One of the reasons I no longer watch The View (aside from lack of time) is because of Miss Prissy Knowitall Hasselback. While I try see the logic in her often hard nosed conservative stance, this is too backwards and archaic for me. We're still attributing violence against women based on how they dress?


Elisabeth Hasselbeck: stiletto in mouth


http://www.miamiherald.co...letto.html
It's one thing to start a controversy, quite another to hurt someone's feelings, as Elisabeth Hasselbeck learned the hard way.

Dancing with the Stars contestant Erin Andrews was bombasted Tuesday by The View cohost, who said the ESPN sportscaster's skimpy wardrobe choices led to her being stalked. (Andrews was filmed in the nude through a hotel peephole.)

To paraphrase, Hasselbeck (in a chest- and arm-baring sundress) yapped that if the stalker had waited a few weeks and just seen Erin on the show, he wouldn't be in jail right now.

Andrews, who also received death threats from another stalker, responded with: ``I'm disappointed she went there.''

In true damage-control form, Elisabeth tearfully apologized on the ABC show Wednesday, telling viewers ``reckless words pierce someone's heart like a sword.''

http://culturemap.com/new...ite-peeps/

I watch "The View" just about everyday. I don't like Elizabeth OR Sherri.


Yep. She did say it. She went on and on about how someone who was filmed in the nude shouldn't want to then dance in the nude.
Gabi Sidibe was on, and she said that the difference is that "Dancing" is paying her to show her body. That guy didn't pay for a look.
I don't agree with that, but I think she was trying to lighten up the tension that was building as they tried to explain to Elizabeth that one thing has nothing to do with the other.

I've actually been deleting shows from my DVR lately- I've been busy and "The View" isn't priority.

not exactly.

she said maybe the skimpy costumes weren't a great idea considering what happened.

Yeah, and I don't remember who- but one of them pointed out her "bare" shoulders.

Elizabeth is a whiny pain in the ass.

I don't think the outfits are all that skimpy in that it's pretty typical for that type of dancing. Ice skaters wear far less. I still don't understand why it should make a difference what she was wearing. Women in burkas get assaulted for christmassakes. Erin has a pretty face and a vagina. One or both are enough to attract some crazed fool.

chocolate1 said:

granted i am no elizabeth fan... i actually take a few jabs at her in one of my scripts.

but, the gossip media is trying to build a fire, as they do anytime you have two famous women. gossip sites love those cat fight stories, as does the public.

she made a call to this erin woman and apologized to her directly, and then followed it up with a national apology.

chocolate1 said:

yeah...what about that? And she wears short dresses and skirts showing off her nice gams.

cborgman said:

So this was contrived? Now that even more unsettling.

DesireeNevermind said:

the important thing to remember is she didn't say the costumes (and granted, they arent really skimpy) caused the assualt. that is the invented spin on this.

DesireeNevermind said:

DesireeNevermind said:

contrived by gossip media? yea. blown far out of proportion to the point of contrivance.

cborgman said:

Very true.
I just can't stand the high-pitched whininess of her voice, so everything she says becomes annoying.

DesireeNevermind said:

I think the comment something like, "You're wearing less than she was right now". I believe it was Joy, which, ya know...

cborgman said:

But isn't she implying that the dude is only in jail for seeing something through a peep hole that he could have seen on TV with everyone else? That's still a jab at Erin and her choice of wardrobe. It's still putting the female at a disadvantage and suggesting that women by virtue of their dress attract violence or increase the potential for violence. I use the word violence because Erin's stalker also sent her death threats. Surely Liz had to know that her comments would invoke a negative reaction.

chocolate1 said:

there are times i like her. most times i am indifferent. when she starts talking politics and pulling out her notes, she drives me nuts.

but every now and again, she has a moment where she proves lovely.

but i do take jabs at her in my script.

DesireeNevermind said:

not, really no.

that is elizabeth's approximation of a joke. and it was in very bad taste, and i think that comment/joke, more than anything else, is what she apologized for.

she doesn't mean it as a serious implication.
[Edited 5/6/10 16:09pm]

^ so basically she's dumb but pretending to be smart and witty.


meh....I should remember she was once a reality show star. She still irritates....like a mosquito bite on the ass.

chocolate1 said:

i like joy. i'd take her over sherri or elizabeth or barbara.

whoop's my girl though. i freaking LOVE that woman. i started watching because i love rosie, and when she quit, so did i... until it was announced the whoopster was replacing her. now i love it even more.

DesireeNevermind said:

actually, a lot of times, you are correct. she is often feigning intelligence where she has none.

but then she does have an intelligent side. she can be really smart on some things, and sometimes can be brought around to reason. whoopi is really good at working her into a smart calm place.

i feel sorry for her sometimes, because whoop, joy, and sherri are all standup comedians, and she is the only table full-timer who isn't. (babs being part time). she tries to be funny, but her jokes usually fall pretty flat.

this is just another example of that. and the gossip media LOVES to pit people on that show against one another, because every one loves a salacious cat fight.

cborgman said:

Rosie was my girl. I loved her on The View and I loved her fighting with stupid barbie hasselback, and by fighting I mean trying to engage in intelligent debate with a twit. She got shafted and the show hasn't been the same since. Sherrie is....well fuck her, she sucks.

cborgman said:

Whoopi's the reason I watch.
- Ya know, sometimes Joy says things that are mean or inflammatory & calls it humor, so I get tired of her.
- Sherri is SUCH a pain in the ass, this thread would be locked before I listed everything she does/wears that irks me.
- Barbara: I like it better when she's not there, but I don't dislike her.
- Then there's Elizabeth. She's that girl in HS that I would have NEVER talked to!

Elizabeth has said a lot worse than that and has never flinched or apologized for any of it.

DesireeNevermind said:

sherrie's okay. she's just clueless on politics for the most part so she kind of gets trampled.

i miss rosie, but whoopi does it better. she has all the same views and stances as rosie did, but brings them much more clamly and less screamy.

i mean, don't get me wrong, i am a rosie psycho... i actually met her for a brief moment at the true colors tour here in nyc. i almost immediatly burst into tears. it was so embarrasing, but as a former foster kid: who has done more for adoption than ro?

chocolate1 said:

i agree completely. great assesment.

sherri doesn't bother me as much as you, but i know she annoys a lot of folk, so i am in the minority on that one.

kitbradley said:

Also true.
She usually just comes back and explains it again louder & higher-pitched.

kitbradley said:

oh yea, her and joy both have said some really inflammatory things, and neither generally apologizes.

chocolate1 said:

yea, she and rosie brought out the worst in one another, because neither ever backs down, just yells louder.

cborgman said:

The short list:
- She's a "star-fucker", sucking up to every guest on the show
- I'm tired of hearing about Jeffery
- I'm tired of hearing about her ex-husband
- I'm tired of her trying to find a way to make everything about her not having a man
- I'm tired of hearing about how religious she is, yet she doesn't carry herself as such
- I'm tired of hearing about her hair
- She needs a damn stylist! I'm tired of looking at her
- She needs to shut the hell up (see first 7)

chocolate1 said:

OMG! then That is her schtick time and time again!