Love ‘complicated’ for Edwards’ wife

Elizabeth Edwards says that whether she still is in love with her husband, former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, after his affair is a “complicated question.”

In an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to air Thursday, Winfrey asked Edwards, “Are you still in love with him?”

Edwards responded, “You know, that’s a complicated question.”

Winfrey also asked, “Is it a day-by-day thing?”

Edwards replied, “Neither one of us is out the door, so I guess it’s day by day, but maybe it’s month by month.”

The talk show host visited the Edwardses at their Chapel Hill, N.C., home. Winfrey interviewed Elizabeth Edwards about her relationship with her husband, his affair and her battle with terminal cancer.

An excerpt of the TV interview was provided to the Associated Press in advance by Harpo Productions.

A Harpo spokeswoman said the only caveat to the interview was that Winfrey could not mention John Edwards’ mistress by name. Winfrey also spoke with the former senator from North Carolina, but excerpts of his interview were not provided.

Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir, “Resilience,” is to be published this month.

In the book, Edwards wrote that her husband admitted at the end of 2006 -- soon after launching his second campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination -- that he’d made a mistake with videographer Rielle Hunter on a single night. Edwards said it was more than a year later before she learned it was more than that, according to excerpts released by Time.com.

But Edwards said she doesn’t want the affair to take over her life, just as she doesn’t want her cancer to.

John Edwards admitted the affair in August after the National Enquirer reported that he is the father of Hunter’s daughter. He has denied paternity.

“I’ve seen a picture of the baby,” Elizabeth Edwards told Winfrey. “I have no idea. It doesn’t look like my children, but I don’t have any idea.”

Edwards wrote in her memoir that news of her husband’s affair made her cry, scream and throw up in a bathroom.

She told Winfrey she had asked her husband for one gift when they were married 31 years ago.

“I wanted him to be faithful to me,” Edwards said. “It was enormously important to me.”