'View' host Elisabeth Hasselbeck plagued by creepy calls

[Elvira]

04/12/2006

Daytime television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck has been having a very rough couple of weeks.
According to her colleagues on "The View" — on which the 28-year-old Hasselbeck is the designated conservative among Star Jones, Joy Behar, "Today" show-bound Meredith Vieira and mother superior Barbara Walters — she's being "stalked" by an anonymous caller.

The caller, apparently a woman, has been making false and creepy allegations about Hasselbeck and her husband, New York Giants quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, involving their 1-year-old daughter, Grace Elisabeth, to child protective services authorities — and, yesterday afternoon, to Lowdown.

A woman with a Southern twang, who refused to identify herself, phoned this column claiming to be "a friend of family," and, during a two-minute conversation, made unsupported allegations about the Hasselbecks before hanging up. I'm told that the New York City Administration for Children's Services has received and investigated similar unsupported anonymous complaints.

"This is a malicious attempt to harass our family," the Hasselbecks told Lowdown exclusively in a statement. "These allegations have been fully reviewed by child protective authorities and medical professionals and found to be absolutely false. This matter has been turned over to the District Attorney's office for prosecution of the individual(s) responsible for the false accusation."

Yesterday, Walters told me: "All of us at 'The View' love, respect and support Elisabeth. She is an enormous addition to our 'View' *family, and we are just sad that this has caused her any pain." Walters speculated that Hasselbeck's *tormentor "might be somebody who doesn't like her politics or maybe somebody who's crazy or maybe somebody who wants the baby. We just don't know."
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/goss...p-345358c.html

[Mel1973]

Duh - It's STAR JONESING or AL???

[darksithbunny]

Um, you know what? In this world of super technology, doesn't the Hasselbecks have caller id?

[LynnieD]

Who the hell would stalk this idiot???

[Mel1973]

Originally Posted by LynnieD

Who the hell would stalk this idiot???

Star Jones

[FierceKiten]

It's called changing your goddamn phone number you pathetic idiot. This is a cry for attention.

[SVZ]

did you read the article? they aren't calling her, but they're reporting her to child services

[LynnieD]

^^^That's kind of a harsh thing to do to someone....and so not cool.

[Mel1973]

I read the article, I still think it's Star Jones~!

[SVZ]

yeah i do too (thinking it's star jones) doesn't she have a southern twang?

[FierceKiten]

Hmm, guess some viewers really just dont like her. But that lady took it to a whole other level.

[Mel1973]

Originally Posted by SVZ

yeah i do too (thinking it's star jones) doesn't she have a southern twang?

Yep.

[darksithbunny]

Doesn't New York City Administration for Children's Services have caller id?
They got to have it. If not, she should get a lawyer. The phone company will trace calls. Not very hard to do so she must not be that worried. I agree with whoever said she just wants attention.

[LynnieD]

Does she add ANYTHING to that show?? This might be a pathetic attempt at getting sympathy....

[Elvira]

Babawawa (or however it goes) mentioned this on today’s show.

Would Child Protective Agency allow a call to be traced? If so, that
might stop people from reporting possible cases. Plus could be the
caller used a pay phone.