Elisabeth Hasselbeck will return to The View on Oct. 19, ABC confirmed Wednesday.
Drats!!
The conservative — and often controversial chatterbox — took maternity leave from ABC’s feminine gabfest two days before giving birth to her third child, Isaiah Timothy, with NFL player husband Tim Hasselbeck on Aug. 9. Elisabeth’s return ends more than a month of appearances from celebrity guest hosts, including La Toya Jackson, Kate Gosselin, and Heidi Montag.
“I’ve lost my political opposite,” said co-host Joy Behar.
“The other people were nice, but they weren’t her,” Whoopi Goldberg added.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck gave birth to her third child in a New York City hospital on Sunday afternoon. Isaiah Timothy is the second son for Elisabeth and former NFL player Tim Hasselbeck.
The Hasselbecks two older children include daughter Grace Elisabeth, 4, and Taylor Thomas, who is 20 months old.
Isaiah weighed in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
“Elisabeth and Isaiah are doing great,” Tim reports.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck says a claim that she plagiarized parts of her best-selling diet book, The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide, is “without merit.”
“I just want to assure you the allegations are without merit and are being handled appropriately,” the co-host of ABC’s The View said in a brief 20 second statement before the show’s first break on Wednesday morning.
In a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts Monday, Susan Hassett, a self-published author from Cape Cod, alleges that Hasselbeck lifted content from her book on celiac disease “word for word” and used them in The G-Diet, published last month.
Hassett says she sent the former Survivor contestant her book as a courtesy after Hasselbeck disclosed she also has the digestive disorder.
The lawsuit also alleges that the books have a similar organization and chapter format.
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Another shining example of America’s tendency to reward bigots with platforms to spew their tomfoolery……
Last year, conservative right-winger Elisabeth Hasselbeck hit back at tabloid reports that she was leaving the ladies of The View for greener pastures at the more Republican-friendly FOX News Channel. These days, the pregnant mother of two is boo-hooing that series creator Babs Walters is trying to boot her from the buzzworthy daytime talk show — and you’ll never guess the name being tossed around as her possible replacement.
Move over Liz, there’s a new right-wing babe on the block.
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