Ex-Wife, Daughter Speak on John Edwards Affair, Savaging of Their Lives
John Edwards and his daughter Cate used to be tight.
Then, the disgraced politician became one of the worst people alive, cheating on his cancer-stricken wife, knocking up his mistress, paying an aide to take responsibility for the child. That sort of thing.
Now, in her first comments since her father's secret life became exposed, Cate is siding - strongly - with her mother, Elizabeth. She told People:
"There are the things she taught without words, [such as] how to continue to live your life on your own terms when it somehow becomes savaged by people you never invited into it."
(Pssst, Rielle Hunter: We think she's talking about you.)
Elizabeth Edwards also speaks on in next week's issue of the magazine, saying she's hard at work on a paperback edition of her memoir, Resilience.
It will include a new chapter reflecting on the most damaging aspects of the fallout from her husband's infidelity. Says Mrs. Edwards: "It’s my story and I’m writing it from here on out – nobody else."
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June 28th, 2010 12:34 PM
Do Johnny & Rielle think about those holidays in the future when Elizabeth is no longer on this earth and they want to "integrate" (one of Rielle's favorite words) their children for a family meal? How "authentic" (another favorite word) will this be for any of the children? Is it even possible for Cate to have a coherent conversation with the delusional Rielle at the dinner table? Savage indeed. How does Rielle feel about the "authentic integrated" Johnny recently wandering the bars of NC, wine glass in hand, talking up the women? Ahhhhhhhh. The beds we sleep in, the videos we star in, the children we affect. For us, the gallery, the future holds the inevitable response from Johnny/Rielle. A synonym for resilience is "rolling with the punches." Maybe Johnny will write a book, edited by Rielle, explaining with psychobabble why he's the man he is and the positive effect this has had for everyone. After all, despite everything, he could have been President, Vice President or Attorne