reporter: there was a shadow over president clinton s official portrait, no, not his. look closely. there on the left of the frame, beneath the mantle, look familiar? that according to the artist is the shadow of then intern and presidential mistress monica lewinsky, wearing the infamous blue dress that nearly brought down the clinton marriage and presidency. the national portrait gallery actually has ten formal portraits of president clinton. it can rotate through its display. by coincidence, the museum says the portrait with the unwelcomed intruder is in storage. artist nelson shanks told the philadelphia daily news that while painting he could never get this monica thing completely out of his mind. and he confirmed to abc news he deliberately inserted lewinsky to remind close observers of the scandal and the shadow it cast. no comment from the clintons, but the gallery says no one has asked it be removed from the
after i had seen him. so for princess diana, did you put in anything that would be something that would seem to be a scandal that plagued her life in the portrait that you did of her? no. why not. i didn t find in her the scandal, i found the press the scandal. i thought she wassen dear ensen was endearing and became close friends and the only thing i found prophetic, at the bottom there is a blind door and it is just slightly ajar. and i guess the symbolism is that she is going to another place. interesting to hear that. nelson. quickly, have you heard from the clintons? i have not. i understand. do you want to? well i won t mind discussing it with bill. i m sure they have a few words for you, nelson. if they do we would love to hear from you. i know her and she s wonderful and nice. but the one thing that gets me about this is the censorship. they ve taken the painting and put it away and it has been away
rendering of the 43rd president never forgot those lies about lewinsky and in said portrait notable depicted him without his wedding ring the artist embedded, yes, embedded, a sly reference to monica. note the shadow cast by mr. clinton s body at right near the column. now note the other shadow on the left. nelson shanks tells the philadelphia daily news that s the shadow cast by monica s blue dress. the actual dress was returned to monica by prosecutors in 2001. guess the clintons are unhappy about this. shocking, i don t understand why. james, great to see you. likewise. embedded. overstimulated lower, what? anatomy? we re taking your thoughts. go to facebook.com/thekellyfile or send me a tweet. we ll be right back, but first on ah! come on! let s hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can t we just get in the running
bill: back here live in washington. a subtle reference in bill clinton s official portrait now revealed. the artist nelson shanks says he painted shadow of a dress to invoke monica lewinsky s infamous blue dress. it raised eyebrows. in 2006, clinton is not wearing a wedding ring. mantle on the shadow on the mantle. it is metaphor on clinton s time in office. now you know. martha: new questions today whether hillary clinton violated federal laws during her time as secretary of state after the benghazi select committee discovered clinton only use ad private email account while working as a top cabinet member and that her own aides may not have taken appropriate action to preserve all of those emails which of course would call be a expected to be a matter of
time for seriously that happened. the new controversy sour surrounding the surrounding the blue dress of monica lewin lewinsky lewinsky. the photographer has revealed a secret message. in the portrait there is a shadow that he said represents of the blue dress that thein turn wore that plagued his presidency as we know. it and the legacy now as we understand the revelation. and joining us is the artist nelson shanks that revealed the secret behind the portrait. and you ve pated everybody from princess diana to the pope what