from Variety and added in the caption, “Uhmm, while we’re at it…#Partition.”
Released in 2013 on Beyoncé’s self-titled album, “Partition” included the lyrics: “We ain’t even gonna make it to this club/ Now my mascara running, red lipstick smudged/ Oh he so horny, yeah he want to fuck/ He bucked all my buttons, he ripped my blouse/ He Monica Lewinski’d all on my gown.”
The song references the infamous affair Lewinsky had with Clinton between 1995 and 1997. In total, she said she had nine sexual encounters with the married politician, one in which he ejaculated on her navy blue dress. Clinton famously denied the affair in a White House news conference, saying: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”
In 2014, Lewinsky wrote an essay for Vanity Fair correcting Beyoncé, saying the lyric should have gone, “He Bill Clinton’d all on my gown,” which is actually correct.
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She’s not always bothered by the references, however, and once thanked a number of rappers for mentioning her in their music during a speech at Forbes’ “Under 30 Summit” years back.
“Some of you might be asking, ‘Who the hell is she, this Monica, and what is she doing here?’ Or maybe even, ‘What is she doing in all of those Rap lyrics?’” she said. “Thank you, Beyoncé and Eminem. And Nicki Minaj. And Kid Cudi. Lil B and Lil Wayne… and of course G-Eazy, but let’s not forget Jeezy and all the rest.”
