Elizabeth Edwards has no Plans to Divorce Cheating Husband John
Elizabeth Edwards has no plans to divorce her estranged husband John, despite his long-term affair and child with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter.
Edwards spoke of her marital commitment in an interview conducted with People Magazine. In the interview, topics range from her tumultuous personal life in the tabloids, to the nature of her life-threatening cancer and its treatments.
According to People, Edwards discussed her estranged husband in the interview, saying that “John’s conduct through this whole thing was terrible and it makes people want him to pay for it. On a personal level, he’s paid a lot.”
John was a presidential candidate for a time, as well as the governor of North Carolina before news of his affair broke and led to his political downfall.
It wasn’t easy for Elizabeth Edwards to leave her husband, even given the public scandal. She finally did, though, close the door on him, so that she could move on from it, as she struggles with her own illness and the uncertainty of her future.
The treatment for her cancer is stringent, the interview with People revealed. Elizabeth must take chemotherapy injections through the breast every day. These treatments can last up to several hours at a time.
In the interview, Elizabeth also put an end to the rumor that she would not want John to play a part in her kids’ lives after her death. She has, the article said, every confidence in John’s abilities as a parent.
Elizabeth doesn’t know how long she has to live, but she told the magazine that she would like to live at least eight more years, which would give her time to see her 10-year-old son Jack graduate from high school, to see her daughter Emma select a college major, and to witness her 28-year-old daughter Cate marry her longtime boyfriend.
Cate Edwards also wrote an essay about her mother for the issue of People that will run the interview. According to CBS News, that essay is “short and sweet,” and it does not mention her father’s infidelity or public scandal except to say that her mother taught her how to show grace when “somehow [your life] becomes savaged by people you never invited into it.”
According to Cate, she remains close with her father.
Elizabeth said she does not know if John still sees the woman that he had the affair with, Rielle, but that she would probably be the last one to know, anyhow. John has denied that the two still see each other.
Elizabeth didn’t know if she would work again, in the face of her illness. “Nobody wants to hire the girl with cancer,” she told People.
When asked if she was dating, she continued the theme, saying “it would surprise me even more if someone fell in love with me.”
Though she wasn’t planning on divorcing John, she does allow that she would get a divorce if one of the couple planned on marrying somebody else.
