Elizabeth Hasselbeck leaves The View, Jessica Simpson to fill in  
Thursday, October 25th, 2007

 

Not that I ever watch it anymore other than YouTube clips, Elizabeth Hasselbeck left The View on Tuesday for a long maternity leave, leaving the seat open for perfectly type-cast blonde, tanned, Republican replacements in her absence.

Jessica Simpson will be sitting in with the ladies for two days as a host while Elizabeth is off birthing perfect little offspring.  On November 15th and 16th, Simpson will return to The View set as a cohost.  Regular hosts, of course, are Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and Sherri Shepard.

Hasselbeck had planned to work right up until her due date, and leave the show November 8th.  But on Tuesday morning, she told Barbara and producer Bill Geddie that her husband - football player Tim Hassebeck - signed a contract with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.  She began her maternity leave a little early.

Tim was cut by the New York Giants in September, and has been working as a broadcaster for FOX.  Oh my gosh, they fit so neatly in that little box, don't they?

"I have to take early maternity leave so that I can get there and actually introduce the doctor to my parts, before she pulls a child out of me," she said. "But I'll be back, after the hiatus."

She's scheduled to return January 6th.

   

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