After vanishing from the public eye for a decade, Monica Lewinsky reemerged on Monday to deliver a speech stating that she "fell in love" with former President Bill Clinton and became the first victim of cyberbullying.

While speaking at the Forbes Under 30 summit in Philadelphia, Lewinsky opened up about her experience as a 22-year-old White House intern fresh out of college who had an affair with the president, reports Forbes.

"I fell in love with my boss in a 22-year-old sort of a way," she said, adding, "But my boss was the President of the United States."

"In 1995 we started an affair that lasted, on and off, for two years. And at that time, it was my everything. That, I guess you could say, was the golden bubble part for me; the nice part. The nasty part was that it became public. Public with a vengeance," said Lewinsky.

The 41-year-old California native also described the humiliation she endured after she was exposed as President Clinton's mistress at age 25. She says she wanted to give her experiences new meaning by starting an initiative to combat cyberbullying.

"Overnight I went from being a completely private figure, to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero," Lewinsky said, according to Forbes. "The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet."

Lewinsky went on to say that she suffered from a deep sense of shame and suicidal thoughts during this time in her life.

"I, too, was almost humiliated to death," Lewinsky said. "I believe my story can help, help to do something to change the culture of humiliation."

The infamous White House intern revealed that she was motivated to launch an anti-cyberbullying campaign after she read about the death of Tyler Clementi, a college student who committed suicide after his roommate secretly recorded and leaked video of him kissing another man.

"Having survived myself, what I want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive, too," she said. "I want to put my suffering to good use and give purpose to my past."

In addition to making a public speech, Lewinsky also joined Twitter Monday morning and quickly gained 16,000 followers within hours, reports The Telegraph.

Watch a clip of Monica Lewinsky's speech below.