SKANKS  1:10 pm June 20, 2012

Rielle Hunter and ‘Johnny’ Edwards Consummate Greatest Love Story Of Our Time

by Rebecca Schoenkopf

A love for the agesWatch out Liz and Dick, and Romeo and Juliet, and Buttercup and Wesley, and Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, and Bristol Palin and that creepy Gino guy: Rielle Hunter is here to write the gauzy, Vaseline-lensed story of her Great Love with the world’s best husband, father, and all around guy, John Edwards, and it is a tale of Chivalrous and Romantic Love that will leave you breathless!

Like for instance, how John Edwards denied paternity of their lovebaby because he was “temporarily insane” from 2008 until two weeks ago!

“He was temporarily insane” and “needed serious help” when he denied paternity of their child in August 2008, she writes.

“Think about it: Sane healthy people do not deny their children, especially on national TV, simply because they are afraid of their abusive spouse’s reaction. Only a mentally off person would do that,” she says.

Edwards publicly acknowledged the 4-year-old only after the judge declared a mistrial on May 31.

What weird things did Johnny Edwards lie about for no earthly reason, and why does Rielle Hunter understand?

Edwards told Hunter he had mistresses in Los Angeles, Chicago and Florida, but she says she was so wildly in love with him, she stuck with him anyway.

Those women turned out to be a lie. Edwards invented them so he wouldn’t get too serious too fast with Hunter, she says.

”Johnny didn’t do anything out of character. He has a long history of lying about one thing only — women — and I mistakenly thought I was different,” Hunter writes.

“Johnny went on to tell me that the three women he had told me about the first night I had met him were, in fact, not real and that he had made them up . . . My mind was racing.

She says he even made up stories about having taxing break-ups with the ladies.

“He had told me detail upon detail. I remembered the ups and downs of emotion I had felt the night he went to Chicago to break off his relationship there,” she says.

She justifies his reasons for lying to her, believing he didn’t want her to get too attached.

“I really don’t believe his lying about women was malicious. He used it as a defense to keep real feelings at bay,” she writes.

That is … weird? Really weird? And Rielle also spends a lot of her book’s real estate on bashing the late Elizabeth Edwards as an evil witch monster from the Black Lagoon, and that is not very klassy? But let us end with Love, which we are Fools for. Rielle?

“I really have no idea what will happen with us. The jury is still out. I can honestly say that the ending is of no concern to me anymore. The love is here. And as sappy as it may sound, I love living in love.”

[NewYorkPost]

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{ 148 comments }

FlownOver June 20, 2012 at 1:16 pm

If this trollop hits the talk shows to hype her published sleaze it will be just the thing I need to swear off the Teevee for good.

BklynE June 20, 2012 at 1:18 pm

Oh, she most certainly is; the NY Daily News has been mocking her for over a week now and has printed her media schedule. Not a single talk show or morning program has turned her down.

sullivanst June 20, 2012 at 1:45 pm

Hos gotta put out.

bureaucrap June 20, 2012 at 5:02 pm

What about "Farm Film Report", with the Schmenge brothers?

widestanceromance June 20, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Do it! Four years and counting for me and I have no desire to relapse.

ProgressiveInga June 20, 2012 at 1:28 pm

It works if you work it!

widestanceromance June 20, 2012 at 1:30 pm

That's hot.

UW8316154 June 20, 2012 at 1:52 pm

24 years tee-vee free here…

widestanceromance June 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm

A wide-stanced upfist for you, U.

Antispandex June 20, 2012 at 6:45 pm

Don't be silly! I'm sure she wouldn't want to sully her reputation by doing anything that tacky.

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 1:16 pm

A man lying to get strictly casual sex? The hell you say.

Lionel[redacted]Esq June 20, 2012 at 1:17 pm

Little know fact: The character of Rielle Hunter is based upon Al Gore when he was at Harvard.

wolvenwood13 June 21, 2012 at 2:58 pm

I thought those boobs looked familiar.

MOG2410 June 20, 2012 at 1:17 pm

HE was temporarily insane??????

SorosBot June 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Well Rielle's insanity is not temporary.

MOG2410 June 20, 2012 at 1:46 pm

Indeed.

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Man, get a hint bitch! You've been friend zoned.

Callyson June 20, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Friends don't let friends…ah, fuck it…

freakishlywrong June 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm

This fucker could've gotten the Dem nom, and this shitstorm would've come out. President McCain/Snowbilly would have turned this country in to Blade Runner their first month in office.

ManchuCandidate June 20, 2012 at 1:23 pm

Wrong SF movie. More like "The Day After" or "Mad Max Road Warrior."

Blade Runner is cool.

Antispandex June 20, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Escape From New York?

EatsBabyDingos June 20, 2012 at 1:30 pm

"Brazil."

freakishlywrong June 20, 2012 at 1:34 pm

We already ARE "Brazil".

Monsieur_Grumpe June 20, 2012 at 1:33 pm

Surf Nazis Must Die!

sullivanst June 20, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Blade Runner is cool, but I sure as shit wouldn't want to live in that world.

freakishlywrong June 20, 2012 at 1:51 pm

That was kinda my in-artfully made point. I lived on Sullivan St. in NYC. Is that the reason for your fursona?

sullivanst June 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

My avatar is intended to help explain my name. I've never lived on a Sullivan Street, but I like the song.

sullivanst June 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Well, except maybe the version where Sean Young lives (literary disappointment though that was), assuming she doesn't end up drunkenly trying to crash Oscar afterparties.

doloras June 20, 2012 at 7:19 pm

Snowbilly would fail the Voight-Kampff test.

MLHencken June 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm

So, apparently John Edwards is bad at pimping.

Antispandex June 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm

You know those DNA tests really fucked up our, "it aint mine I never even screwed that bitch" defense. Thanks, Science!

chicken_thief June 20, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Thomas Jefferson?

Serolf_Divad June 20, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Kid doesn't even look like me… for one thing, in case you haven't noticed: she's a girl and I'm not.

scvirginia June 20, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Summer used to be for beach reads, but now we also are subjected to beeyotch reads…

weejee June 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm

This lurv story is more effective than syrup of ipecac. Urrrmph….

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm

I read a lot of shitty romance novels to pass the time (currently she's a slave owner's daughter and he's a nobleman who enjoys performing cunnilingus but is mistaken for a criminal who's servitude was purchased by her father….swoon!) but even *I* would not read this piece of shit.

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 1:24 pm

Is Fabio on the cover?

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:27 pm

It's not a shitty romance novel without Fabio on the cover.

Actually, I'm reading it on my iPad. I no longer have to be embarrassed about my shitty reading habits in public, yay!

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 1:28 pm

We all have our guilty pleasures. Mine's killing Hobos with a claw hammer.

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Yours is productive, good for you!

Boojum June 20, 2012 at 1:33 pm

I prefer ball peen, as they don't get stuck in the skull on the backhand. Besides, ball peen.

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Sounds like Spin Cycle reading to me. Good thing the iPad has a solid-state drive.

Guppy June 20, 2012 at 2:09 pm

Not enough bon-bons in the world to make you read it?

freakishlywrong June 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm

Now that, my friends, THAT is a fucking dildo in that pic. No wonder she "lives in love". Ugh.

OkieDokieDog June 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm

Just knowing that she called him "Johnny" grosses me out.

scvirginia June 20, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Johnny, oh Johnny, I feel you are unkind
For I love you far better than all of mankind
I love you far better than words can e'er express
Won't you let me come with you? Yes, my love, yes.

(Insert retching noises here or throughout…)

Serolf_Divad June 20, 2012 at 1:47 pm

I wonder what they called his wee wee.

(Edit: Actually, no, I don't.)

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 2:00 pm

Wait 'til you see the photos of her pasty, spindly legs on the beach.

SorosBot June 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm

She should join Bristol's reality show.

Lionel[redacted]Esq June 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Does reality have anything to do with either of these people?

scvirginia June 20, 2012 at 1:45 pm

By that logic, they should rope in most of our politicians, including Mr. Edwards…

Generation[redacted] June 20, 2012 at 1:37 pm

I liked the part where she talked Willow into trekking with her to Nockmaar castle.

Callyson June 20, 2012 at 1:40 pm

Won't happen. This crazy mess would steal the show, and Bristol doesn't want the competition.

sullivanst June 20, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Yes, that would conveniently keep her off my screen.

James Michael Curley June 20, 2012 at 1:23 pm

Calling Elizabeth Edwards abusive and making her the Satan in the story is not going to win many friends or particularly secure walks down any public street.

lochnessmonster June 20, 2012 at 1:23 pm

The fact that she talks bad about Elizabeth will not endear her to Johnny's other children….

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 1:24 pm

The Post story actually leads with the "revelation" that Edwards recently frollicked with Rielle and the kid on the beach, as lovingly photojournalismed by the Daily Mail:
http://m.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161689/Joh

Boojum June 20, 2012 at 1:35 pm

Abbreviated as photojismed.

Allmighty_Manos June 20, 2012 at 2:16 pm

Seriously, he drove his family and career off a cliff for that. Salma Hayek maybe, but come on.

DemmeFatale June 20, 2012 at 3:17 pm

Really.
Psst, Rielle (or whatever your name is): Hot. Oil. Treatment.
(Me-ow! )

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 3:52 pm

Sorry, Less Choosy Fellas, but I would not hit that.

One of those photos appears to be Edwards bussing Andy Warhol on the cheek, also.

niblick77 June 20, 2012 at 1:25 pm

"I love living in love." – William Shakespeare just got a chubby in his grave!

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Aren't those Cole Porter lyircs?

scvirginia June 20, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Shakespeare Libel!

chicken_thief June 20, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Burt Bacharach bows to the Queen of Phrase Turning.

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Elvis Costello just deleted his Pro Tools.

Chichikovovich June 20, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Ben oui, I think that's from Quince's script in Midsummer Night's Dream, somewhere between

In this same interlude it doth befall
That I, one Snout by name, present a wall;
And such a wall, as I would have you think,
That had in it a crannied hole or chink,

And:

Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams;
I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright;
For, by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams,
I trust to take of truest Thisby sight.

James Michael Curley June 20, 2012 at 2:26 pm

Freakin' voyeur Thisby was justified in offing himself.

Steverino247 June 20, 2012 at 2:29 pm

Since it cost me one UK Pound to see the slab atop his body in the church where he's buried, I want a refund. With interest, dating back to 1978.

edgydrifter June 20, 2012 at 1:26 pm

When you really think about it, John Edwards and Rielle Hunter are perfect for each other.

MOG2410 June 20, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Match made in……….geez, I'm not sure where.

FlownOver June 20, 2012 at 1:56 pm

In Vagina, with apologies to the Speaker of the Michigan House.

UW8316154 June 20, 2012 at 1:56 pm

It's a wonder how people like that manage to find each other, isn't it? There's someone for everyone.

/hearts

widestanceromance June 20, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Is it true what "some people are saying" that she wore a skin head wig during their ugly-bumpings so John could pretend he was not cheating on his cancer-stricken wife?

I have to stop myself from going further, since this is a real hot button for me. Having stayed with a loved one with cancer (10 years ago and he's still fine, btw), I get so angry at these deserting types–and their state-sanctioned sham marriages–my hands shake too much to type out a decent rant.

Edit: OK, just this then. I might overlook a simple cheating in otherwise good times. He's human. But, here is the woman he took an actual legal oath to love, etc., and she's ill and may DIE. At this critical point, all that mattered to him was that Lil John is kept drained and happy. WTF! I took no such oath legally, but somehow remembered that maybe Lil WideStance is not the important thing right now, and helping my partner get through cancer and hopefully live to see another birthday is the important thing. The very last thing he needed was me coming home reeking of another, and the very last thing I needed was to abandon my commitment to him, because I felt scared or lonely or just plain horny. That's something you either get, or don't get about marriage/commitment. He don't.

carlgt1 June 20, 2012 at 3:01 pm

you're right, I did lose a lot of respect for him over this — but as with the "Dean Scream" BS – just look at Newt Gingrich, and how the hell did he come back as GOP Prez candidate, when you know that there's no way in hell Edwards could do the same (or even Howard Dean just for his "scream" for that matter)…..

widestanceromance June 20, 2012 at 3:24 pm

Oh, silly. Newt's a Republican. They own up to nothing (remember the pitiful "we lost our way" when they got voted out in 2008–and economy was about to melt–lame beyond words, and still all about them, not their responsibility or the consequences).

Newt should have drank himself to death in private shame and never been seen again, as also with Edwards. The party of personal responsibility is wishful thinking.

wolvenwood13 June 21, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Seriously, you said it beautifully and summed up what true commitment is about. Sometimes it takes a same-sexer to teach some of the idiot heteros what love and commitment is REALLY about. (FWIW, I'm hetero…OK, well, mostly) and my husband is a terrific guy; but I can't imagine cheating on him at any time, let alone when he's dying. We're polyamorous, but I can't imagine being with anyone else while he's in that condition. What a slap in the face.

coolhandnuke June 20, 2012 at 1:27 pm

Edwards/ Skeezerhands 2016

ManchuCandidate June 20, 2012 at 1:27 pm

If your wife has cancer
And you don't care about who you're talkin' to
When all you want to do is fuck away
Cause your wife won't blow you that way.
Well, there's a groupie with a jiggly rack
And the crazy ones do it bareback
So if you can't fuck with the one you love
Fuck the one you're with
Fuck the one you're with

sezme June 20, 2012 at 1:56 pm

When I read your first line, I assumed you were going for a "Da ya think I'm sexy" parody. You know:
If your wife has cancer
And you have no conscience
Come on, baby, let me know…

Barb June 20, 2012 at 1:27 pm

Screw them! Mina has been born!

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Woo hoo!

freakishlywrong June 20, 2012 at 1:36 pm

A Solstice Baby!

SorosBot June 20, 2012 at 1:37 pm

Yay!

Spurning Beer June 20, 2012 at 1:41 pm

Great! Everyone okay?

UW8316154 June 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm

Congratulations, Barb!

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 2:13 pm

Great! We need more Liberals in the world. Happy birfdayz.

Barb June 20, 2012 at 2:47 pm

Thanks everyone. Nothing sucks like typing on an iPad.
I have no idea how the baby is. Christine and Mina were taken by ambulance to another hospital. All I know is that Mina is born and she has two different colored eyes. My eyes are blue and green but they match . The girls are green and blue but they match. Mina has one blue and one brown, I think.
I hate Vegas and I want to leave and go to Chrissy.

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 3:00 pm

My cousin has that genitic abnormality (I hate to use the word abnormality because it isn't). Drove the opposite sex bananas. All the girls thought it was very cute.

Barb June 20, 2012 at 3:19 pm

David Bowie has it too.

DemmeFatale June 20, 2012 at 3:24 pm

Congratulations, Grandma and Grandpa!!

bobbert June 20, 2012 at 4:50 pm

Wahoo!! Congrats again. Please keep us posted, as you can.

Barb June 20, 2012 at 5:00 pm

Bobbert, you are just as sweet as sugar, thanks!
I want to be back at my computerso I can join you guys with the snark.

MosesInvests June 20, 2012 at 5:41 pm

Mazal tov again, GrandBarb!

ChernobylSoup June 20, 2012 at 1:28 pm

Three mistresses? By Edwards' count that's only one and a half mistress per America, which, when you think about it, seems a lot less tacky.

SorosBot June 20, 2012 at 1:29 pm

It's truly the greatest love story ever between a pathological narcissist and a lunatic stalker-esque hippie.

DrunkIrishman June 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm

JOHN EDWARDS 2016!

ProgressiveInga June 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Whoring and Whore-Mongering. Is this the "Two Americas" that candidate Johnny kept referencing? Which one is the mill worker? I am so confused.

EatsBabyDingos June 20, 2012 at 1:32 pm

Bet she is first chair in the Callista Skin Flute Orchestra.

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:32 pm

As my mom says, "soulmates" are just future murder victims.

SorosBot June 20, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Calling your boyfriend/girlfriend a "soulmate" is almost as good a sign for the relationship's future as getting their name tattooed on your body.

ProgressiveInga June 20, 2012 at 1:40 pm

I love living in love with your Mom. Has she considered writing fortune cookies b/c that would be an awesome one.

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:49 pm

MomTaken has some real doozies, including "never sell your pussy for free rent". She's all sorts of awesome.

freakishlywrong June 20, 2012 at 1:52 pm

Does she comment as "Barb" here?

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:53 pm

Shockingly, no. But she would definitely fit in around here!

succalina June 20, 2012 at 2:49 pm

I LOVE BARB!

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 2:07 pm

MomTaken should have a bon mot-off with Mom Schoenkopf.

Steverino247 June 20, 2012 at 2:32 pm

She's not a homicide investigator by any chance, is she?

thesuniverse June 20, 2012 at 2:48 pm

Your mom is a genius.

DemmeFatale June 20, 2012 at 5:01 pm

In my experience, "I love him/her to death," is the kiss of death.

RedneckMuslin June 20, 2012 at 1:32 pm

Do you know why Johnny's never coming back to you?

RedneckMuslin June 20, 2012 at 1:34 pm

CUZ YOU"RE A WHORE!!!

Oh, uh, wait a minute. Let me think about this some more.

Blueb4sunrise June 20, 2012 at 1:38 pm

It's Rielle's turn to cry
Rielle's turn to cry
Rielle's turn to cryyiyiyiiiii,
'Cause Johnny's found some younger vagina ,
to fuck

chicken_thief June 20, 2012 at 1:42 pm

Cause she was always playfully tussling his hair and fucking with his $400 haircut?

SpeedoFart June 20, 2012 at 2:48 pm

Hitler?

… Oh, wait.

Spurning Beer June 20, 2012 at 1:33 pm

John, I recommend you go do some shame work. With your drum.

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 2:09 pm

Men's Movement is African Drum Libel!!

StanleyPain2 June 20, 2012 at 1:34 pm

Wait, did she just call a woman dying of cancer who was being cheated on by her husband an "abusive spouse?" Is….is she Republican?

Monsieur_Grumpe June 20, 2012 at 1:35 pm

I found myself making gagging noises in my mind while reading that.

The Code Crimson June 20, 2012 at 1:36 pm

She's so horrible! I think her vagina might explode with hateful optimism at any given moment. And possibly alien love childs.

Buckminster June 20, 2012 at 1:39 pm

This isn't a joke? Really? I didn't think such vapid prose was possible once a woman got older than 14!

proudgrampa June 20, 2012 at 1:43 pm

I keep looking for the Onion link.

SpeedoFart June 20, 2012 at 1:40 pm

WESTLEY!

Jesus Christ, get it right, people.

MissTaken June 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

As you wish.

Callyson June 20, 2012 at 1:41 pm

Christ, that poor daughter…I hope she can survive this hot mess of a family somehow…

sullivanst June 20, 2012 at 1:42 pm

Since they're both cunts, does that make them lesbian?

And when will these miserable excuses for human beings get off my damned screen!!!?

mavenmaven June 20, 2012 at 1:47 pm

While politicians are so eager to legislate other's vaginas, here's the sordid tale of a politician led around by his very own penis.

Chet Kincaid June 20, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Why, oh why didn't she let McInery or Bret Easton Ellis write this installment? They did such a fine job with the earlier books.

UW8316154 June 20, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Well, bless her sweet little heart.

owhatever June 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

I am permanently temporarily insane.

JoeHoya June 20, 2012 at 1:59 pm

You know what else is insane? Taking her word that she's on the pill.

WordSaladNation June 20, 2012 at 2:00 pm

I guess John Edwards didn't listen to that Men at Work song as closely as he should've.

Guppy June 20, 2012 at 2:07 pm

A textbook case of Stupid Bitch Syndrome, where the woman lies to herself more than her fuckbuddy does.

Unfortunately, not necessarily the worst one I've seen.

MarionNYNY June 20, 2012 at 2:14 pm

"Think about it: Sane healthy people do not deny their children, especially on national TV, simply because they are afraid of their abusive spouse’s reaction."

Of course, maybe Edwards had a reason to be afraid, very afraid. He knew that as a result of TERMINAL CANCER Elizabeth was not herself. She had become obsessed with leaving a "legacy" for her children and in addition to forcing her husband to run for high office was also running a meth lab on the side.

TribecaMike June 20, 2012 at 2:29 pm

Thus the dire need for video camera control laws specifically aimed at politicians' mistresses and children. Give one a Panasonic Camcorder on their birthday, and the next thing ya know they're being taken seriously by Bill Maher.

chascates June 20, 2012 at 2:30 pm

Isn't there something Edwards could be sent to prison for? And take Rielle with him?

Steverino247 June 20, 2012 at 2:35 pm

Yeah, having a bouncing baby October Surprise just before people vote for President is a bad thing.

ttommyunger June 20, 2012 at 2:46 pm

Newt is reading this and chuckling while thinking: "Piker! If you'd just divorced the cancer-stricken wife and married the cunt you would still be accepted as Presidential Timber and be able to grift at will; at least in the Party of Family Values."

pinkoschminko June 20, 2012 at 2:57 pm

A married politician telling some woman he just met about all his mistresses!?! Proof positive that all politicians are just bat-shit crazy now, even the ones that seem so sane!

fuflans June 20, 2012 at 3:00 pm

this is JUST like shakespeare.

that one where everybody dies of poison and stabbing.

rickmaci June 20, 2012 at 3:19 pm

OK. Catch me up here. I'm looking at the pics in the Daily Mail link and wondering, when did John Edwards take up with Camilla Parker Bowles?

Nostrildamus June 20, 2012 at 3:29 pm

Funny, I was thinking this was another Romney dressage story.

fawkedifiknow June 20, 2012 at 5:19 pm

The one thing she said that may actually have been true, when she wrote it: "The jury is still out…"

Beanball June 20, 2012 at 5:57 pm

Hang on there, Missy. Sado-sexual sociopaths aren't technically "insane."

They're in a class by themselves.

JudiDimi June 20, 2012 at 9:51 pm

Say it isn't so… the little girl is wearing 'Lolita' sun glasses! Must be her mother is having a moment of insanity.

http://m.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161689/Joh

Baconzgood June 20, 2012 at 1:37 pm

Tee-Hee

"Ball Peen"

bobbert June 20, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Now I wonder if she and Bris had the same chinodontist.

Boojum June 21, 2012 at 4:26 am

Look who else likes ball peen hammers.

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