Misha Collins might have been a famous TV angel, but before fans were shipping him with Jensen Ackles’ Dean, the actor was kicking around as an intern at the White House, mere months before the sitting President at the time, Bill Clinton, would be swarmed with a scandal involving a different intern at the White House, Monica Lewinsky.
`While the scandal had a lot of people writing about Lewinsky’s character in what can only be described as a smear campaign, Collins seemed to have taken a different route when talking about the scandal. In particular, the actor decided to actually defend Lewinsky amid all the negative press that she was receiving.
Misha Collins had a very straightforward take on the whole situation
Misha Collins, after exiting as an intern from the White House, decided to put out an article about the whole situation when it was at the height of its notoriety in the public consciousness. In 1998, the would-be actor wrote an article for the Baltimore Sun, which brought into focus an odd quirk in the coverage of the scandal. He pointed out, having served as an intern for the administration:
If Monica Lewinsky had not seemed like a star-struck, infatuated stalker who hung around the West Wing every chance she got, then it would be fair to say her behavior in the White House was suspicious.
The article largely detailed how interns would regularly go out of their way for a chance to interact with the President, which was a behavior that was largely attributed as odd in Monica Lewinsky. These particular behaviors, which were largely present in most other interns as well, were treated as telltale signs of her debaucherous personality, which was what the smear campaign against her wanted the public to believe.
Misha Collins’ take on the situation betrayed a better understanding of the whole situation
Most of the coverage of the situation went against Monic Lewinsky, such that the blame for the affair, or even the rumor of one would fall on her. Bill Clinton famously denied having any sort of sexual relationship with the intern, which, of course, was later found to be false.
While the campaign against the woman was running circles in the media, the odd coverage like that of Collins ended up sowing the seeds of discord in Lewinsky’s favor. The article argued well what went on behind the scenes, which was not made public knowledge before the mounting pressure from the public caused an investigation to open against the then President of the United States.
