'Repulsed' Rielle Hunter Knew What She Was Doing: GQ

John Edwards' baby mama schedules first TV interview

(NEWSER) - In scheduling her first TV interview, Rielle Hunter has gone right to the top: Oprah Winfrey. The Queen of All Media beat out Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer in the competition to debrief John Edwards' mistress and baby mama, RadarOnline reports. When she wanted to distance herself from photos that appeared in GQ showing her without pants, Hunter chose Walters to complain to—but the photographer quickly countered by releasing video showing an unperturbed Hunter at the shoot. 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»

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.”

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»

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»