John Edwards Not Engaged to Rielle Hunter

By Rebecca Macatee Posted Jan 9th 2011 04:00AM

Only weeks after his estranged wife's death, rumors flourished that John Edwards was engaged to the woman for which he left her. But according to John's mistress Rielle Hunter's attorney, there's no truth to any tales of a proposal.

Elizabeth Edwards, who was married to John for thirty years, died on December 7th, 2010, after a six-year battle with cancer. John admitted to his extramarital affair with Rielle in 2008, and while John and Elizabeth filed for divorce, the process was never finalized. Many have speculated John's personal indiscretions ultimately cost him his promising political career.

It only worsened his unfavorable public image when reports of John and Rielle planning to marry surfaced so soon after the passing of a woman with whom he had four children. However, ABC News reports that sources close to the Edwards family claim the former Senator is not engaged.

In January of 2010, John admitted to having fathered a child with Rielle. The Enquirer claimed John proposed the idea of them being, "one big, happy family."

As her health declined, Elizabeth was adamant about remaining civil towards John. She understood he would be the one to raise her two youngest children, ages 10 and 12, after her death. According to Daily Mail, John is now instructing his children to call his girlfriend, Rielle, "Mommy."

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Sunday 09 January

By mhwyman7

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What a Creep

By knflash

John Edwards is worse than a creep.

By laureenmt

I am glad to hear that this is true. Given the time he spent with Elizabeth and his children near the end of her life, I did not want to believe that he had turned his back on his first family like that. I hope he stays involved with his daughter Quinn but interacts with her mother as little as possible.

By xfssb

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There are creeps and bastards all over the world.
Our lives are just too short to lend our attention to the people of worthless. In the end, they'll all get what they deserve, but we should restrain from harsh judgements, for we will never know the truth inside the marriage of John and Eliz's. Regardless, Elizabeth was a respected, courageous woman. Let us not draw more attention to this dark saga that she would just like people to forget and move on.

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By page

I think he has some sort of mental deficiency or illness.

By kittylit

No, he's just thinking with his little head.

By Truth Serum

It's called "egomania". I grew up with him. He's a slimeball and a bully. I was terrified America wouldn't figure it out, but my faith was restored.

By alexa

Elizabeth Edwards may she rest in peace, showed so much grace and courage not only fighting a battle against a relentless disease that she would ultimately not win, but also after the truth came out about her philandering fraud of a husband, a man who is profoundly reprehensible, and remains so to this day. John Edwards is a cancer, he is the embodiment of a malignancy.

By Rindy

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Wow, you sound like a perfect self rightous human being. The kind you never know what they are hiding in their closet.

Monday 10 January

By carole

LITTLE HEAD is right!!!!!!!!!!!

By sherri

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I see no difference between John and Prince Charles. Do I think he is a creep too? It doesn't matter what I think or you think for that matter. A higher power will judge both in the end. Let the first without sin cast the first stone. Children are resilient and as with William and Andrew, I am sure Elizabeth's children will learn to respect whomever John decides to marry and move on in their lives.

By NCKat

You mean William and Harry, don't you?

By Suz

I can't defend John Edwards - but I really have a difficult time believing the Daily Mail - Elizabeth seemed to trust him in her last days and I don't believe for a minute that John is so callous as to "instruct" his children to call another woman Mommy. Elizabeth saw him as a loving father - he would not put his children through more confustion and heartache.

By Bella

Well both did cheat on their wives however I think that Charles was pushed into marrying Diana by his family. Charles didn't have a child with Camilla while married to Diana. Charles actually waited a long time to marry Camilla post his divorce and post the death of Diana. I think John is quite slimy whereas I am ambivilant to Charles' behavior.

By duckie

he has a severe pecker problem

By speech

He is only human - He made mistakes and now he has to live with them. Let those who are without sin cast the first stone

By amanda

This whole saga stinks. For Elizabeth Edwards to be subjected to this distress when her days were numbered, is repulsive. And to force kids to call a stranger mommy-especially so soon after their mother's death is dispicable. I hope this isn't true. This whole thing is shameful. Just shameful.

By kc

The article saya that Edward's affair cost him a promising political career. That's NOT true! His political career was over in 2006, before he had the affair. It's more likely that the affair was the result of his failed career, not the reason for the failure.

By Kim

No, the affair was the result of a woman seeing what she thought was a handsome man, albeit married, and went after him. She knew what she wanted. She alluded on the interview with Oprah that she did infact sleep with him the first night..but anyway, HE, on the other hand, was led right into the pit of adultry by his penis. As most men are.

By notbuyingit

You ppl in here are about as deep as an ant. Gullible to the point of having less than a third grade education. Seriously. E. Edwards was a terribly sad story of self-destruction, beginning foremost with her decision to take ill advised fertility tx's in the sunset years of her reproductive years, in order to 'replace' her dead son. The result? Deadly Hormone induced bx ca. Making her husband the scapegoat for her own mistakes, doesn't fool me. Sorry. Sad.

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