Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Born	(1977-05-28) May 28, 1977 Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
Occupation	Co-host on The View
Spouse	Tim Hasselbeck (6 July 2002 - present)
Children	Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck (born April 6, 2005), pregnant with second child (announced April 2007)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck (born May 281977) is a former reality show contestant and current American talk show personality, one of the co-hosts on the daytime talk show The View.

Early life

Hasselbeck was born Elisabeth Grace Filarski in Cranston, Rhode Island, the daughter of Elizabeth DelPadre, a teacher at Catholic schools and lawyer, and Kenneth Filarski, an architect. As a child, she lived in Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island.

As a child, Hasselbeck went to St. Mary School in Cranston. She graduated from St. Mary Academy - Bay View in Riverside, Rhode Island in 1995. At Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, she was a 1997 and 1998 Orientation Leader. She played softball at BC, and was captain of the team for two seasons. She graduated from BC with a degree in Fine Arts, focus on large paintings and industrial design, in 1999.

Career

Early years

Hasselbeck started working for Puma in 1998, while attending Boston College. After graduation, she worked for PUMA shoes as a member of its design team before her television career.

Survivor

In 2001, she was cast in Survivor: The Australian Outback, and was originally a member of the Kucha tribe. She was the last remaining member of that tribe in the game before being voted off on Day 39 and finishing fourth overall. As her luxury item, she brought a self-made immunity headdress. At the end of the game, she was the most popular Survivor of the season among the fans, rating a 9.3 out of 10 in the online approval poll. Producers wanted her to return for the Survivor: All-Stars edition, but she was unable to attend because she was starting her tenure at The View at the time. Following her stint on Survivor, Hasselbeck began a television career. In 2001, she was a judge at the Miss Teen USA Pageant. and became host of the Style Network's The Look for Less from 2002 to 2003 where she helped find stylish clothes for bargain prices.

The View

In 2003, Hasselbeck was one of a number of women who guest-hosted to replace outgoing The View co-host Lisa Ling, who left the show at the end of 2002. Hasselbeck made it to the last few contenders, and was finally chosen by the other panelists (in a Survivor-style "Tribal Council") as the new co-host. Hasselbeck typically represents the conservative position on The View, defending creationism, the war on terror, and opposing euthanasia and abortion.

On the April 11 2007 episode of The View, Hasselbeck announced that she would be guest co-hosting Fox's Fox and Friends the week of April 16. On April 25, 2007, co-host Barbara Walters announced that Hasselbeck would return the following season along with Joy Behar.

She will begin her planned maternity leave on either Nov. 8 or 9. Some View insiders say that Hasselbeck won't return to the show or that The View will inform her not to return.

Personal life

Hasselbeck has been married to FOX Sports announcer and former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck since July 6 2002. She is the sister-in-law of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck.

Controversies

Hasselbeck has been involved in a number of noted controversial debates on The View including, but not limited to:

• On August 2 2006, Hasselbeck got into a heated debate in which she strongly opposed the Food and Drug Administration's plan to sell the "morning after pill" as an over-the-counter drug. Hasselbeck stated, "I believe that life begins at the moment of conception..." She said the pill should be banned in cases of rape and incest, because "that life still has value." Hasselbeck argued that advocates of the drug use the "rape or incest" exception as a "bait-and-switch" distraction from the goal of making it universally accessible. She argued if the "rape or incest" exception was all advocates cared about, they would not support its over-the-counter status.

• In May 2007, Hasselbeck was involved in a heated on-air argument with co-host Rosie O'Donnell concerning the war in Iraq, which she supports and O'Donnell opposes.

• In September 2007, Barry Manilow cancelled a scheduled appearance on The View due to his dislike of Hasselbeck and her conservative views. Manilow said, "I strongly disagree with her views. I think she's dangerous and offensive. I will not be on the same stage as her." He added, "I had made a request that I be interviewed by co-hosts Joy (Behar), Barbara (Walters) or Whoopi (Goldberg), but not Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request, so I bowed out."

• On October 3 2007, Hasselbeck and The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg got into a discussion about Hilary Clinton's new $5000 baby entitlement which became heated due to Hasselbeck stating that it would lead to fewer abortions due to women wanting to keep the money. Goldberg warned Hasselbeck to "back off" and asked her if she "had ever been in that position to make that decision". Goldberg also stated, "Most people do not want to have abortions. Most women do not have them with some sort of party going on. It is the hardest decision that a woman ever- wait- ever has to make. So, when you talk about it, a little bit of reverence to the women out there who have had to make this horrible decision. And one of the reasons that, that we have had to make this decision is because so many women were found bleeding, dead, with hangers in their bodies because they were doing it themselves. The idea of this was to make it safe and clean. That was the reason the law came into effect. That was why it was done."

• According to fireelisabethhasselbeck.com, more than 25,000 petitions have been forwarded to Barbara Walters to ask her and ABC to fire Hasselbeck from The View as of October, 2007.

External links

• The View bio
• Elisabeth Hasselbeck at IMDb
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