Rielle Hunter

After John Edwards was recently acquitted on violating campaign finance rules and having five more criminal counts dropped, his mistress and baby mama, Rielle Hunter, shares her side of the story about her infamous affair with the former presidential candidate in her memoir out June 26. In the book, titled What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter, and Me, Rielle makes some surprising confessions about her relationship with "Johnny" and her feelings toward his late wife, Elizabeth, who was dying of cancer at the time of the affair. If you're intrigued by the tell-all but aren't sure you'll actually read it, here are some of the juicy tidbits from Rielle Hunter's memoir:

• John didn't come clean about his other affairs to Rielle until 2011, which included at least two other women as far back as 20 years ago.
• John actually lied to her about having more mistresses than he actually had to keep her from getting attached.
• She calls Elizabeth a "witch on wheels" in the book and claims she harassed her and physically abused John.
• After Elizabeth discovered the truth about the affairs at the end of 2006, she called Rielle from John's phone, and when Rielle answered with "Hey, baby," Elizabeth hung up.
• To keep suspicion off of John when she was pregnant, she agreed to let his aide Andrew Young claim paternity of the child, and she even lived with Andrew's wife and children. She writes that this lie is the thing she regrets the most in regards to her relationship with John.
• Rielle and John filmed a sex tape in Uganda that Andrew tried to sell.
• In 2008, John admitted to the affair with Rielle but not to Quinn being his daughter. Rielle writes that he must have been "temporarily insane" to not cop to being the father of their baby.
• She alludes to them still having a romantic relationship, writing, "I really have no idea what will happen with us. The jury is still out. But I can honestly say that the ending is of no concern to me anymore. The love is here. And as sappy as it may sound, I love living in love."

And stay tuned for even more details when Rielle is interviewed on 20/20 this Friday.

Last month, Rielle Hunter posed suggestively in GQ, and today, the self-described "private" woman's chat with Oprah aired. When the talk show queen inquired as to how Hunter could stand by John Edwards when he renewed his wedding vows with his wife Elizabeth, Hunter admitted she was hurt. She said:

"No. I didn't get out. I was pregnant. Now he's turned into the father of my child. He's no longer the married boyfriend. He is now the father of my child and that shifts you. That changes things."

Are you lenient with your baby's father because he has biological ties to your child?

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In her photos shoot with GQ, John Edwards' ex-mistress Rielle Hunter scandalizes purple dinosaur Barney who appears to catch a glance of her underwear. While Rielle told Barbara Walters this morning that she was "repulsed" by the photos GQ ran, the words that came out of her mouth during the interview with the magazine only confirm her questionable judgment. Referring to John Edwards as "Johnny" throughout, she uses her experience to offer relationship-advice gems. Some highlights:

• On Elizabeth: I watched my father die of cancer. It's heart-wrenching to me. But it's also sad to me, her unwillingness to take responsibility for her part in the marriage. And her unwillingness to face the truth. We're all slaves to our unconscious, but she really believes that it's everyone else's fault.
• On female-male relationships: Had I spoken, I would have emasculated him. And I could not emasculate him. Also, it is not my desire to teach my daughter that when Mommy's upset with Daddy, you take matters into your own hands and fix Daddy's mistakes. Which I view as one of the biggest problems in all female-and-male relationships.
• On knowing it was special the first night: He in fact did say to me the first night, "Falling in love with you could really f*ck up my plans for becoming President." And of course I said, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans."
• On the man's role: He drives our relationship. He's the man. [laughs] He's in the driver's seat.

I'm sure Elizabeth Edwards is pleased, no?

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