Happy Hour Vid: Rielle Hunter Reveals New Details on Oprah

John Hudson 19 Views Apr 29, 2010
When it rains, it pours. After months of secrecy, Rielle Hunter spilled the details about her affair with John Edwards in a lengthy interview with GQ. Now she's dishing out more on TV with the Queen of Daytime.

Oprah manages to tease out an interesting nugget. Hunter claims that Elizabeth Edwards pushed John to tell the truth about his affair. However, when she did that, she had no idea her husband had fathered a child with Hunter. Who knows if Elizabeth would have pressured John if she knew:

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