We haven’t heard much lately about Candice Bergen, 63, but she does pop up in films like Bride Wars and she had an ongoing role on “Boston Legal” until it was canceled late last year. Bergen has chimed in on John Edwards cheating scandal, which received more press attention while his wife, Elizabeth, did the rounds for her new book. On WowOWow.com, a site featuring blogs by prominent women like Cynthia McFadden, Whoopi Goldberg and Peggy Noonan, Bergen didn’t mince words when it came to her feelings about Hunter:

I have to say I agree with Joan on Elizabeth Edwards. The woman has terminal cancer for Christ’s sake and three kids and has been married to someone she describes as a good man for many years. The sleaze in this is, of course, John, but Rielle Hunter — who came up with that ridiculous name herself by the bye; her name used to be something entirely other and she gives women a black eye. We all know the type, they make your hair go all weird and your teeth chatter. They are utterly amoral, without a shred of conscience and tough as tacks. But I seem to have veered off message here. I also, like Joan, question her writing a book but till I read some of it, I’ll hold off on blathering on about it. She is a remarkable woman and I am very sorry she has had so much to endure. Including a husband who is dumb enough to be sucked in by an ambitious cooze.

[From WowOWow.com via The National Enquirer, print edition]

Ooh I love how she writes! It’s like stream of consciousness with venom behind it. I don’t have as much hatred for Hunter as many people do and think that Edwards has more to answer to when it comes to the affair. It takes two and all that. While Elizabeth seemed to be vilifying the other woman in her public statements about the affair, the National Enquirer reported that behind the scenes she’s definitely making John pay for his indiscretions. Elizabeth is said to have kicked John out of the house two years ago and their public show of solidarity is supposedly just for PR purposes.

There are all sorts of rumors that Rielle is about to do a big interview with Barbara Walters, but that story came out last week and we haven’t hear much more about it. If she keeps quiet this story will probably die down, but there’s enough public interest in it for her to cash in on her story and make Edwards pay – both financially and in the press – for the baby he refuses to acknowledge.

Bergin is shown on 5/19/09 at an event at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Credit: WENN.com