John Edwards now officially wins the award for stupidiest politician ever.
First he has an affair during his campaign for president. Then he chooses kooky Rielle Hunter for his jumpoff, a woman who obviously wasn't going to sit on the sidelines quietly like a good side piece. Finally for the topper he knocks her up and then gets himself photographed visiting the kid. I thought the end of Edwards sad saga had come when he finally confessed to being the baby daddy...but nope, there's more, a sex tape!
Sources have told us that, in the throes of their affair, John Edwards and Rielle Hunter made a sex tape that contains "several sex acts." And that his aide, Andrew Young found it on an unmarked DVD.
The tape, say both our sources, is explicit and reveals that Edwards "is physically very striking, in a certain area. Everyone who sees it says 'whoa'. She's behind the camera at first."
When rumors of the affair first broke Young was so loyal to Edwards that he pretended that he was the father of Hunter's daughter Frances Quinn, now 2. But part of Young's disillusionment with the 2004 vice presidential candidate and 2008 candidate came one day as he went through a stack of DVDs at Rielle Hunter's house.
It was this betrayal that prompted Young to write his tell-all book, The Politician, out February 2. Background: The New York Daily News reported last June that Young mentioned the existence of the tape in his book proposal. It's expected that he'll reveal further details in that story, and in the 20/20 interview to promote it, to air on Friday.
Oh, my, that's way more than I needed to know about Edwards already. Maybe this will be a good thing for Edwards. Obviously his political career is over, perhaps he can earn a living in the adult entertainment industry since it seems he is ummmm well endowed...or maybe he can go on the reality TV circuit like most of the other sex tape stars go. Hell, if Tom Delay can dance with the stars, why can't Edwards slum it out on the Surreal Life?
