Former President Bill Clinton has long had a reputation for sexual impropriety, including allegations of rape and harassment.

The former president raised eyebrows again late last week when he publicly described Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake as "physically attractive."

Clinton focuses on Lake's appearance

According to the Independent, Clinton's bizarre comment came last week when he was in Arizona to campaign on behalf of former Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego.

Gallego is running against Lake to fill the seat that will be vacated by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who served a single term in office.

While addressing Democrats at a rally in Phoenix, Clinton said that the Arizona Senate race is a "beautiful microcosm" of the contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

"You've got a person that grew up under sometimes-challenging circumstances, who made something of his life, running against someone who is physically attractive but believes that politics is a performance art. And where, like JD Vance, she has to be prostrate before the master," the former president declared.

Lake: "I thought I was too old for him. Doesn't he like interns?"

Newsweek noted that for her part, Lake responded to Clinton's odd remarks while speaking at a campaign event the following day.

Kari Lake's response to Bill Clinton trying to flirt with her publicly is BRUTAL

“I thought I was a little too old for him. Doesn’t he like interns? 😲

Bill got rejected quicker than a liberal man's debit card. pic.twitter.com/eaX4GDQFCd

— George (@BehizyTweets) October 24, 2024

She explained that the former president "was here campaigning for Ruben Gallego, my cop-hating, open borders, anti-woman opponent, and Bill Clinton paid me a compliment."

"He said I was physically attractive," Lake continued before adding, "As a middle-aged woman, I'm flattered, okay? I don't get those kind of compliments every day."

However, the Republican Senate candidate then went on to quip, "I thought I was too old for him. Doesn't he like interns?"

Clinton was impeached following his affair with a 22-year-old intern

Lake's words recalled the fact that Clinton famously had an affair with a 22-year-old Monica Lewinsky while she was working as a White House intern.

Clinton was later impeached for lying about his and Lewinsky's relationship while being questioned under oath by investigators working for Independent Counsel Ken Starr.

At the time, Clinton was only the second president to be impeached in American history although he was subsequently acquitted after a Senate trial.