Spokesperson for Elizabeth Edwards on Explosive New Allegations

Elizabeth Edwards on Possible Paternity Test
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A spokesperson for Elizabeth Edwards is going on the record regarding explosive new allegations about Elizabeth's estranged husband, former senator John Edwards.

Elizabeth, who announced earlier this week that she is separated from John, responded through her rep to allegations she says were made in a book, The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down, written by John's former aide Andrew Young.

"Elizabeth is moving on with her life and wants to put this difficult chapter behind her. It was an excruciatingly painful period for her and she [has] no interest in rehashing the past. Based on the limited portions of the book that have been made available, it is clear it contains many falsehoods and exaggerations," the rep told "The Insider."

"She will not engage in a dialogue on each of the false charges, but would like to set the record straight on two key points. First, the allegation that she sought to politicize her cancer is unconscionable, hurtful and patently false," the rep went on. Elizabeth suffers from terminal breast cancer.

"Second, she believed Andrew Young to be the father of this child until her husband confessed his paternity to her this past summer. She will have nothing further to say," the representative concluded.

Last week, John Edwards publicly confessed to having fathered nearly two-year-old Frances Quinn Hunter, after denying her paternity since publicly confessing in 2008 to an affair with the toddler's mother, Rielle Hunter.

Published 1/29/10 by the Insider

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  • hgwwd 2/6/10 Reply
  • kithe 2/2/10 Reply
  • Elizabeth show your cl and stay away from the media. We know you're a good person, but in love sometimes by losing you're gain.
    Anonymous 1/31/10 Reply
  • Frances Quiin Eduards is a beautiful child. God Bless her . She have nothing to do with the circumstances she was born into.
    Anonymous 1/31/10 Reply
  • I like Rielle at lot, she comforted John when every body was betraying him. Stay quiet and you will win this one. Elizabeth played her illness in the public arena to have the public against John and that was dirty.
    Anonymous 1/31/10 Reply
  • Elizabeth stop talking to the press. You started this and now you have to stop it. This is a private matter that only the players are allowed to talk abou.
    Anonymous 1/31/10 Reply
  • With having a poor medical prognosis with her cancer dx, it must be very difficult for Elizabeth emotionally. She does have a lot on her plate. There are times when having such a complicated life and being terminally ill, can reek havoc on the things we take for granted on a daily basis. Did the love child ever have a paternity test? To the person who commented adjacent to me, when her cancer was brought out during the campaign, so was Palin's daughter's pregnancy, the president who had MS and JFK's little premie that died. I was wondering if you also would view those situations as opportunistic or just being able to bestow honesty on the American people when honesty in politics at times is marred. Just wondering.
    Anonymous 1/31/10 Reply
  • I feel bad that Elizabeth has cancer, but their television appearance together to promote his candidancy and her cancer seemed odd, opportunistic, and contrived. How many people announce in the same breath that their spouse's cancer has metastasized and ' I am running for president.' I think Elizabeth wanted to be First Lady desperately, and that is why she pushed ahead.
    Anonymous 1/30/10 Reply
  • My Prayers are for Elizabeth and her children, Both of those men are scums!! (andrew
    Anonymous 1/30/10 Reply
    • Elizabeth try to learn from Hillary, don't talk abou any more. close the book and let him be free and happy . if you really love him...
      Anonymous 1/31/10
  • Elizabeth, you are a beautiful person inside and out.....wishing you all the best!!!!!!
    Anonymous 1/29/10 Reply
    • Elizabeth copy from Hillary and stay quiet. only the two of you are responsible for what happened and it's you who have to deal with it.
      Anonymous 1/31/10
  • Will Andrew Young officially have hs name removed from Frances Quinn Hunter's birth certificate and John Edwards name put on the document?
    Anonymous 1/29/10 Reply
  • Elizabeth is culpable for hanging around and not giving him his freedom.
    Anonymous 1/29/10 Reply
    • She should it divorce him quietly and all of this could it be prevented. It's Elizabeth's fault along. Accepted.
      Anonymous 1/31/10
    • free all the marry men that are in a loveless relationship...!
      Anonymous 1/31/10
  • leave her alone
    Anonymous 1/29/10 Reply
    • Elizabeth's fault for writing a book about her private life. she started the whole thing.
      Anonymous 1/31/10
    • She wrote a book about something that is only important to her and not the public. She sold her soul for money.
      Anonymous 1/31/10
    • Freedom for all the people who are in a dead end relationship.
      Anonymous 1/31/10
  • You people need to leave Elizabeth ALONE!! Just because her husband is a s bag doesn't mean that you need to drag her down even more. I'm sure the aid is trying to clear himself of all the things he did to HELP her husband so now he's trying to make things look really bad for Elizabeth. My prayers go out to her and her children during this time.
    Anonymous 1/29/10 Reply
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