Sarah Paulson Addresses Fat Suit Controversy Over Playing Linda Tripp In ‘American Crime Story: Impeachment’

Linda Tripp’s daughter Allison is speaking out about Sarah Paulson’s portrayal of her mom in “Impeachment: American Crime Story”.

American Crime Story: Impeachment has a star-studded cast, including Beanie Feldstein, Clive Owen, Sarah Paulson, , Edie Falco, Margo Martindale, and Colbie Smulders. But the Impeachment stars–and their very accurate makeup and costumes–aren't the only reason behind the show's hype.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s Impeachment: American Crime Story debut episode.

is finally set to premiere. The third chapter of creator Ryan Murphy’s follows the impeachment of former president Bill Clinton after his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

In the wake of documentaries on Britney Spears, Lorena Bobbitt, and other victims of a crueler, “more misogynistic” press machine, the hook to these projects is a prodding at both individual and collective memory. They claim to be recontextualizations, revisions, and rehabilitations, while they are still fundamentally pieced together as amalgamations of fame and identity, with the involvement of the subject or not.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMonica Lewinsky stepped out to FX’s champagne toast to “Impeachment: American Crime Story” on Wednesday night at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.Lewinsky, a producer on the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-winning anthology series, posed for photographers on the red, white and blue arrivals carpet for a few minutes before skipping the interview press to head inside to a makeshift cocktail lounge.

Ryan Murphy’s penchant for campy histrionics in focusing its narrative arc on the three women whose cumulative actions culminated in Clinton’s fall from grace: Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), Linda Tripp (Murphy stock player Sarah Paulson) and Paula Jones (“B Positive” star Annaleigh Ashford). They each deliver terrific performances in an absorbing take on a scandal that closed out the decade on a sour note.

Beanie Feldstein poses with Monica Lewinsky at the premiere of FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story at Pacific Design Center on Wednesday night (September 1) in West Hollywood, Calif.

As our culture changes and evolves, so does the content on our screens. So it’s no surprise that audiences today are less accepting of a “fat suit” than they were in the past.

Sarah Paulson is addressing the controversy surrounding her latest role.

is finally set to premiere. The third chapter of creator Ryan Murphy’s follows the impeachment of former president Bill Clinton after his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Nothing left out. Monica Lewinsky serves as a producer on the upcoming drama Impeachment: American Crime Story, which examines the relationship the former White House intern had with then-president Bill Clinton in the 90s and the events that led to his impeachment in December 1998.

As the premiere of FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” approaches, Beanie Feldstein is gearing up for the spotlight as she steps into the shoes of Monica Lewinsky. The latest installment in Ryan Murphy’s anthology franchise, which is set to kick off Sept. 7, follows the Clinton sex scandal and the impeachment trial of 1998.

Beanie Feldstein is gearing up for the spotlight as she steps into the shoes of Monica Lewinsky. The latest installment in Ryan Murphy's anthology franchise, which is set to kick off Sept.

FX has dropped a new trailer for their latest installment of “American Crime Story” with “Impeachment” pulling from real-life events just like they did with “The People vs. O.J.