Rielle Hunter calls John Edwards' wife 'bonkers' and 'witch on wheels'

New York, June 19 (ANI): Rielle Hunter, the former mistress of US senator John Edwards, has blasted his deceased wife Elizabeth in her new tell-all book, calling her love rival a "witch on wheels" and holds her responsible for driving him into the arms of other women.

In the book titled 'What Really Happened,' Hunter calls her lover's cancer-stricken wife "crazy" and "venomous."

According to ABC News, Hunter depicts Elizabeth as "barking" demands at her husband, physically attacking him and callously firing his staffers all while cultivating her public persona as a "saint,".

Hunter alleges in the book that after Elizabeth learned on New Year's Eve 2006 about her husband's affair with her, she spent two days stalking the mistress, repeatedly calling and hanging up "at all hours of the day and night from various numbers," Hunter recalls.

She states that Edwards' wife of 31 years "was bonkers because she had been in denial" about his womanising ways.

Elizabeth died of cancer in December 2010, a few months after leaving her husband when he admitted to having fathered Hunter's child.

Hunter even calls Edwards "temporarily insane" as she feels only that can explain why he publicly denied paternity of their daughter, Frances Quinn, in August 2008.

"He was temporarily insane," the New York Daily News quoted her as writing in the book.

"Think about it: Sane, healthy people do not deny their children, especially on national TV, simply because they are afraid of their abusive spouse's reaction. Only a mentally off person would do that," she wrote.

The blogosphere exploded in outrage over the appearance of Hunter tap-dancing on Elizabeth Edwards' grave.

"Stay classy, Rielle," one tweet said.

"Hunter has no class. Elizabeth was terrific," added another.

"Move over, Satan," tweeted Brad Logan. (ANI)