Andrew Young: Rielle Hunter Is a Liar

The mistress talks—a lot

(NEWSER) - Rielle Hunter finally speaks out—a lot—in a 10,000-word GQ interview covering, among other things, her first sexual encounter with one “Johnny” Edwards (on the day they met). More from the unpaid interview:

• On her feelings for Edwards: “I love Johnny and I love my daughter more than anything in the world. We love each other very much. And that hasn't changed, and I believe that will be till death do us part.”
• On the Edwards’ marriage: “Their relationship has been dysfunctional and toxic and awful for many, many years."
• On Andrew Young: The cover-up “was Andrew’s idea”; “Andrew was in love with Johnny.”

But both Edwardses are moving on, sources say

(NEWSER) - Not surprisingly, Elizabeth Edwards wasn’t too happy with Rielle Hunter’s sexy GQ photo shoot and gushing interview about John Edwards. “She was disgusted by the photos like everyone. But she moved on pretty quickly,” a source tells People . Meanwhile, a friend of John’s says he, too, is moving on—from both Elizabeth and Rielle—and that any idea Hunter has of ending up with him someday is “total fantasy.” More»

Edwards mistress tells Barbara Walters she 'went with the flow'

(NEWSER) - Elizabeth Edwards probably isn't too thrilled with Rielle Hunter's GQ spread —but neither is Hunter. Barbara Walters said on The View today Hunter told her that when she saw the pictures, she found them "repulsive." When Walters asked her why she posed the way she did, Hunter said she trusted the "brilliant" photographer, and "went with the flow." Added Walters, "She cried for 2 hours." More»

Ex-senator isn't even hitting on women in bars anymore

(NEWSER) - Without his political career and largely without his family, John Edwards seems unmoored. He spends lots of time with his lawyers and lots of time ducking process servers working for the lawyer of his former right-hand man, Andrew Young—who's being sued by Edwards' former mistress, Rielle Hunter. Edwards isn't even hitting on women in bars anymore, Diane Dimond reports from Raleigh for the Daily Beast . More»

He shouldn't have lied to Bob Woodruff, she tells Oprah

(NEWSER) - Rielle Hunter’s highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey airs tomorrow, and ABC News has a preview. Hunter says she—and “everyone who knew all the facts and knew the truth”—begged John Edwards not to do the interview with ABC’s Bob Woodruff in which he admitted having an affair but denied fathering Hunter’s child. Elizabeth, she claims, was the one who insisted on the interview. More»