Celebrity news programs are still closely following the story of former Sen. John Edwards's affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, talking with friends and family members in an effort to poke holes in the one-time presidential candidate's statements.
In its latest issue, People reports that "behind the public show of strength, the Edwards' household has been a scene of turmoil and tension" since John Edwards announced last Friday he had had an extramarital affair with Hunter in 2006.
"There was anguish - excruciating anguish - for her in dealing with this," Elizabeth Edwards's best friend, Hargrave McElroy, told the magazine. McElroy, Elizabeth's personal assistant and a schoolteacher from Raleigh, N.C., said Elizabeth Edwards was ultimately faced with the question: "Do I kick him out, or do we have a 30-year marriage that can be rebuilt?" he said.
One unnamed source also told the magazine that John Edwards told his wife about the affair "slowly."
Hunter's sister, Roxanne Druck Marshall, told the celebrity news program "Entertainment Tonight" that she apologizes to Elizabeth Edwards for her sister's behavior and admits that she feels "ashamed." Marshall also told the TV show that Edwards lied about how long the affair lasted and that her sister was still in love with the former senator.
And The National Enquirer, the tabloid magazine that broke the Edwards story, claims political operatives are paying Hunter and that "she was whisked away on a private jet two days before he confessed their extramarital affair on national TV!" The magazine does not cite any sources in its report. |