White House counselor Kellyanne Conway revealed she, too, is a victim of sexual assault, choking up as she made her admission in an emotional interview on CNN Sunday morning.

Conway was defending Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination when she said she, too, was a victim.

'I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment and rape. I'm a victim of sexual assault. I don't expect Judge Kavanaugh or Jake Tapper or Jeff Flake or anybody to be held responsible for that,' she said, clearing her throat and pausing to take a breath.

'You have to be responsible for your own conduct,' she told CNN's Jake Tapper on 'State of the Union.'

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway revealed she, too, is a victim of sexual assault

Kellyanne Conway was defending Brett Kavanaugh during an interview on CNN when she disclosed her own attack

She went on to defend Kavanaugh, saying he was no Bill Cosby, who was convicted of drugging and raping a woman.

'This is not Bill Cosby,' she said, adding that Kavanaugh wasn't to be compared to Bill Clinton or Harvey Weinstein either.

She also showed sympathy for the victims of sexual assault who confronted Republican Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on Friday, which he cited as part of the reason he asked for an FBI investigation into the allegations against Kavanaugh.

'I want those women who were sexually assaulted and confronting Jeff Flake, god bless them, but go blame the perpetrator. That's who is responsible for out sexual assaults - the people who commit them,' Conway said.

Tapper expressed his sympathy to Conway, who offered no further details on her assault.

'This is the first time I've ever heard you talk about something personal like that and I'm really sorry,' he said.

'I've just had it,' Conway said.

He went on to ask her about President Donald Trump, who has allegations of assault against him, but Conway warned him not to go there.

'You work for a president who said all the women who have accused him are lying...,' Tapper began.

Conway interrupted him: 'Don't conflate that with this and certainly don't conflate it with what happened to me. It would be a huge mistake Jake. Let's not do it. Don't always bring Trump into everything that happens in this universe. That's mistake number one.'

Kellyanne Conway with President Trump on election night in November 2016

Kellyanne Conway and husband George Conway with the twins, Vanessa Conway, five, and eight-year-old Charlotte Conway.

She also warned users of Twitter and the media not to bring Trump into her story of sexual assault.

'People on Twitter and elsewhere are saying right now, 'oh how can she work for Donald Trump?' I work for President Trump because he's so good to the woman who work for him,' she said. 'I don't want to hear it from anybody.'

Tapper asked her - as a survivor - if she thinks women need to be heard.

'They should all be heard. And they should be heard in courts of law,' Conway responded. 'They should be heard in proceedings. Those who can prosecute, those who have civil and/or criminal causes of action should pursue that. But we do treat people differently who are either the victims or perpetrators of this, based on their politics and based on their gender. That is a huge mistake. Don't make the mistake.'

She went on to talk about her own children.

'You want to have the same kind of conversation that you have with your daughter that you have with your son. What do you think of your daughters? How do you talk to your daughters? How do I talk to my almost 14-year-old son?,' Conway said.

And then she returned to defending Kavanaugh.

On Thursday Kavanaugh and Ford offered separately emotional testimony about an incident from their high school years, where Ford claims Kavanaugh held her to a bed, tried to take off her clothes and covered her mouth when she screamed.

Kavanaugh has denied the allegation. The FBI is investigating.

Conway said the claim against Kavanaugh will keep others from wanting to be appointed to courts, given that it dates back to their high school years.

'This is Judge Kavanaugh now. It could be nip anybody by next week. Respectfully it could be any man in any position now. What would be the defense? It was 36 years ago. What would be the defense? There was nobody else to corroborate. I was 17,' she said.

Kellyanne Conway defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and President Trump

'I feel badly for Brett Kavanaugh,' White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said

Kellyanne Conway said the women that confronted Sen. Jeff Flake should go after their assailants. 'I want those women who were sexually assaulted and confronting Jeff Flake, god bless them, but go blame the perpetrator. That's who is responsible for out sexual assaults - the people who commit them,' she said.

She added: 'I feel badly for Brett Kavanaugh.'

Conway also echoed Republicans who sought to shift blame to the Democrats, saying they should have revealed the existence of the allegation earlier and let Christine Blasey Ford testify privately.

'I think the Democrats could have avoided all of this just by coming forward earlier and asking Dr. Ford and/or Judge Kavanaugh in those private phone calls. This woman got a say because of the Republican Party,' she said.

She added: 'I think it was torturous for both Ford and Kavanaugh and people should stop using both of them for their own political gains, may I say. I'm happy if they were willing to do that they came forward and testified under oath. The whole thing has to matter. It has to matter who he has been throughout his life. People are afraid they won't be able to defend themselves against 36-year-old allegations.'