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Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards | 05/06/2009 8:55 am

Is John Edwards the Daddy? Maury Povich Wants to DNA Test Rielle Hunter's Child (Audio)

Elizabeth Edwards says love for John is ‘a complicated question’
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Fox News

Maury Povich wants to find out who Rielle Hunter’s baby’s daddy is and determine once and for all whether it’s John Edwards.

The talk-show host told Politico he wants to invite Edwards and Hunter to come on his show to find out whether the former senator impregnated his one-time staffer. "I would love to have the two of them on my show. We’d even do the testing for free," Povich said in a podcast.

Edwards’s wife, Elizabeth, even tells Oprah Winfrey on Thursday’s show that she has "no idea" whether her husband is the father of Hunter’s baby, but it’s definitely one of Washington’s hottest guessing games right now. One thing she told Oprah was that she’s not sure she’s over her philandering husband.

"You know, that’s a complicated question," Mrs. Edwards says when asked whether she’s still in love with her husband. "Neither one of us is out the door so I guess it’s day by day, but maybe it’s month by month." Mrs. Edwards also said she had asked her husband for one gift when they were married 31 years ago: to be faithful.

"It was enormously important to me," she said.

Listen to Politico’s interview with Povich below:

33 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Maggie W
This is nonsense!  If Reille has an ounce of decency, she won’t pimp her child out just so Maury can see some favorable ratings.  She knows who the father is.  If it’s Edwards kid, then he is probably supporting her.  No doubt Elizabeth knows , too.  Now they should all just shut up about it.  Why Elizabeth keeps opening this can of worms over and over is sad.  Bitterness is one hard pill to swallow… but please do it quietly.
By Maggie W on 05/06/2009 9:20 am
JJ GB
and then again, she may not know who the father is-sometimes multiple partners make that determination difficult.  I doubt John Edwards was the one and only bed partner.  The idea of having them both on together is a BAD idea.  She should get a DNA test, but leave the Edwards family out of it.  It would either help clear John Edwards as the father or show that he should be taking some financial responsibility for this child.
By JJ GB on 05/08/2009 6:14 pm
deber B

Honestly, this is becoming so "low rent" using the "baby daddy" vernacular.  

I mean, who really cares?  

By deber B on 05/06/2009 9:20 am
Libra Lady
Deber….I couldn’t agree with you more..who cares….let the tabloids have a hayday with this one….Boring!!!!
By Libra Lady on 05/06/2009 9:28 am
Kelly In Texas
Good grief why should WE care…if those two women involved don’t care….why should we? NNNNNNext…..
By Kelly In Texas on 05/08/2009 9:23 pm
nanchan u

Man…. I posted on that just yesterday!

By nanchan u on 05/06/2009 9:29 am
deber B
nanchan, these topics are soooo bad lately.
By deber B on 05/06/2009 9:52 am
nanchan u

I’d like to see some other stories here… The one I’d love to see debated was the one about positive press stats re: Obama in his first hundred days and the comparison between other presidents during that same time period.

These stories about Elizabeth Edwards, the Notre Dam deal (even MQ-C complained about that one, I didn’t think it possible!)  Michael Savage, Joe Biden (pulease!  The man just isn’t that interesting!) are so week.  One of the reasons I liked wow was that it gave me a forum to discuss politics… now I’m beginning to feel like they don’t want to have anything of substance or that goes against the liberal message.

I’ll continue to post, but I’m also working on my blog… stay tuned,  it should be ready for viewing later this week… I’d like to see people’s opinions on stuff without being in fear of being off topic, when we have had the same topics thrown at us day after day for weeks.

By nanchan u on 05/06/2009 12:53 pm
deber B
I will for further information!    The Hollywood crap needs to go.   No one cares about Bobbitt, Diana Ross, etc.   None of those threads get any hits.   We need more stimulating topics where both democrats and republicans can express their thoughts and facts.
By deber B on 05/06/2009 1:20 pm
Kelly In Texas
Hollywood is a left wing private party….good gawdy they get so much exposure from these Hollywood talking idiots…they have to stoke the egos….
By Kelly In Texas on 05/08/2009 9:26 pm
Rachel F
I’m not sure why John Edwards and Rielle Hunter haven’t been more forthcoming about this…maybe because this would be too much for Elizabeth, if the child is his (which I suspect — I don’t see any reason for concealment otherwise)? Or, again, if it is his, he’s considering a future comeback in politics, and thinks this might harm it? If it’s not his, though, I don’t know what the big deal is… 
By Rachel F on 05/06/2009 9:31 am
deber B
John Edward’s political career is in the toilet.   He’s done.
By deber B on 05/06/2009 9:51 am
T P
Yeah he’s done based on his actions. Another Democrat bites the dust.
By T P on 05/08/2009 10:42 pm
Patty E

With so many more important events surrounding us, in this world today—-our world-wide economic breakdown, the poisoning of the earth, the annihalation of humanity with poor choices made in favor of greed and money and power——WHY are we wasting out time, by focusing on a very personal, heart-wrenching topic that in the normal world, is kept private and within the family realm?—-not only that!  But it is something that happens every single day!  It is NOT unique!  Focusing on this story will change nothing—men and women will continue to  mate with each other, outside the ‘rules’ established by the society of people they choose to live in—-embellishing  the angst and the pain of this family is NOT a national EVENT—-it is a ‘distraction’ so that we mere ‘victims’ of all the important stuff, can look at someone else’s problems, rather than focus on the bigger picture of ‘important stuff’—-and even, yes, feel-food about ourselves that we are not the ones being plastered all over the news….  

By Patty E on 05/06/2009 9:31 am
Rachel F
Good question, Patty…I wish it had been asked more frequently in the plethora of gossip pages about Sarah Palin and her family!
By Rachel F on 05/06/2009 9:33 am