ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has been the target of death threats, stalking, and even an obsessed Peeping Tom who released secret videotapes of the blonde bombshell in the buff — but these days Andrews is geting some of her harshest criticism from other women.
Take The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck, for example. On Tuesday, Lizzie’s conservative Republican views reared their ugly heads once more when she criticized Andrews for wearing “next to nothing” on Dancing With The Stars after being stalked earlier this year.
“I think in light of what happened … and as inexcusable as it was for that horrific guy to go in and try to peep on her in her hotel room … in some way, if I’m him, I’m like, ‘man, I could have just waited 12 weeks… I could have seen this, a little bit less, without the prison time….”
Elisabeth Hasselbeck and husband Tim Hasselbeck will be trading places next week.
The View pundit will be taking over Tim’s gig as an ESPN NFL analyst next Tuesday, Jan. 19, while Tim will co-host the ABC morning gabfest, alongside Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters, on Thursday, Jan. 21.
Controversy’s A’Comin…..When singing sexpot Adam Lambert makes his eagerly-anticipated return to ABC with an ABC on morning gabfest The View this Thursday, the Idol better be ready for a thorough tongue-lashing from conservative chatterbox Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
The outspoken mother-of-three is reportedly still peeved over A.L.’s live S&M show at last month’s 2009 American Music Awards, and she can’t wait to tear into the “glam rock” powerhouse.
“She can’t wait to bait Adam about his infamous inappropriate performance,” an PopEater.com insider said, adding, “and don’t expect her to pull any punches. She’s going for the kill.”
A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit accusing The View’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck of plagiarism, The Boston Herald reports.
A federal lawsuit filed last June accused the conservative daytime commentator of lifting content from a book written by self-published Cape Cod author Susan Hassett on the digestive disorder celiac disease. Hasselbeck’s book, The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide, was featured on several best-seller lists this year.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro dismissed the lawsuit last week after Hassett’s attorney declined to pursue it due to lack of evidence.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned from maternity leave and took her place at the table for her first day on The View on Monday — but gabby conservative returned with a little more than expected.
The chatfest co-host came armed with a photo of her newborn son Isaiah for the rest of the hens to coo over, but that wasn’t the picture that caused a controversy.
When sending out a different picture of her new son to family and friends, Elisabeth was horrified to realize she was showing the clan more than she bargained for. “You know when your baby smiles for the first time — I reach for the iPhone and take the photo. No wonder why he is smiling — because my nipple is in the photo!” she explained.
“It’s worse than drunk dialing. It’s embarrassing.”
Isaiah is Elisabeth’s third child with husband Tim. The couple also the parents of 4-year-old daughter Grace and son Taylor, born last year.
