LeAnn Rimes: Eddie’s ‘always the first person to say how much he loves me’

Real question: why does Mario Lopez like LeAnn Rimes so much? Lopez is one of LeAnn’s go-to interviewers consistently, and he always soft-balls questions to her (and Eddie). While I think Mario is a shady character, it doesn’t seem like LeAnn is the kind of celebrity he would need to suck up to, you know? Anyway, LeAnn and Eddie appeared on Extra yesterday and Extra has only released two interview clips thus far. The first clip is all about LeAnn and Eddie’s admission to Life & Style that they had told Eddie’s sons all about their affair.

LeAnn says:

“The kids actually came to us and asked, very nonchalantly over dinner, and Eddie was very honest with them in a way that you can be with a 7-year-old and 11-year-old. He’s always the first person to say how much he loves me, and they see that in our house, and they feel that, so I think it’s important not to lie to children. They understand way more…We both never want them to come back and say, ‘You weren’t honest with us about this.’ They’re very open with us, which us cool.”

Here’s what I don’t get: why is LeAnn doing the talking? This is something that should be between Eddie and BRANDI and they should decide together about what they say to Mason and Jake. And beyond that, no one should be talking about this stuff in public because OMG, SHUT UP. This is funny too: “He’s always the first person to say how much he loves me, and they see that in our house…” Oh, honey. He won’t even answer the question in public.

Here’s the second clip – Eddie and LeAnn are basically playing The Newlywed Game with Mario and his lady. Eddie gets a question wrong about LeAnn’s celebrity crush.

Oh, and LeAnn tweeted this in response to the Life & Style story:

.@Life_and_Style we said we spoke to them about the situation after they asked & spoke as honestly as we could given their ages #misleading

— LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (@leannrimes) July 23, 2014