Hillary Clinton Drank ‘Her Share of Chardonnay’ After the 2016 Election Results

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In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley, Hillary Clinton explained what it was like to lose last year’s presidental election to Donald Trump.

“I think I am good, but that doesn’t mean that I am complacent or resolved about what happened,” she said “It still is very painful. It hurts a lot. I just kinda went in the bedroom, laid down on the bed, just thought, ‘Okay. I just have to wait this out,’ But then, midnight, I decided, ‘Well, you know, looks like it’s not gonna work.’”

She continued: “I just felt this enormous letdown — just kind of loss of feeling and direction and sadness. And, you know, Bill just kept saying, ‘Oh, you know, that was a terrific [concession] speech,’ trying to just kinda bolster me a little bit. Off I went, into a frenzy of closet cleaning, and long walks in the woods, playing with my dogs, and, as I write — yoga, alternate nostril breathing, which I highly recommend, trying to calm myself down. And, you know, my share of Chardonnay. It was a very hard transition. I really struggled. I couldn’t feel, I couldn’t think. I was just gob-smacked, wiped out.”

Hillary’s new memoir, What Happened? is out Sept. 12.