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Best of FameCrawler: Week of August 8th

Whit Honea — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Is Bernie Mac Dead?

John Edwards - Mistress, Love Child & Hush Money

Barbara Walters Wants Sherri Shepherd Off The View

Helena Bonham Confirms Her Baby's Name-Finally

Angelina and Brad's First Picture of the Twins! Meet Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt!

Pictures of Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt Faked?!

Pamela Anderson: Boob Shots Only Please

Alessandra Ambrosio Gives Birth?

Knox & Vivienne Here!! Photo!!!

First Pictures of Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt Mean Goodbye Brangelina

Who's on the Birth Certificate of Edwards' Alleged Love Child?

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:45:00 GMT

It has been discovered that there is no father listed on the birth certificate of a baby who, according to the illustrious reporters at the National Enquirer, is John Edwards’ love child. Frances Quinn Hunter is the daughter of Rielle Hunter, who worked as a videographer on Edwards’ presidential campaign. Andrew Young, Edwards’ campaign finance director, has claimed that he is Frances’ father, but the tabloids smell a rat.

Edwards has denied the allegations that he fathered Hunter's baby. Whether or not this is true, the National Enquirer's claim has already done serious damage to Edwards’ political reputation. It was assumed that Edwards would play a leading role in helping Obama secure North Carolina in the presidential election, but now Edwards will probably be forced to keep out of the limelight—and spend most of his time not working out policy issues, but fighting allegations that, while upsetting, really have nothing at all to do with the voting public.

Photo: Emulsion Compulsion

Did John Edwards Father a Love Child?

Magazine Releases Photos of John Edwards' Alleged Love Child

Political Nanny: Did John Edwards Father a Love Child?

Madeline Holler — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Although it pains Political Nanny a bit to jump in on rumors about politicians' illicit affairs, she's interested to see where this one goes.

The National Enquirer is reporting (grain of salt, grain of salt) that they've finally uncovered evidence that the only plausible white, male Democratic candidate for the 2008 election -- John Edwards -- has been cheating on his dying wife with a sort of member of his now defunct campaign, Rielle Hunter. Not only that, the two made a little baby together. Awwww. Wait, ewwwww. Political Nanny is confused.

From Gawker:

Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer — met with his mistress, blonde divorcee Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night July 21 - and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn't leave until early the next morning.

From the Enquirer:

Edwards denied the affair and that he was the father, and in a bizarre twist, a close friend of his, Andrew Young, said he was the father. Young, 41, was married at the time with three children. The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned he still is married.

Will the allegations stick? The last 2008 candidate accused of an affair was John McCain. Seems a press conference, a cozy relationship with reporters, a little distraction called "the Democratic Primary" and, maybe even, the truth took care of that.

Political Nanny will keep you posted. (She knows, you feel sick in your stomach right now, huh?)

Photo: Gawker

How To Tell Your Kids that Mommy is a Love Child

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:43:00 GMT

How do you explain to your children that they won’t be meeting Grandpa since Mommy is the love child that resulted from a few too many Jagermeister shots one Saturday night in college?

Slate’s Dear Prudence column recently tackled a (slightly more tasteful) variation of this question. “Dadless Mom” wrote in wondering how to respond to her five-year-old’s question, “Who’s your dad?” She was wary of giving her son more information than he could handle, but at the same time she wanted to avoid creating the same aura of secrecy that surrounded her own quandaries about her father when she was a little girl.

Prudence masterfully answered this question with a gentle, “What’s the big deal?” With the wisdom of distance--and of a marketable knack for offering good advice--Prudence suggested that the child’s query is probably not nearly as loaded as “Dadless Mom” seems to believe. He’s probably just curious, and requires only a quick, but truthful, response.

In other words, if you’re relaxed about the fatherhood question—and other sticky subjects—chances are, your kids will be, too.

Photo: canada.com

Politician drives drunk, has child with mistress, is big jerk

Brett Singer — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Is every guy in New York politics an adulterer? Vito Fossella, a Congressman from Staten Island, has now admitted to fathering a "love child" with a mistress that he carried on an affair with for several years. This news came to light after Fossella was charged with a DWI after leaving a D.C. bar where he was drinking with a friend who was so wasted he "passed out in front of the men's room."

The other woman is Laura Fay, a former colonel in the United States Air Force. The Post, clever wags that they are, call her "Fay Lay" because of dalliances during her previous two marriages. The affair with Fossella probably began in 2001; their out-of-wedlock daughter is now 3 years old. Fossella was elected to House of Representatives in 1997. So he lasted maybe 4 years before he started to stray – unless there are more of his "other women" out there.

Aside: Why is a baby conceived through an extra-marital affair referred to as a "love child"? Is a kid born to a married couple a "tax-deduction child"? (Thank you! Tip your waitress!)

The best line is actually from Fossella's Wikipedia page: "his confession on May 8, 2008 that he had fathered a (now) three-year-old child out of wedlock…could seriously jeopardize Fossella's bid for re-election." Gee, ya think?

That said, many politicians have weathered serious personal failings and remained popular with the people; some were even re-elected. So I'm curious: do people here think that sexual dalliances are relevant when it comes to a politician's ability to do their job?

image: NYPost