Watching The View

The first topic today on The View was that Sherri Shepherd’s former boss and co-workers, from when she was a legal secretary, were in the audience. Sherri was always late to work then and still is now. She always thinks it will take less time than it actual does to get to work. Whoopi Goldberg said that in her contract it says that she is not allowed to be at the show later than 9:01 a.m. Joy said that was probably because they were worried about her coming late from her radio show. Whoopi added that it only takes her six minutes to get ready.

John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama. Joy called them the “dreamboat” ticket because they both looked so good. Elisabeth said that Dennis Miller said it was like an endorsement from Ryan Seacrest. Elisabeth said that she doesn’t want to date the president. Whoopi said that she would like the president to have at least a drop of charisma. Elisabeth said that John McCain cracked some jokes today in laying out his whole plan. He said that he will work with anyone to make the country better. Barack Obama called apologized for calling a female reporter sweetie. Whoopi said that she calls everyone sweetie or baby when she doesn’t know their name.
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Whoopi Goldberg started The View today talking about the Tony nominations which came out this morning. She will be hosting the awards show, but she prefers “guide” to “host.” She then read many of the nominees.

Then Whoopi said “Let’s talk about the damn Bachelor.” Elisabeth said that the finale was “truly special.” She was upset that the man called the woman “monkey” when he proposed. Sherri wanted him to pick the other woman because he said that he was falling in love with her and there was more passion. Joy said that he will marry the one woman, but have sex with the other. Elisabeth disagreed, saying that he called “monkey” a great lover. Whoopi said that “monkey”’s father Lorenzo Lamas would probably not approve of the bachelor calling his daughter a “great lover” on television. (although she used another word that got bleeped out, maybe “great lay”? Not sure). They talked about whether her had sex with all the contestants and Elisabeth hopes that they got the HPV vaccine.

They showed a picture of a 6-foot cow and Whoopi said that she wants to leave the planet. Sherri said that she would be scared to eat meat from that cow because it looks like it was on steroids. Elisabeth said it would make a great burger. Joy said that she worries about the gas from that cow and Whoopi said that they could use it for wind energy.
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According to ohnotheydidnt, Tim and Elisabeth Hasselbeck will soon have a new place to call home. They reportedly purchased a $3.25 million unit in the new Ariel Wast development at Broadway and 99th Street. The unit is four-bedrooms and 2,349-square-feet.

The website for the new building advertises floor to ceiling windows, a community children’s playroom, theater, billiards parlor, and pet salon. They currently reside in a place 20 blocks south, which they purchased in 2005 for $999,000.

The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Tim Hasselbeck

Today on The View was another “day of hot topics,” except for the part at the end of the show where the Broadway cast of Passing Strange appeared on the show. It is the first of several upcoming performances from the casts of current Broadway shows. There is no Barbara Walters this week on the show because she is traveling around the country on her book tour for Audition. Hopefully that means that they will go the whole week without mentioning the book. (I can dream, right?)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck said that her Mother’s Day was “good,” not sounding too enthusiastic. She said that she was disappointed that the bubbles she took to the park were not as good as another mom’s bubble machine, saying she was “out-bubbled.” Sherri Shepherd did not get to spend the day with Jeffrey, but she talked to him on the phone. Joy Behar spent the day looking for knobs for her cabinet. She didn’t want to look on-line, because she likes to “grab the knobs.” They then made several jokes about “knobs,” including biting and licking knobs. Whoopi went out to dinner with her “better half.”
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The first topic on The View today was (another) poll, this one about “what people want.” For example, 44% of people want a limit on how many times a person can re-marry. Sherri Shepherd said that if someone gets married seven times, maybe it is not working out. Whoopi said that just because they were married that many times, doesn’t mean than the marriages were not good throughout. Also 41% of people want a renewable contract for marriage after five years. Whoopi said that can help people work on things and move on if they want to. She also added that if a couple doesn’t have kids, a divorce is not a big deal. Elisabeth said that marriage should be more of an investment than five years. The poll said that 29% of people want to be President. Barbara was surprised that it is not more.

People would also look to hear more “Yes, ma’am” or “No, ma’am” from children. Sherri has her nieces and nephews to say “Miss Barbara” or “Miss Goldberg.” Barbara said that she doesn’t like hearing ma’am from a 40 year old, then she feels old. Whoopi said that is based on where you grew up. Barbara said that reporters asked her daughter if she remembered Senator Brooke from her childhood. Jackie said that she did and that she had a lot of “uncles” growing up, but they never stayed over. Whoopi said, “You were busy.” Moments later Barbara took the whole thing back, saying Jackie didn’t have a lot of “uncles.”
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Whoopi Goldberg will be hosting the Tony Awards this year. She can’t remember if she hosted the Tonys in the past, but remembers she hosted the Oscars only because she saw pictures of herself. Sherri Shepherd asked her if she was going to wear a dress and Whoopi asked, “Why do you do that?” She will wear jewelry because you can wear it with anything and you will look good.

Joy Behar will be on Relative Madness: Mama Drama, which is a special about television mothers. It will be on tonight on SoapNet.

Whoopi asked whether a polygamist husband has to get all the wives Mother’s Day presents. Joy said that they should get them DNA tests and Sherri said that they should get bottles of hairspray. That morphed into a conversation about being only children and Joy is one and thinks there is nothing wrong with it. Sherri would like to have a sibling for Jeffrey. Elisabeth said that having a second child was less for her and more for Grace. Joy said it is like a 25 year play date. Sherri said that having more than one child takes the burden off them when they have to care for their parents later in laugh. Elisabeth said that one child usually ends up taking care of the parents anyway. Joy said that she knows a lot of people who don’t speak to their siblings.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck attended the “A Diamond is Forever” luncheon on Tuesday. The event honored designer Antony Todd. Here are some photos of Elisabeth at the event. The last picture is her with Hunter Hill, who is the co-writer and director of the film Lake City, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He does not look thrilled to be there.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck appears on the cover of the June issue of Fitness magazine. The cover shot is below.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The View

Elisabeth Hasselbeck appears on The Rachael Ray Show today. It doesn’t air in my area until the afternoon, but I did find this clip online.

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Whoopi Goldberg was mad this morning because her assistant lied that he was “around the corner” and he arrived late to pick her up. When she got in the car she yelled at him for lying and being late and then the driver hit a taxi cab. He was driving a “putt putt” old car. She would have been happier if he was late and it was a nice car. The cab driver asked for $30 to call it even.

Unfortunately I don’t know what they talked about next because my cable company chose that time for a test of the Emergency Alert System.

The next topic was how Elisabeth Hasselbeck doesn’t get any sleep. She said that it is amazing that a child can reduce her to tears everyday. Grace is in a phase where she only wants to be with her daddy. Joy Behar said Taylor cuddled on her breast yesterday and she was tempted to breastfeed him, but she didn’t have the milk.

The rest of the show as dedicated to Supernanny Jo Frost. She has a new book Jo Frost’s Confident Baby Care. She said that there has never been a family that she couldn’t help. The key is to identify the problem objectively and push the family in the right direction.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck talked about running the Revlon Run/Walk, which I wrote about this morning.

Whoopi Goldberg is getting the Spirit of Achievement award. Elisabeth said she saw a photo of Whoopi and her granddaughter in the paper. Whoopi said that she has become more public than she has in the last few years. Barbara’s dog Cha Cha was in the New York Times as part of a review of her book Audition, which is on sale tomorrow.

Barbara’s appearance on Oprah Winfrey will air tomorrow. Barbara said that the story leaked about her affair with Senator Edward Brooke. Sherri said that is the story she loved in the book. Whoopi said that Barbara is the last person she thought would have a deep dark hot affair. She didn’t think of her as attached, but rather as a forerunner for women on television. Sherri said it was “steamy” and Elisabeth said it was “intense” and “a page-turner.” Barbara did not want to talk about it because it will be in the Oprah interview. Joy said to tell The View audience before she tells Oprah! Barbara told him in advance that she was going to reveal the affair in the book. Barbara said that to do the book right, she needed it to be personal, so she included the affair.
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On Saturday May 3rd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck attended the Revlon Run/Walk for Women in New York City. The 5k event was to raise money to help eradicate women’s cancers and had about 40,000 participants. Below are some photos of Elisabeth at the event. Among the photos are her with actress S. Epatha Merkerson and Tiki Barber who were the event’s hosts and Elisabeth showing off the “In Support of Mom” sign she had on her back. Her mother battled breast cancer in the past.

The poll is now closed and here are the results of the Watching the View “Who is Your Favorite Host?” poll. As you can see, Joy Behar was the winner, with 51% of the votes. Elisabeth Hasselbeck was second with 22% of the votes. Thanks for voting!

Today on a prerecorded, but new, episode of The View, all five ladies were at the table. Joy Behar talked about how she hung out with Bill Clinton the other night at the Rachael Ray charity event. She said that he is more mellow now, but still has the charisma. She added that he has aged rapidly, which Whoopi Goldberg blamed on his heart problems. Sherri Shepherd asked Joy if he made her feel feminine and she said yes. Joy said that Barack Obama has that charisma, more than the other two candidates do. Elisabeth said that she is not looking for a commander of charisma, but a commander in chief.

Elisabeth’s grandmother had to go to the hospital and Elisabeth’s mom learned that the hospital had been giving her someone else’s medication for a day and had not given her any of her required medication, including insulin which she has taken for 40 years. Her grandmother is okay and out of the hospital. (I think the way that Whoopi led into this anecdote that this was the “thing that happened” that Elisabeth didn’t want to talk about on Monday).
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View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is participating in the Johnson’s Celebrity Hand-Me-Down auction on Ebay. The auction involves baby gear donated by celebrity moms and dads. The proceeds of the auction will benefit Baby Cause, which is Johnson’s new global charity initiative.

Elisabeth has donated a stroller and car seat combination, pictured above. More information on the auction below:

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is co-host of the popular ABC daytime talk show The View. Married to her college sweetheart Tim Hasselbeck, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals and NFL commentator on Fox, they have two children, daughter Grace and son Taylor.

Elisabeth has donated The Cortina Travel System, Race Model, which combines both a baby stroller and car seat.

Product details: Chicco Cortina™/ KeyFit™ 30 Travel System consists of Cortina lightweight aluminum stroller and KeyFit™ 30 Rear-facing Infant Safety Seat. Original packaging is included. Product has never been recalled nor involved in an accident. Expires July 2013.

The Cortina stroller offers a fully reclining seat for newborns, and a sturdy, lightweight frame and automatic storage latch for easy travel. The Car Seat comes with a large seat that provides ample room for infants, as well as a newborn infant insert.

To check out all the other celebrity auctioned items, including those from Matt Damon and Tori Spelling, check out the Johnson Hand-Me-Down auction here.

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