Rielle Hunter, videographer, etc.
Supposedly, Rielle Hunter first sauntered up to John Edwards in a bar. At least, that’s what it looked like to Edwards’ aide, Josh Brumberger. According to the recently published book “Game Change.” :
Brumberger would always wonder about that evening: Was Hunter’s presence really an accident? Had she and Edwards met before? Did she slink back into the hotel and spend the night with him?
That February evening in 2006, when Rielle Hunter gave John Edwards her business card, “was the moment when Edwards’ cataclysmic implosion began,” says “Game Change.” Fast-forward to now, four years after John Edwards met Rielle Hunter and less than two weeks before the release of Andrew Young’s book, “The Politician,” a tell-all account of that cataclysmic fall.
John Edwards admits paternity
Back when rumors first started that Edwards had fathered Rielle Hunter’s child, I would have bet my cash till payday that it was true. First, he admitted to having an affair with Rielle Hunter. But he insisted that a man named Andrew Young (yes, the same Andrew Young) was the father.
Now, as he faces the risk of the world hearing it from someone else, John Edwards admits, “I am Quinn’s father,” in a public statement. He means Frances Quinn Hunter, Rielle Hunter’s daughter. But will he cop to trying to get Andrew Young to fake a paternity test to cover it up?
Upcoming interview with Andrew Young
If you don’t want to wait until “The Politician” comes out, you can hear some juicy details during Andrew Young’s interview with “20/20″ Jan. 29 (Friday next week). Among the allegations in Andrew Young’s book, he says John Edwards transformed into an ego-maniacal narcissist during his 2004 campaign as John Kerry’s vice presidential running mate.
“The Politician” includes a plethora of behind-the-scenes details about the development of John Edwards’ relationship with Rielle Hunter, the public fights between Edwards and his wife, the great lengths Edwards went to in order to cover up that he was Quinn’s father and Andrew Young’s own experience as The Guy Who Took the Fall for John Edwards and Rielle Hunter, then one day decided enough was enough.
