Let's get this out of the way now: Elisabeth Hasselbeck is no Debbie Matenopoulos; i.e. don't look for her to pose in Playboy any time soon.
But The View host did recently talk about the show and her future with TV Guide. Let's listen in!
TV Guide: Congratulations on your pregnancy! Did you plan it so you could deliver during November sweeps?
Elisabeth Hasselbeck: No. If I could have planned it, I would already have a 1-year-old right now! [She and her husband, New York Giants quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, have a 2-year-old daughter, Grace.]
TV Guide: How would you describe this past year on The View with Star Jones Reynolds' acrimonious departure and Rosie O'Donnell's tumultuous arrival and precipitous decision to leave?
Hasselbeck: Exhilarating. And fun.
TV Guide: C'mon! Wasn't it kind of like reliving Survivor but with better food?
Hasselbeck: It's very different. Underneath these blonde highlights, I'm a fighter. I like to have someone who is as passionate about this world as I am. I found that in Rosie this year. It's been such a privilege to have the most bare-knuckled, honest conversations with her. When someone as strong as Rosie steps in, you either step up or you get disempowered.
TV Guide: Wait! Isn't liberal Rosie a bully who makes Elisabeth cry?
Hasselbeck: Absolutely not! Ro and I have become friends. We e-mail each other, we talk about art, we go out together with our kids. I feel such trust for her. Because we so openly take such opposite positions politically, we have made a concerted effort to get to know each other personally.
TV Guide: How would you answer those who call Rosie an obnoxious loudmouth?
Hasselbeck: I'd like to know the last time someone called a man out there, who was giving an opinion backed up with fact, a "loudmouth." It takes a man to say something completely heinous, chauvinistic and racist for people to even bat an eye.
The Hollywood Gossip note: Mel Gibson is still available for this duty.
TV Guide: Your big YouTube moment was an emotional spat with Barbara Walters over the morning-after pill. Why were you so upset?
Hasselbeck: That situation gets me fired up. It amazes me that people will storm Washington for trees, and yet we don't stand up for the lives of the unborn. It's a personal cause.
TV Guide: Were you fired up enough to want to quit The View?
Hasselbeck: I never have been. I'm a person of strong faith. I believe that God has a plan for me to be here, and I believe that I'm a better citizen because of this job â" using my mouth and my mind for political causes and social issues.
The Hollywood Gossip note: This runs counter to Antonella Barba, who uses her mouth for ... other things.
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June 16th, 2007 4:58 AM
Elisabeth Hasselbeck is an airhead who relied on her husbands name to get her foot in the door, & to get jobs. Her lack if intelligence makes this "talk show" a joke. She doesn't live in reality. She's pro war, pro Bush & anti abortion. She needs to do a lot of research on all 3 topics, as she doesn't live in reality.
The world is over populated, our taxes pay for MediCal for the poor & for their kids they can't afford, the war is out of control & birth control is necessary in our society. Elisabeth is clueless.
September 17th, 2007 10:21 PM
Hasselbeck should be fired, or just leave, the view. She is a true lemming following the right wing talking point. That in itself is not really bad, but she is so nasty, nasty , nasty. She spoils the show, and we cannot bear it any more. Babs, get rid of her!! LOVE Joy,Whoopi, and Sherri!!!
September 18th, 2007 7:51 PM
Elisabeth has just as much right to express her opinion as Rosie or any other left-leaning celeb. She's well-spoken and knowledgable. By the way, notafan, are you really condoning abortion on demand for population control?
October 15th, 2007 5:11 PM
elizabeth is a doll! she is a breath of fresh air for the view. the whole crew is great now.
October 15th, 2007 5:38 PM
Memo to Barbara Walters: Get Elisabeth off the show! She is a condescending, holier-than-thou harpy whose presence diminishes the show. I have heard that ratings have tanked since Rosie left and with good reason. People who watched Elisabeth's rant on that last show know what I'm talking about. I hear she may be moving here to Arizona if her has-been husband actually gets picked up by the Arizona Cardinals. There are lots of bigots here, she'll fit in with them, but they better not put here on local TV here.
October 15th, 2007 7:37 PM
Elizabeth as with many others need to educate themselves on what exactly the 'morning after' / 'plan b' pill is!!! It PREVENTS pregnancy! It is used in cases where no birth control was used and a woman wants to protect herself from a chance pregnancy. If the woman becomes pregnant the morning after pill doesn't work!! It is not an abortion bill!!
October 15th, 2007 8:26 PM
Elizabeth is annoying, and no one actually listens to her, including the cast...many times, she tries to speak and the rest of the cast ignores her. Wonder why she is there? To represent the young and stupid?
October 15th, 2007 11:38 PM
I agree with comments re: Elizabeth representing the young and stupid...she is totally clueless...and the cast does ignore her a lot. Annoying and exasperating also. I cant believe out of all the intelligent people Barbara could of chose, this woman got the job.
October 16th, 2007 12:09 AM
Elizabeth is such an ass, that whenever she is on I turn down the sound. She really has nothing to say that would ever think that she should stay on the View. I am also getting tired of her using the excuse about her HORMONES.
October 16th, 2007 12:59 AM
Elizabeth is a breath of fresh air. I am so tired of the Hollywood bleeding hearts being able to promote thier rubbish. To hear somebody that has some morals speak from her heart and from the same views as most American's. The right wing Celebs most of which are rich and have less then a high school education (T Robbins)dont live in the real world continue spew trash. People believe them because they are on TV. We need more people out there that are not afraid to speak out against the liberals who have just given this country away. God, still means something our house. You GO GIRL!