Elizabeth Edwards Speaks on Rielle Hunter Affair
Elizabeth Edwards says husband John Edwards "made a terrible mistake" by having an affair with Rielle Hunter, but coping with the revelation was "oddly made somewhat easier" by her battle with an incurable form of cancer.
"None of these (problems) has been easy," she wrote on the political blog Daily Kos. "But we have stood with one another through them all. Although John believes he should stand alone and take the consequences of his action now, when the door closes behind him, he has his family waiting for him."
Elizabeth, 59, says her husband, 55, told her about the affair with Rielle Hunter two years ago – months before her breast cancer returned.
"John made a terrible mistake in 2006. The fact that it is a mistake that many others have made before him did not make it any easier for me to hear when he told me what he had done. But he did tell me. And we began a long and painful process in 2006, a process oddly made somewhat easier with my diagnosis in March 2007."
She says she wanted to keep it a "private matter" because it would be even more difficult to deal with on a public stage.
But, Elizabeth Edwards adds, "Because of a recent string of hurtful and absurd lies in a tabloid publication, because of a picture falsely suggesting that John was spending time with a child it wrongly alleged he had fathered outside our marriage, our private matter could no longer be wholly private."
Elizabeth Edwards then continued ...
"Admitting one's mistakes is a hard thing for anyone to do, and I am proud of the courage John showed by his honesty in the face of shame. The toll on our family of news helicopters over our house and reporters in our driveway is yet unknown. But now the truth is out, and the repair work that began in 2006 will continue."
"I ask that the public, who expressed concern about the harm John Edwards' conduct has done to us, think also about the real harm that the present voyeurism does and give me and my family the privacy we need at this time."
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August 18th, 2008 5:29 PM
Okay, now get jiggy with it!
Cheater’s Rap
John Edwards talked about Dad’s mill,
While sleeping with a chick off the pill,
He lied and fibbed to the MS press,
And, awoke early to preen and dress.
John's wife, Elizabeth, ate the lie in ‘06,
But supported John in Iowa while sick,
They stole Hillary’s honest votes daily,
And laughed on cue while hiding Rielle.
Why did John lie like a cheatin’ rat ?
No “New Deal” for the average Democrat,
While Obama and Hillary fought on the stump,
John Edwards watched Rielle grow a bump.
John begged the papers, don't print the story,
Knowing Iowans condemn the whorey,
Come on, Katie Couric, be a good sport,
And don't be tipping off the Drudge Report.
Now John’s love child is common news,
And Fred Baron has money to lose,
Rielle, now nursing, has jetted away,
Even Geraldo has joined the fray!
John’s affair has hurt his poor kids,
More than Clinton’s cigars ever did,
A sordid tale that some call a c
August 17th, 2008 11:26 AM
Elizabeth was so brilliant that she knew in 2006 that John's sex scandal would never be exposed to the public before he was elected president. She is so classy and brave that she could take contributor's money for cheatin' John and know absolutely that folks were helping his campaign that would never be derailed in any way. I really admire Elizabeth. So smart, so cunning, so a wonderful political operator. And no matter how much John lied to her, Elizabeth said that John always has his family waiting for him at home. What a wonderful example to her children. I admire her strength and integrity so much.
August 13th, 2008 1:08 AM
This is not really a comment on the Edwards but on the idiot cheating woman. I do believe that whatever Mrs. Edwards choses it's her business but for the other woman say anything about Elizabeth she ought to burn and she deserves everything she gets. Did she ever stop to think that the reason Elizabeth wasn't open to her and didn't give off good vibes is because Elizabeth saw right through her. Now her family is out ther saying John should tell the truth. Maybe she should. Come on-its obvious, she was infatuated, she knew he was married, if the child is John's she got pregnant on purpose so she could take him away from Elizabeth-who is she fooling. She loves him-bull. She wanted something that wasn't hers. Did he do wrong-yes but she needs to face up to the facts and the reality of what she did. Did she really think he would leave Elizabeth after all those years- please. It wasn't love it was lust and sex and that's all. Did she know his inner thoughts, did she know his passions, etc.
August 11th, 2008 11:46 PM
His excuse was her cancer was in remission and she's proud of her husband? Elizabeth sounds like a sweet women, and you have to feel sorry for her, with the stress probably caused by cancer, she can't see why a lying scumbug is.
Rank: Z-Lister
August 11th, 2008 12:44 PM
Elizabeth is a great, strong woman. She knows that dwelling on the past is not worth it, expescially since she is so ill. No one wants to spend their last days in termoil over the past, and it takes a hell of a woman to forgive and forget and stand by her husband. I also hope that people will leave them alone, so they can focus on their family and what matters the most.
August 11th, 2008 9:33 AM
I agree. Elizabeth is class and her comments were right on target. He made a mistake and he is not trying to make excuses. Who are we to judge? If she is willing to forgive him, it is none of our business. We feel for her because of her illness but illness is hard on a marriage for both people involved, the sick person and the caregiver. As long as he makes peace with God and his family, I hope people do respect HER wishes and leave the alone now. It's over. Move on. I would wish nothing but the best to Elizabeth, pray for good health and a repaired family.
August 10th, 2008 7:07 PM
Elizabeth Edwards is such a classy lady, and I really feel for her and her family. As for John Edwards, if he came clean with his wife about the affair it is not anybody else's business. Of course he didn't initially admit it. Who would?? Who would voluntarily put their family though that in a public forum, especially with Elizabeth's illness. I was glad to see that when he finally made his public admission, Elizabeth was NOT standing next to him like a long suffering wife (ala Eliot Spitzer's wife). At least Edwards got that part right.
August 10th, 2008 10:54 AM
"I am proud of the courage John showed by his honesty in the face of shame" Oh please he is and has always been an egocentric big fat liar!! Sure NOW he is admitting to an affair after he was caught by the tabloid press but for years he has done nothing but LIE LIE LIE!! I feel sorry for his sick wife. When she is dead he will publically admit to being the baby daddy to Hunter's lil bastard.