Last Friday, a call went out via @skydiver on Twitter for ordinary people to comment on the John Edwards cheating allegations and his forthcoming interview confession.  I sent a note to the reporter with some thoughts, and after a follow-up phonecall with her, I wound up quoted in the piece.

Like many in Chicago at BlogHer 07, I was charmed and inspired by this warm, intelligent and witty woman.  Why can’t we be voting for her, we said repeatedly to each other after her keynote.  When she was kind enough to join us at the closing reception, I got a chance to talk with her one-on-one and she was gracious enough to pose for a picture with Little IT and a most squirmy IT Boy.  Notice him heading straight for her necklace.  She took it all in stride – boys will be boys, I believe she said. 

Mrs. Edwards and the family

Like many, we took a fall with her when the allegations about her husband’s extramarital affair came to light.  I’m not sure what was more head-shaking – hearing that he did this when she was fighting cancer, or that she was in on the cover up.  It’s disappointing, for sure, any way you slice it.  I for one am sorry that she had to deal with it then, and has to deal with this now.  Boys will be boys?  She deserves better.

Here’s the story online.  They used a screen shot of me where, blissfully, I don’t look awful. 

Sarah and Cassie are mentioned in it, which is fun. Cassie called the house after she saw the broadcast and asked if Sarah told her classmates. Sarah said she didn’t tell anyone, to which Cassie replied, “I told EVERYONE!” So cute.

We just got done watching ourselves on Inside Edition.  We were all happy with the way it was edited, and what was said.  I was impressed that the editing did not make us look ridiculous, or exploit the girls.  It was all good, and the girls were thrilled to see themselves on TV.  Me, I have to work on that extra chin…

REALLY UPDATED!  Here’s a link to the segment transcript on the Inside Edition page.   

UPDATED!  They showed a preview of Tuesday’s show – looks like the Hannah story will be on then.  I was on in the preview, so it looks like they used some of our footage.

 If you’re here to read my story of how I was interviewed along with my daughter on the Hannah Montana/Ticketmaster controversy for the syndicated TV show, Inside Edition, these are the posts you want to take a look at.

Here’s the blog post that the producer saw that drove her to contact me in the first place.

Here’s part one of my play by play on the interview

and part two

and part three

Enjoy!