‘He was abused, it affects you forever’

Abused by his mother? Hillary Clinton says her husband is scarred. AFP PHOTO / ESTHER LIM Source: AFP

A YEAR after Bill Clinton's presidency was rocked by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, his wife Hillary blamed his sex addiction on abuse suffered at the hands of his mother.

The comments were not published at the time but as Mr Clinton faces yet more claims of an affair, this time with a "buxom blonde" mistress nicknamed Energiser, the remarks have finally emerged.

According to a new book that quotes Ms Clinton from a 1999 interview, the former president's flamboyant mother Virginia Clinton Kelley was a "doozy".

Bill Clinton with his mother: Photo credit: Barbara Kinney, William J. Clinton Presidential Library Facebook. Source: News Corp Australia

Mrs Kelley was married four times including to Mr Clinton's father, who was killed in a car accident before he was born.

Mr Clinton has spoken of the challenges of living with an alcoholic stepfather who was both verbally and physically abusive. He has also acknowledged how he got much of his resilience and perseverance from his mother.

"I got that stamina from my mother," Mr Clinton reportedly said of his mum, who survived the deaths of three husbands before passing away in 1994 aged 70. Before this, Mrs Kelley was a strident defender of Mr Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal and her son's biggest fan.

However, new comments now seem to reveal another facet of their relationship, which suggests his mother ruined his childhood.

CNN TV video still from 1996 of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky greeting Mr Clinton at time of their alleged affair. Source: News Corp Australia

While not explaining the nature of the abuse, Ms Clinton suggests that it was the source of her husband's philandering.

"He was abused. When a mother does what she does, it affects you forever," Mrs Clinton told Pultizer Prize-winning journalist Lucinda Franks during an interview in 1999.

According to the New York Daily News, who has obtained galleys of the memoir Timeless: Love, Morgenthau and Me, Ms Franks admits to watering down Ms Clinton's comments at the time.

She reveals that she only published part of her interview with Ms Clinton and focused on the conflict between the president's mother and grandmother rather than the abuse.

"He was so young, barely 4, when he was scarred by abuse and he can't even take it out and look at it," Ms Clinton was quoted as saying in Talk magazine.

Hillary Clinton gets a kiss from her husband in 2012. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Source: AP

Bill and Hillary Clinton at a Halloween/birthday party in 1993. Source: William J. Clinton Presidential Library Facebook. Source: Supplied

"There was terrible conflict between his mother and grandmother. A psychologist once told me that for a boy, being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There is always a desire to please each one," she said.

Ms Franks has now decided to reveal more of Ms Clinton's comments, which places the blame more directly on her husband's mother.

"I am not going into it, but I'll say that when this happens in children, it scars you," Ms Clinton reportedly says. "You keep looking in all the wrong places for the parent who abused you."

The account seems to be at odds with the public perception of Mr Clinton's relationship with his mother.

One of Mr Clinton's high school classmates said: "I know Bill showed more affection toward his mom than any of us showed toward our moms.

Bill Clinton with his mum and brother. Source: William J. Clinton Presidential Library Facebook Source: Supplied

"You could tell they were close and drew on each other and they both loved to be around people," Phil Jamison said.

Mrs Kelley describes her son as being protective: "Bill protected me and took responsibility at such an early age," she said. "There is no way I can describe to you what he has meant to me."

She also seemed to be the picture of a doting mother, recording his successes on a home movie camera and telling friends she thought he would be president one day.

When he delivered the benediction at his high school graduation she wrote to her mother:

"His voice was magnificent as it sounded over the microphone in the football stadium.

"Of course, I was so proud of him I nearly died. He was truly in all his glory that night."

President Bill Clinton is sworn in for his 2nd term in 1997. AP Photo/J. Scott/Applewhite Source: AP

For his part Mr Clinton seemed to be both inspired and motivated to please her.

According to the New York Times, family friends said Mrs Kelley's resilience influenced her oldest son, who became known for his own perseverance in the bruising New Hampshire primary.

They were also very alike, with Ms Clinton once saying: "Bill and his mother always see the glass as half full".

Friend David Leopoulos said: "People don't understand ... what she did with her two hands and desire, she accomplished far more than most people do with everything material in the world".

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