Rielle Hunter: All About John Edwards' Mistress (PHOTOS, VIDEO) UPDATED

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UPDATE 8/12

US Weekly has the story that Hunter has appeared in small roles in movies starring Denzel Washington, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.

Hunter - whose original name is Lisa Druck - is credited as Lisa Hunter in 1987's Overboard, starring Russell and Hawn, and 1991's Ricochet, in which she played a reporter opposite Washington.



She also appeared in an indie flick titled Chicago Poems.

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Though The Huffington Post's Sam Stein has been on the story of John Edwards' affair going back to September, the lack of coverage of the affair in the mainstream media has led to a resulting lack of details about Edwards' mistress. Now everyone wants to know: who is Rielle Hunter?

From the ABC story on John Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter:

According to friends of Hunter, Edwards met her at a New York city bar in 2006. His political action committee later paid her $114,000 to produce campaign website documentaries despite her lack of experience.

In an interview with "Extra" from early 2007 Rielle Hunter confirms that she approached Edwards in a New York bar.

The website documentaries produced by Rielle Hunter --the ones that were removed from Edwards' site, prompting queries-- can be found here:


Missing Edwards Webisode 1: Plane Truths





Missing Edwards Webisode 2 : Golden Rule





Missing Edwards Webisodes 3 : Plight of Uganda






Missing Edwards Webisodes 4 : Plugs

In the late 80s, Hunter dated novelist and former druggie Jay McInerney, who described her as "a real party girl." McInerney said he based a character named Allison Poole, from his book the "Story of My Life," on Hunter. The character of Allison Poole was subsiquently used by McInerney's friend, Bret Easton Ellis, in his books "Glamorama" and "American Psycho." Click here to see a description of the character in the film version of the latter.

Related: Conservative reactions to the Rielle Hunter affair -- John Edwards, before the affair with Rielle Hunter comes to light, receives a Father Of The Year award -- Speculation on the father of Rielle Hunter's baby

Comments

[zona9]

The way Edwards and Rielle are flirting is just sickening.

[Agentlady007]

I agree. --You know her real name is Lisa Druck. I would have changed that name too. Lisa is Ok, but Druck?

I remember him saying " Watch how I bring it to life!" ( Meaning his speech.) Talk about a double meaning.

[GQTaste]

In the Uganda video he has on the same shirt as when the National Enquirer photoed him holding the baby.

[johnnygoodwud]

let me see if i got this right. he meets her in a bar, hires her with little or no experience to make documentaires about him, gives her $114,000.00. hmmm, seems to me he paid her $114K under the guise of 'filming' just to have her around, for the occassional stoop.

[aubrey8]

of course he did. keep a little fire in his life and keep her close. made the whole affair much easier to pull off.

[marymansour]

Hunter looks like an unmade bed and obviously wanted to hit on Edwards the minute she saw him. her interviews, done by a couple of reporters covering Edwards during his campaign, came off as air-headed with a desire to stalk what she felt was an attractive and powerful man. Hunter is a loser and so is Edwards. I am sure, on her dowdiest day, Elizabeth Edwards is more interesting and lovely than this creep.

[Cilantro]

This explains why so many who say it's a "private family matter" and men should not be judged are 90% of the time MEN who would do the exact same thing as Edwards did.... which is also why it is time we have more WOMEN in power positions because women's brain are not below the belt and are thus have proven thru time the ability to stay focused on the jobs at hand, keep an eye on the future welfare of the family, community and nation without being so easily seduced as males. Of course there are those insecure, fame seeking, low esteemed females who would jump at the change to bed down with any famous, wealthy person... but their numbers are minimal compared to how many males would risk career, family, business and the future of a nation for such adolescent fantasy and romps.
Wonder how easy it would be for a seductress to tempt Obama down the road.

[eastutican]

Right. Men are just rapists. I thought this type of pop feminism ran its course when disco died. Just another variant of prejudice. Perhaps "Cilantro" doesnt know any decent men but there are plenty of decent, hardworking boys, young men and older guys to whom this type of philandering is deviant.

Sexist stereotypes are just as ugly when used against whites or men as when used against blacks or women. If you cant understand that simple truth, get prepared, sooner or later, to feel the pull of Fox "News" and the world of endless discrimination. Same old crap.

[lucasb2]

Here we go again- When do we learn that people like sex!! NEWS FLASH!!- I think we as Americans put way to much stock in this. Does it mean he cares about poverty less? Does it mean he loves his wife or kids less?It's the most obvious point of human (or male) faults. Some people give in to anger and rage on the highway some people give in to alcohol and get drunk at a bar. Others give in to lust. I put it all on the same level. It's not pretty but it happens, a lot. It is a family issue he has do deal with now. And all of this just makes it that much worse.

[EgregiousEgregious]

Chuck Olsen's take on the affair is posted her:
http://blogumentary.typepad.com/chuck/2008/08/reille-hunter-f.html

Chuck was another webisode producer on the plane with Edwards amd Hunter.

[rickmv]

I don't know, call me chauvinistic, but there is something pretty sexy about a woman appearing slim and unattached in one frame, then, after the affair, she appears plump, waddling and preggers with the love-child. I'm just saying...............

[impatient]

What? This is chauvinism? Sounds kind pf pathetic to me....

[DoomtoNeoCons]

The best thing to come out of this, is that everyone is going to be talking about JMc's affair's now! This is the worst thing that could have happened to the Rep's! LOL! JMc is so s***wed!

[rickmv]

What color is the sky in your world?

[Topfeeder]

You know, she looks like a younger Camilla Parker Bowles

[MizLiz]

Yes!!! I was trying to figure out who she reminded me of...

[jazzpotato]

Here we go...forget about the real issues for awhile. Personally, I wouldn't wish to impose my moral standards on others. I wish personal life issues wouldn't interfere with substantive issues. Marlee has it right.

[marlee]

..oh...by the way...

Russian planes attacked Georgia today.

[PAposter]

So I heard, maybe that will be the topic of discussion some time next week, if the MSM can make room for it.

[abcjohnson]

eXACTly! Thank you for reminding us of what REALLY going on, Marlee! I just moved and got my TV hooked up and this was the first thing I saw. There was NO coverage about the attack on Georgia. I found out from friends who weren't watching TV, but reading news feeds about the attack on the net.

[EarthToZoey]

Am I the only one who can monitor more than one news story? I have this seemingly rare ability to compartmentalize my brain and multi-task without losing due attention to each subject.

[Ndw]

At some point, after scrolling through these pictures, can we drop the 'hot mistress' line? She's actually kind of scary.

[booksnmore4you]

Adultery is wrong, period, whether done by the local janitor of the president. It has more ramifications when done by a public person, however. Adultery says a lot about a person.

Adultery says that the person is willing to scheme to take an action and sneak to do it, to hide and do things in the dark that they would not wish announced in the light. What is to tell us that a person who does this will not do this in areas where they govern?

Adultery says they are willing to betray their wife, the person with whom they have invested more than any other. It says that trust given can be broken for momentary pleasure or, shall we say, personal profit. What is to tell us that a person who does this will not do this in areas where they govern?

Adultery says that a person is willing to take big risks with reckless disregard for the consequences. It says they are willing to be led by emotions in their decision-making, to make judgments about things on that basis. What is to tell us that a person who does this will not do this in areas where they govern?

So you can whitewash adultery, but I'm having none of it.

[rickmv]

Probably the best post I have read on this issue.

[Hufferton]

I agree.

[Kahill]

The videos do show John Edwards as a nice and personable guy, and not as a phony we might have been suspecting he was. It"s a real shame about the affair, though.

[Ndw]

Or he's an actor.