As if Elizabeth Edwards' book tour - one seemingly designed only to humiliate John Edwards and Rielle Hunter - the former presidential candidate's furious mistress is demanding he submit to a DNA test, according to National Enquirer.
NOTE: Before discrediting this report based on the source, do recall that it was this very celebrity gossip tabloid that broke the story of his affair - and the possible love child that Rielle gave birth to in February 2008 - in the first place.
When Edwards finally came clean regarding the affair last August, he said the father was his former aide, Andrew Young, and Hunter declared that there would not be any paternity testing on her daughter, Frances Quinn. Quite convenient.
But now, the Enquirer says she wants proof that John Edwards is the father of her 14-month-old love child and is working with a lawyer to take legal action.
The blonde divorcee, 41, has been derided as pathetic in the new book, Resilience, written by the ex-senator's cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth Edwards.
Rielle's sudden move to determine paternity is a clear signal that she is no longer willing to protect the philandering politician, according to sources.
Having been thrown under the bus by Elizabeth Edwards in her new book, an enraged Rielle Hunter is apparently trying to take John Edwards down with her.
Edwards is also the subject of a federal investigation into the possible misuse of campaign funds in payments made to Hunter's "production company."
"Rielle - probably naively - now realizes she had held onto a false promise that if she continued to take part in the cover-up John had engineered, they'd be together in the future," a source close to Hunter told The Enquirer.
Of the likely fabrication that Andrew Young is the father, the source adds:
"[Rielle Hunter] was willing to protect John for the sake of the child. She agreed to allow a crony of his to claim publicly that he is the baby's father, and she even kept the name of the father blank on the birth certificate."
"But now she can see there's never going to be a future with John - and she feels he's lied about his promise to keep Elizabeth from trashing her in the book."
"Rielle is so infuriated by his and Elizabeth's actions that she's throwing her loyalty to him out of the window! Rielle wants the paternity of her daughter Frances finally established. She knows it could ruin John for good."
Ruin him how? Quashing a third presidential run?
Seems like he's pretty ruined as is, but why not pile it on? He's still probably lying about the child, after all, and we'd hate to see him get away with that. Seriously, who cheats on their cancer-stricken wife while running for president?
Think a small part of Elizabeth Edwards is loving this right now?
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May 6th, 2009 3:26 PM
This woman is just beyond pathetic. I feel bad for the kid to have such trash as it's mother.
May 6th, 2009 3:46 PM
the only person beyond pathetic is rielle hunter. the whore who targeted a married man and got pregnant on purpose.
May 6th, 2009 5:16 PM
i actually wouldn't be surprised if this were true. she went away too quietly the first time (probably in exchange for money). now this book exposes the trash she is ... what else is there to do but take his ass down
May 6th, 2009 5:33 PM
They are all pathetic and trash! Elizabeth E. should be ashamed of herself-she is a DISGRACE! John E. is a CHEATER and a COWARD! Rielle should NOT have gone after a married man-but wants to know the baby's father! They are all LOSERS!!
May 6th, 2009 10:10 PM
I don't think she is 41.
May 6th, 2009 11:47 PM
The Rielle(Real) Hunter is a Gold digger,
a woman who associates with or marries a man chiefly for material gain.
As you all continue to discuss Lisa Druke's lastest pay day story from the National Enquirer. I think you all should remember these important
facts:
John and Elizabeth Edwardsa have been married for 31 years.
They had four children together, three are living, and one, recently, died. Elizabeth Edwards has stage 4 cancer.
Any decent human being would not have inserted herself
into their lives, and then sold stories about them to the National Enquiererfor monetary gain.
Lisa Druke, a.k.a. the Rielle (Real) Hunter fills me with disgust. I hope someday to never hear anything about her again.
By the way, whose fault is that the Rielle (Real) Hunter does not know who the father of her child is?
May 7th, 2009 5:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f91pEmygY0U&feature=channel_page
check that then
xx
May 7th, 2009 8:15 PM
Lisa Druck aka Rielle Hunter is 45. Surprising she got pregnant at all.
May 8th, 2009 12:38 AM
Rielle Hunter is a tramp plain and simple. You don't go up to a man and say, "you are so hot" without wanting to get laid! John fell for it and then a child, mayby his. Like Elizabeth said on the Oprah interview that affair and possible child is part of his life, not hers. She is dying of cancer and her children will be without her. She is trying to move forward with what life she has left with her family. There is time later for a DNA test and John to have some kind of relationship with that child if it is his, if he so wishes. Rielle wants to hurt Elizabeth more by demanding the test now. Retalliation for the book being written. Mrs. Edwards has every right to express her feelings. If it gets under Rielle's skin being called a groupie and pathetic, well if the shoe fits wear it!
May 9th, 2009 9:47 AM
Elizabeth is using her husband's affair with Rielle to sell copies of her book. How pathetic is that? Elizabeth criticized Hillary for her decision to stand by Bill, yet finds herself in the same position. Don't believe she made the decision for her children's sake -- if she put her children first, she wouldn't have included the affair in her book, and go on a promotional tour to criticize the mother of her children's half sister. John is no prize. He should stand up and be responsible for his youngest daughter.