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Explosive: John Edwards Admits To Affair!!!!

Filed under: Politik

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His political career is OVER!

In a new interview with ABC's Nightline, one-time Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards admits that he lied repeatedly about NOT having an affair with the woman rumored to be the mother of his illegitimate child.

The former Senator came clean today, Friday, after weeks and weeks of avoiding the allegations from The National Enquirer.

Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, is battling terminal cancer and has not commented on this latest development.

We're sure his kids are really proud of poppa!

Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff that he did have an affair with 42-year old videographer Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

As if that makes it better?????

Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter's baby girl, Frances Quinn, although he said he has not taken a paternity test.

Edwards claims he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby's birth on February 27, 2008. He said his affair ended too soon for him to have been the father.

Uhmmm, then why did he go and visit the mother and baby last week????

Edwards said his wife, Elizabeth, and others in his family became aware of the affair in 2006.

Edwards made a point of saying that his wife's cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease.

That makes it worse, douche!!!!!

Since becoming pregnant, Hunter has lived under assumed names in a series of expensive homes in North Carolina and, more recently, in Santa Barbara, California.

Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going pubic but said it was possible some of his friends or supporters may have made payments without telling him.

Shady all around!

He knows more than he's telling!!!

Poor Elizabeth Edwards!

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182 comments to “Explosive: John Edwards Admits To Affair!!!!”

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  1. 1

    fucking pig….so glad his ass didn't win.



  2. 2

    Oh wow! Can't wait to get the juice…



  3. 3

    haha..i read the article on yahoo…and he claims he is NOT the father..man he the chick and the other dude need to go onto maury!



  4. 4

    Such a loser!



  5. 5

    HE IS SO SLIMYYYYYYY



  6. 6

    GET THE F**K OUT?!?!

  7. Anonymous says – reply to this


    7

    first bitches

  8. Eagle says – reply to this


    8

    Wow, and everyone couldn't believe it to be true, that is was all MADE UP! Opps!!!! Guess it wasn't. He's such a Hypocrite!



  9. 9

    SO MANY WHORES
    SO LITTLE TIME!!!



  10. 10

    i KNEW IT!



  11. 11

    I would love to get my hands around this little piss potts neck and choke him to death!! His effin wife has cancer and this scumbag is out screwing someone else!! I hope Mrs. Edwards dumps his ass and takes him for every nickel he has!! Little fucker!



  12. 12

    1: guys ALWAYS seem to think that will make it better…
    2: to say his career in politics is over is slightly over-dramatic: look @ prince charles. he is still taken srsly as is camilla, so you never know.



  13. 13

    He's toast!



  14. 14

    damn

    that really sucks. he was a good guy.



  15. 15

    but at least he admitted it….which is very rare for a Politican!!!



  16. 16

    I motherfucking KNEW IT!



  17. 17

    fucking POS glad he didnt win the Democratic nomination we might have had something even worse then Bill Clinton's fiasco on our hands..



  18. 18

    He should have known better to run for president. There was no way this wasn't going to come out. If I knew I had a dirty secret like that I wouldn't even attempt to run for any kind of office. Things you do in the dark always come to the light.



  19. 19

    Uggghhh, I hate this. Why does it matter if he can't keep his dick in his pants in the first place. Give the guy a break, we shouldn't be delving into his personal life anyways… Yes, he should have told the truth, but hell, Clinton was an amazing president and he couldn't keep it in his pants any day of the week.



  20. 20

    Wasn't it obvious?

  21. Sammy says – reply to this


    21

    I do not understand these politics they should just admit it when they get caught, it is worse when they deny it and then we find out it is true. Most likely that baby is his, that is so sad I feel sorry for his wife struggling with cancer and now this. Good for the National Enquire for standing by its story, that is not the most legit mag but, alot of times they get it right!!



  22. 22

    sad

    www.youheartmaggles.com

  23. buck says – reply to this


    23

    he still isn't telling the truth. why would a man fly across country to meet his ex-lover at a hotel in secret. and don't forget, his aide who is also married is suppose to be the father. so evidently they both hit it and john's turn again.



  24. 24

    But you've gotta admit!
    JOHN EDWARDS IS SEXY AS FUCK!
    It might be hard to turn down that dick.
    And that alot coming from me cuz I'm very young and I'm black lol



  25. 25

    he's so fuckin pathetic
    someone choke him already



  26. 26

    Re: Tinalouise – Tinalouise, this happened years ago… not now. You should check the ABC article, you might find out that the affair happened after the cancer went into remission… so leave it alone. You should learn its not a good idea to threaten to kill someone.



  27. 27

    oops.



  28. 28

    ugh what an ass! His poor wife as if having cancer and all that goes along with it wasn't bad enough, but having to deal with an affair and a possible love child(oh sorry he said he wasnt in love:P)thats just over the top



  29. 29

    I knew it! What a piece of scum. I hope his wife leaves his sorry ass broke and penniless on the street.



  30. 30

    is it just me or has anyone else noticed the lack of comments that read "1st!"…and there are also a lot less comments on each post…guess this login system is working out for the best! :D

  31. buck says – reply to this


    31

    Way to go LA Times, NY Times, Wash. Post!!!! The National Enquirer has become the place to go for top notch investigative journalism. The other left wing, bias publications wouldn't touch this story for 2 years even though they knew it all along. Now they will bury it on page 20. If it were a non-discript republican that was accused of toe tapping in a men's room it would be front page news for a years.



  32. 32

    "The Breck Girl" should invite his baby and babymama to go live in his 28,000 square foot house in Orange County, NC, which is, by way, the biggest house in the whole county! There should be plenty of room for Liz and his kids to never even run into them!



  33. 33

    So John Edwards and Andrew Young shared her? That's nice. They must be very good buddies. She must be such a lovely woman.



  34. 34

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    Actor, meet Actor



  35. 35

    Obama #39, he only admitted it because he got his sorry ass caught, just like Clinton did.
    If the Equ hadn't broken the story he would have never fessed up.
    You talk about a low life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



  36. 36

    Re: whattheheck

    If it happened so long ago..the why was he caught with the skank a few DAYS AGO at a HOTEL? Even if he didn't fuck her that day, it was stil stupid to go to a hotel with someone that he had a affair with earlier, and it was already speculation…but we all know they fucked.



  37. 37

    Re: kayce. – Um, Prince Charles is not a politician … His Royal Highness is pretty much guaranteed his position in life (a little history lesson would confirm that for you). John Edwards, on the other hand, is finished. It's ovah.



  38. 38

    42? I hope she had her seafood all-you-can-eat buffet tightened with baling wire first.



  39. 39

    Re: whattheheck – Leave it to an American to say that honesty doesn't matter in a leader. Are you effing SERIOUS??? And Bill Clinton an incredible President? He was IMPEACHED, big fella! His wife failed at the job he hired her for (health care reform). He was a massive failure at the job, and his global reputation is terrible.



  40. 40

    "Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going pubic…"

    nice proofreading…you might wanna change that.



  41. 41

    Not Joooohn. Ugh. Why can't men keep their little VPs in their pants?

  42. buck says – reply to this


    42

    I can see him lecturing us now with a wagging finger….' i did have sex with that women but i DID NOT impregnate that women '.

  43. JET says – reply to this


    43

    Well I guess the slut John Edwards will not now get to give a speech and stand hand in hand at the podium with the other slut, Slick Willie Clinton during the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
    .
    Slick Willie Clinton must now feel blessed that he became sterile from all the STDs he contracted, and subsequently infected Hilliary, after she gave birth to Chelsea.



  44. 44

    Re: whattheheck – Okay, he "says" the affair ended a while ago. He is lying. He went to her hotel in July; what do you think they did for three hours, until 2 a.m.? They have continued to have an affair, she also slept with Andrew Young, one of the directors of his campaign and his friend, and frankly I don't think either of them knows who the father of this kid is. She'll probably say it's the one who is wealthier. Someone will call for a paternity test.



  45. 45

    Oh god - what a disappointment!!!!!!! When will married men learn to keep their dicks in their pants????? Did he actually believe this would never come out? He probably did love the bitch and was blinded. Disgusted.



  46. 46

    Edwards is no different than any other man….they all cheat! unfortunately, he got caught



  47. 47

    My god what a loser.He says what?That he did sleep with her,yet he didnt love her?Now how is that better?What a loser god.



  48. 48

    Pathetic! His poor wife must be completely humiliated:(



  49. 49

    hhahahah going pubic



  50. 50

    BAHAHAHAHAHA busted by "The National Enquirer"!!!! Thats gotta sting! Poor Crossing Over with John Edwards! I feel bad for him!



  51. 51

    Perez don't be so smug you ass, Edwards had a lot of great reforms he wanted to make, and it is completely deplorable what he did, but he is still a good man. You understand nothing,



  52. 52

    Ha ha ha. HYPOCRITE!! He fucked the Clintons over and now the truth comes out. Hilary should be president and this douche should go back to working in the old factory he keeps bringing up to try and be "one of the people". His endorsement of Obama means shit now!!

  53. bouge says – reply to this


    53

    I still like him



  54. 54

    What??? A cheating, religious politician? Say it aint so! Such a Christian and yet he fucks other women behind his wife's back? This only proves that politicians pretend to be religious for stupid Americans so that they vote for them. God Bless America!!



  55. 55

    Oh and Ya'll should know by now that when a guy's wife gets cancer he'll cheat on her! I mean come on, a guy doesn't wanna catch cancer!!! LOL



  56. 56

    so sorry that i ever thought he was a good political candidate! he is gross. i know lots of men in politics have affairs and do retarded shit like that….but to sit there and lie for this long about it??? that is no better than putting us in a war and lying about why we're there or how it's going!!



  57. 57

    Wow… do all American politician have this much trouble keeping their dicks in their pants?

    btw Perez, could you cut Lily Allen a break? no one's perfect



  58. 58

    watch a fucking douche glad his ass ain't win



  59. 59

    Wow, a sleazy politician has an affair. Shocking. What a fucking pig.

  60. malee says – reply to this


    60

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    THAT IS REALLY MESSED UP HIS WIFE HAS CANCER ???
    WHAT WAS HE THINKING>????? HONESTLY!!!!
    AND I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD MAN???!!!!!!
    WHAT AN ASS !!!
    BTW THAT BABY IS HIS FOR SURE!!! WHY WAS HE VISITING THEN IN THE LOW DOWN???



  61. 61

    Why do we think his poli career is over?? Clinton's gained speed after he admitted to all sorts of affairs and blow jobs in the White House and before! In fact, he admitted to some before he was elected! I say Edwards needs to round up some more chicks to bang before he makes another run for Prez! LOL…(Indeed, that poor family, though!)

  62. moon says – reply to this


    62

    oh he
    and the rest of america can't remain faithful
    … if you had sexx (with condoms, birthcontrol, etc or not),
    there is a possibility that you are the father.
    he had an affair
    therefore he can be a father
    i hate it when i watch shows like maury
    where the little boys say
    "i am not the father
    because she fucked my cousin and the entire world"
    newsflash:
    you can be the baby's daddy!!



  63. 63

    All these politicians are liars and cheaters. There is no way he visited this woman and her baby in a hotel if they only had a brief affair in 2006. He should just own up to being the father. Elizabeth isn't much better. She knew about this for years and yet stood by him, playing the dutiful little wife. I always questioned why he would even run when his wife has terminal cancer. I think they are both very ambitious.



  64. 64

    "Edwards made a point of saying that his wife's cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease."
    ———————————————–
    Yea and can we all guess what sent her OUT of remission. Everyone knows stress takes a toll on your health. The "man" was screwing another woman —he basically dug his wife's grave.



  65. 65

    An ambulance chaser and an adulterer. That's two strikes. Oh, and not all guys cheat. Only jerks do. If you do cheat, you might as well just end the marriage now because she'll never trust you again. Nor should she.



  66. 66

    tale as old as time. like this is shocking to anyone who's been keeping track of humanity?



  67. 67

    Re: whattheheck – Be serious now. I wouldnt waste my time putting my hands around his skanky neck anyhow. I dont give a shit if she was in remission or not he is still a little cheater. The only thing that i cringe at is supposedly Elizabeth knew all about this woman and she still chose to go out and campaign big time for him. She is a much better woman than i could ever be.



  68. 68

    Good God. You'd think he could at least keep it zipped until his poor wife dies. What a supreme jerk.



  69. 69

    WHAT A REAL FUCKTARD!



  70. 70

    Hahahahahaha. Hahahahahaha. I TOLD all you doubters when Perez first posted this story that just because the NE broke it, it didn't mean it wasn't true. Hahahahaha. And I'm sure Edwards IS the babydaddy too. Hahahahaha.



  71. 71

    just one more thing… I was just thinking it's nice that the paps are actually breaking a storry that's culturally relevant! I wonder what other nasty bits might turn up if they weren't so busy trying to get panty shots of britney and lindsay… just sayin!



  72. 72

    Re: whattheheck – It matters because he's representing our country. And despite what you may think… some of us are still upstanding, sex-video-free and affair-free citizens. We need a person who can at least have a classy and clean personal life. It matters b/c the truth will ALWAYS rear it's ugly head and make the dirty politicians look bad. Who wants THAT as the spokesperson for our nation? It's like saying, "We want to put an adulterer in place as the youth-camp president so he can have affairs on OUR time and be a hypocritical counselor to the kids!"



  73. 73

    MEN MEN MEN MEN MEN!!!! Thats all I gots to say.. Political, Rich, poor, White, black, spanish!!! They are ALL THE SAME!



  74. 74

    Re: LettyB – Does that make you feel better? Calling a rich famous person (and who will always be able to take care of his family) that non-word name? While your mongrel family is scorned by polite society?
    Do your nasty and little twisted "fucktard" phrases get you noticed? Doesn't it occur to you that you have identified yourself with that nasty gutter non-word? Is that how you really feel? Does it describe the real you? Does it make you feel that you finally get the attention you crave but never get anywhere else but on this gossip site? Does it make you feel important here? Aren't you depressed, angry, and sad? Don't you often think the world is cruel and you'll be cruel to it in return? Poor twisted, Letty…you were even given a "fat" name. So sad. But i'll always be here to help you face your miserable existence. … You are welcome.



  75. 75

    They should have named the little bastard Elizabeth–that would have REALLY sent the bitch over the bend!!!



  76. 76

    Re: Sensible – I disagree with you 100%. I will not argue the points, but quite frankly I don't care if the man had an affair. Stay out of his bedroom. His sex life has nothing to do with politics, nor his judgement as president.



  77. 77

    Re: venezuelanmami88 – AMEN! I should know I am a man.



  78. 78

    Perez - I knew you were on target with this (even if it was originally coming from the Enquirer). He is such a fat fuck. As for the kid, when's the paternity test? Once that says this child isn't his, then I'll believe it.



  79. 79

    My prev post should read "…fake fuck…" not "fat" (that would be Mrs. Edwards).

  80. sss says – reply to this


    80

    He is a Man, he has needs his wife is dying. I don't blame him or hold anything againts him. If he stop loving or wanting to bang his sick wife does not make him a bad person. Loves sometimes ends. Maybe his wife did not make him horny anymore. I don't see what the big deal is. I think his mistake was not coming clean from the begining.



  81. 81

    Re: kayce. – Prince Charles is not a politician.



  82. 82

    Re: Flippar – Tax $$$ pay his salary - therefore we should be in the know. Sensible is right.



  83. 83

    Because he cheated on his wife his carreer should be over… it's pretty sad!
    He has been a pig, right but what' the point with his job ?



  84. 84

    Its pretty obvious that his wife having a near death experience really drew him closer to her! What an A to the Hole.

  85. tasha says – reply to this


    85

    It's too bad. Men are pigs. But as far as his political career being over. If his is over because of an affair then 2/3's of all politicians careers should be over. Look at all the republicans who were screaming to impeach Clinton during the Monica Lewinski affair. The ones screaming the loudest were all imbroiled in their own affairs at the time and most of them are still in the senate and congress. Not that it's right.

  86. Wrenn says – reply to this


    86

    There is no doubt…HE IS THE FATHER OF THAT CHILD…what a lying piece of shit…having an affair and fathering a baby while your wife is fighting for her life…his fucking heart should explode out of his lying mouth.



  87. 87

    much awesome! So your son Wade dies in a car wreck. Tragedy. Then you're desperate for a son so you make your post-menopausal wife take fertility treatments until she gets pregnant. Wife delivers a healthy girl. DAMMIT!! Start wife on fertility treatments again. Pregnant, again. Wife delivers a son. YEAH!! Now wife gets cancer from the ivf (proven fact). And she puts on some weight. Hey, dealing with 2 toddlers under 3 y/o can be hard on anyone. So you cheat on her with some campaign floozy and knock out another baby. Another girl! DAMMIT! Life is so unfair when you're the son of a mill worker.

    Burn in Hell John Edwards.



  88. 88

    I KNEW that all the gossip was true. Even before all the gossip, I took one look at that Pretty Boy face, and knew he was trouble. Thank God he didn't make the Primaries. What a phoney bastard. (PS Perez, can we still curse, or are you all AOL now?)



  89. 89

    Re: buck – You are so right!



  90. 90

    Re: TRUTHHURTS – Exactly!!! That guy is such a selfish PRICK! I hope he gets cancer too and see how he likes it.

  91. sss says – reply to this


    91

    Is not like his wife was a 20yr old super model. The bitch is dying and will die of cancer. Her canuchi probably is all dry up and her hormones must be a mess and does not get horny anymore. Besides who would want to bang a bald sick bitch. He is a dude with a dick and in order to perform it has to get hard, in order for it to get hard it has to be arouse. I dont blame him. Most men cheat because they are not getting it at home, the wife is a bitch, dirty, lazy, or fat. If women would put out all the time men would stay home.



  92. 92

    How original . . . a politician trying to cover up an "alleged" affair AND love child???? That's practically UNheard of really. The only thing troublesome about this story is not only that his kids are going to live the rest of their lives knowing what kind of man their father REALLY is, but this is going to be his dying wife's last memories of her husband and family?? SO SAD. SO TRAGIC. Not to mention, another child born and unacknowledged by his father (IF he is indeed the father). That definitely shoots him straight up to the top of the SUPER SCUMBAG list. Congrats to Edwards!!! That's no easy task!!
    Cheers :) !!



  93. 93

    Re: doThelocamotion – I know I wouldn't turn it down. Hahah.



  94. 94

    I knew it would be true…..guys the enquirer pays big bucks to dig up this kind of dirt….CNN is now reporting it. Career is OVER….poor Elizabeth: a son who died, a husband that cheated, and terminal cancer - she seems like such a lovely lady to have such horrible things happen to her!



  95. 95

    Re: Bloodyhell – No it is because he lied about it when asked while he was out campaigning trying to be our president. He cant be trusted.

  96. JET says – reply to this


    96

    John Edwards ONLY confessed today because he is praying the invasion by Russia into Georgia and the 1000's killed in today's war, plus the Communist Olympics keeps his slut life off the front page.



  97. 97

    OMG he is one hot daddy - I would do him in a New York minute. He can fuck my manhole any time - day or night.
    Have you seen his old, fugly wife - no wonder the stud muffin went looking for sex. Just wish it was with me.



  98. 98

    soooo where are all the dumbshitz who were earlier this week were saying the reason why it never hit mainstream media is because it was all a pack of lies….where are you all now? cat got your tongue?



  99. 99

    The National Enquierer is more correct then not and this proves it!

    They reported Edwards' affair 2 weeks ago and everyone doubted it. HA!!!!



  100. 100

    Dickbag. Can't he wait a few more years, his wife is gonna die anyways? What a dick.

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