Edwards Admits Affair, Says Enquirer Was Right

He's a liar! Former Presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted to lying about having an extramarital affair with a former staffer.

In an interview with ABC's "Nightline" that airs tonight, Edwards admits he had a sexual affair with 44-year-old Rielle Hunter, but claims he did not love her.

Edwards does say, however, that he is not the father of Hunter's baby girl because of "timing," saying he knew he wasn't the baby daddy based on the "timing" of the little girl's birth in February of this year. He claims the tryst ended too soon for him to be the dad. He has not taken a paternity test.

And the story gets better ...

Hunter met Edwards at a bar in 2006. After meeting, his campaign paid her $114,000 to create campaign spots, even though she was fairly unqualified to do so. According to Edwards, he says before they hooked up, he made sure to tell Hunter that his wife's cancer was in remission.

The National Enquirer first broke the story of the alleged affair last October. At that time, Edwards hooted and hollered that the story "false," adding It's completely untrue, it's ridiculous." He even repeated that denial two weeks ago after the Enquirer updated their story reporting that Edwards and Hunter had met up at a Bev Hills hotel. He admits in the interview the story was right.

And get this, Edwards says he never paid Hunter to keep her mouth shut, but admitted it was possible that some of his friends did without telling him.

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Jeez..nothing surprises me anymore

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The full story will be on Nightline tonight.

Here's the link to the ABC New blog.

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I LOVE IT!!!!!

I KNEW KNEW KNEW he was slime!

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I didn't. Can't believe in anyone anymore.

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Niiiiiice and the follow up to this will be he is the baby's father!

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I love that he made it a point to tell the reporter that the affair started AFTER his wife went into remission.. like that makes having an affair a little more acceptable...What a moron!

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I'm just disgusted beyond words. His wife was battling cancer while campaigning for him, and he was sleeping around. Disgusting.

How can anyone cheat on someone they love...

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Montel! Where is Montel?!

Re: Edwards Admits Affair, Says Enquirer Was Right

... and Maury say, " john edwards, you ARE the father!"


slime!

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Posted by pinkiegirl

I love that he made it a point to tell the reporter that the affair started AFTER his wife went into remission.. like that makes having an affair a little more acceptable...What a moron!