To: bentway who wrote (2266 ) 8/9/2008 7:39:51 PM From: Hope Praytochange Respond to of 6579 WOODRUFF: Why did you continue to deny it [publicly] and not tell the truth? EDWARDS: Because I did not want the public to know what I had done. Fair and simple. And there's also a lot of these you know supermarket tabloid allegations are just lies, they're complete lies. But this, this mistake, is the truth. WOODRUFF: When Elizabeth did find out about this, how has she coped? What was her reaction to that? EDWARDS: She was mad, she was angry, I think furious would be a good way to describe it. She didn't understand. We both went through a process of trying to figure out how it happened, why it happened. But she was amazing, she's just an amazing person. Elizabeth and I have been married 31 years. The admiration she gets from the public is deserved and, but nobody can see -- Bob, you've been married a long time, nobody can see inside everybody's marriage. … This is not something Elizabeth did, this something I did. And I continue to love and admire her because she has just stood with me. *** WOODRUFF: I need to ask about probably the most controversial allegation. Which is that a report has been published that the baby of Ms. Hunter is your baby. True? EDWARDS: Not true. Published in a supermarket tabloid. That is absolutely not true. WOODRUFF: Have you taken a paternity test? EDWARDS: I have not, I would welcome participating in a paternity test. Be happy to participate in one. I know that it's not possible that this child could be mine because of the timing of events, so I know it's not possible. Happy to take a paternity test, and would love to see it happen. WOODRUFF: Are you going to do that soon? EDWARDS: I'm only one side -- I'm only one side of the test, but I'm happy to participate in one.