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Holding her little girl’s hand, View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck makes a quick call while strolling with daughter Grace Elisabeth, 4 ½, around Union Square in Manhattan on Monday.
The pair stayed toasty warm in the city chill in cute knit hats!
Elisabeth, 32, is also mom to sons Taylor Thomas, 2, and Isaiah Timothy, 6 months, with husband Tim Hasselbeck.
So cute! Grace looks like the little girl Izzy on Brothers.
- Blackrose on
I know…I know…she “probably” just got a quick call at the time this shot was snapped…I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt, but my first reaction to this photo was for her to “Get off the phone and pay attention to your daughter!!”
- Danielle on
danielle. are you serious? i realy hope you are joking. and if you’re not, you must be the last person on earth without a cell phone.
- lover on
She’s so cute 
Can’t remember the last time I saw Grace. She looks older than four but she is beautiful. Elizabeth looks great, I don’t always agree with her but here in the good ol’ US of A, freedom of speech is a given and I respect her right to voice her own opinion. Sometimes I agree, sometimes I won’t. But, honestly, I couldn’t imagine The View without her. Enjoyed Tim’s switch with her but missed her
- Monique on
Now people can’t talk on the phone without being judged and someone being catty? Wow.
- Jessicad on
Danielle, if Elisabeth was a Democrat would you have said the same thing? I’ve seen quite a few pictures on here with the parent on the phone and I’ve never seen you complain before.
- Beverley on
She looks like her daddy! She has his cheeks. Very cute
- mary on
I don’t know what the issue is about her being on the phone for the millisecond that this photo was taken. My opinion is that we don’t see the kids very often so they probably spend a lot of time with their kids at home instead of in public. Grace is a sweetie. Love the hat
- Luna on
I call out anyone of any political bent on using the cell phone all the time. It’s ridiculous. My rule is I don’t use the cell if twenty years ago I wouldn’t have taken the time to find a phone booth (remember those?!) to have the exact conversation. I abuse it otherwise. (Honey, did you see the new billboard on Sunset? – that’s a dumb call!) Face it, most cell phone conversations fall into the trivial category. (Aside from an emergency call, etc., etc.) All that said, Elisabeth seems like a phenomenal mom, cell or no cell.
- Erin on
So who is watching the other 2 kids? Would be nice to see her out with all 3 like a regular mom!
- Violet on
I don’t get how people can be picking on a cell phone photo when they don’t even know the whole story. She looks kinda concerned so maybe she had an important call to take regarding her family or something. Who knows (shrugs)
- J on
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Now it’s the cell phone?? Seriously?
- bungalowbliss on
P.S. I agree–Grace looks so much like her papa! She’s a cutie!
- bungalowbliss on
Wow, Danielle….dislike Elizabeth much? I mean would you have made that comment if it were any other celebrity? I mean she is obviously well aware of her daughter…she’s holding her hand ( like a responsible mother should).
- CTBmom on
Violet, you’ve got to be kidding me…
- kaitlyn on
Danielle and Violet – You are both ridiculous. Danielle, a lot of people take phone calls for a minute while with their children. It’s probably not a completely pointless phone call. I know when I use my phone, it’s usually my spouse calling to ask me something that can’t wait. And Violet, you do realize that a lot of “normal” moms will get someone else (like, I don’t know, the DAD) to watch the younger kid(s) while they take the older one(s) with them. That’s not unusual at all. People are so quick to jump all over certain celebrities, and Elisabeth is certainly one of them.
- mrsh on
@mrsh- Well said! I completely agree with you!
- Luna on
you guys are funny… so uppity!!
- Danielle on
actually…i really can’t stand her…just her public persona, i do not know her personally. she could be wonderful and she seems to be a very good mother. i have seen “the view” though…and whoa…yes, she drives me zany…
i did give her the benefit of the doubt saying she was probably taking a quick call…everyone must’ve skipped over that part looking for my first impression of what i saw in a photo. or did you miss the fact that i said that it was what i first thought when i saw the photo…not necessarily what i think now…?
- Danielle on
Grace’s hat is too cute!! She has gotten so big!! Too cute!!
- Ashley on
I agree with Danielle. Elisabeth has her opinion on EVERYBODY that is DIFFERENT FROM HER. If you don’t think like Elisabeth she huffs and puffs, points her fingers, interrupts. judges everything she disagrees with and talks so fast you can barely keep up, even the few times it might make sense. It’s OK Danielle (and Violet, et al), you can have your opinion just like Elisabeth can, and me too! Put the phone away Elisabeth, remember mothers should spend their time ‘with’ their children, not just ‘with’ them.
- Sam on
How ridiculous and petty some posters are!
A photograph captures a second of someone’s day. Unless a call log is stapled somewhere on this picture and I can’t see it, I don’t think it’s fair to say that she’s ignoring her child. I find it hard to believe that no posters have ever answered a phone call while in the presence of their children. I’m not talking about dialing your friends number while taking your children to the park in order to tell her about the new shoes you bought on sale. I am saying that unless you know who she was talking to or for how long, it’s best to keep quiet.
Violet, I’m a regular mom and I don’t always take both of my boys out with me. Each week, I do something with each boy, separately, so we can have one on one time. In other instances, my older son may have a school event or activity that I know my youngest will not have the patience to sit through. Also, my sons have completely different school schedules so, on days I’m off, you’ll often see me with my youngest and not my oldest.
I never knew they were a packaged deal that had to go everywhere together or else I look like I can’t care for more than one child.
- Liliana on
Wow. I’ll admit that watching Elisabeth on The View sometimes grates on my nerves, but I could never imagine picking apart a person’s parenting because she chose to talk on the phone. Really? This is laughable.
- shalay on
Lilianna, that’s great that you do that with your sons. Now if only more people would do that with their marriages!!!
Danielle… Since when do parents have to “pay attention” to their kids every second of every day?
- Alee on
Wow. Several of you on here are doing the same thing to Danielle, that you think she did to Elisabeth. Think about that!!! Danielle never said Elisabeth wasn’t a good mother. Re read her post!
- Sam on
Thank you Sam!
- Danielle on
I agree with Danielle…not saying Elisabeth is a bad mother, but I would say that about any picture I saw of someone whether they were a celeb or not. We’re all too wired into things — our elementary school actually has a no cell phone policy and it’s refreshing to see parents actually speaking w/each other while waiting for the kids. When I’m walking my kids home I rarely even bring my phone for with me as only I’m gone a whole 15 minutes. I work from home, so I understand the need to be available, but a quick “can I call you back in 10 minutes” usually does the trick.
- SY on
I really think there’s too much aggression pointed towards someone who didn’t really say anything that offensive. Danielle was just stating her first impression of a photo and even went so far as to say that it was probably just something that happened the moment a photo was taken.
Like Sam said, speaking forthright and giving your honest opinion is something that Elisabeth does all the time, so why can’t Danielle do the same?
This is a message board and you can disagree with something someone said, but it’s crossing over to the point where it’s getting mean spirited.
- Lisa on
You’re welcome Danielle! You even admitted you might be reading things into Elisabeth being on the phone, yet here are posters out right (mis)judging your post. It’s almost funny!
- Sam on
I think sometimes people are looking to create conflict where there really isn’t any…! I appreciate the moderators not censoring post regardless of what they say, though and well…it has made for a not-so-boring afternoon !
- Danielle on
I agree, it’s stormy out where I am so not much happening! lol The moderators are fair, that’s why I come here. Debates (sort of!) about photos we see – not necessarily celebrities ‘lives’, just the photos we are seeing.
- Sam on
I feel like some of you just look for arguments, like you’re bored or something. Even if she was on the phone for longer than a minute or it wasn’t important, so what?? You don’t have to pay attention to your children every second of every day.
For example, what do with your children when you play online?
- Jessicad on
Sy and Lisa – I agree. With your last post too Danielle! I’m just so agreeable today, it must be the weather! LOL Have a good evening!
- Sam on
What if she was talking to her husband? A husband who wanted to briefly speak to his wife wondering when they will be home for dinner? What if she was on call for some sort of job, because like many of us she is a working mother. my mom was an on call nurse on the weekends and she got called to come in every so often even when she was out with her kids she had to go. I think the scrutiny of her being on the cell phone is ridiculous.
- Lauren on
Mine are grown up! My husband is home for supper though, so I better go.
- Sam on
i really really really dislike elisabeth, but saying she shouldn’t be talking on her phone is ridiculous.
and people can be all sanctimonious saying “I don’t use my phone for this that and the other”, well good for you, now you can climb down off that pedestal and live and let live. seriously, is anyone so self-absorbed as to think that just because they do something a certain way (something as trivial as when to use your phone if it’s not directly putting anyone in danger), then everyone else has to do it the same way? pathetic.
and just to play devil’s advocate, she might have been on the phone to a babysitter for all we know, so it might have been to do with her kids, or a doctor, a family member ANYTHING, who are we to judge from on picture?
(on a sidenote, never thought i’d live to see the day where i’d be defending this woman over something )
- JM on
Wow…a picture is worth a thousand words. Looks like Mommy Elizabeth is about as much fun as I thought she’d be!
- christina on
I like a good internet argument, but this is kinda low…..Even if she’s deeply engrossed in a gossipy conversation that doesn’t make her a bad mom. Parents are not allowed to be on the computer, phone or watch tv when their child’s in the room? You have to give every ounce of your attention to your child at ALL TIMES? Thats a bit much, smothering for both.
- Electra on
Electra – no one said Elisabeth is a ‘bad mom’. No one on this page, anyway. I don’t like the woman – she is rude, judgemental and loud, but that does not make her a bad mother, nor would I ever assume it could. Where did you read someone here say that?
This is silly!
- Sam on
Wow…some of you are so ridiculous. A picture of her not smiling means she’s not a fun parent? She’s talking on her cell which must mean she doesn’t pay attention to her children? It’s wrong for her not to take all 3 of her kids with her simultaneously everywhere she goes? Idiotic. Absolutely idiotic. Here’s what the issue is: You don’t like Elisabeth, so you’re grasping at straws trying to find something to criticize her about in an innocent photo of her walking down the street. Honestly, do some of you even realize how stupid you sound?
- Isabella on
What we should be stating is the fact that if Elisabeth saw this picture as being someone else with their child, she would be judging the parent on not having gloves on the child and not zipping their jacket, especially when the parent has their jacket zipped/buttoned! It was a chilly day!!!!
- Mimmie on
Give me a break. The woman can’t be seen w/ just one child and on the phone? Their daughter looks just like her dad!
- Trinh on
It really does seem like people just post comments to pick arguments! Whether it’s criticizing the celebrity in the picture, or attacking fellow posters, the instigating gets out of hand! Half the time I’m on here, I cringe at the comments!
- Jessica on
A lot of people defended her by saying “oh maybe she was just on a quick call.” But you’re missing the point, which is — who cares how brief her call was? It sooooo does not matter. Look at your own behavior, folks. If you are a “perfect” parent in every way, then go ahead and criticize a mom for talking on her cell phone in the presence of her child. GET A GRIP!
- BostonMom on
Mimmie – YES YES YES, that was my point! Good post.
- Sam on
Logon after I put the kids to bed and this is just pure CRAZINESS!!! Really Mimi…I completely agree with you. Everyone is defending the most confrontational person out there!!! Since when can’t a person have an opinion?
- Danielle on
Negative comments about this mother being on the phone while around her child seems to be calling into question her parenting skills. So I took that as calling her a bad mom. No on here used the exact words bad mom but thats certainly the implication. People are attacking her because she’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck that’s pretty obvious. I’ve been on this site for years and I’ve never seen any celebrity parent being attacked for being on their phone in a picture. E.H- is certainly not my favorite celebrity, but there’s not a single post about her where she doesn’t get attacked for something.
- Electra on
OMG Danielle c’mon now, ur just picking to start something, that’s so unfair!!!!!!!
- True on
Ok, but if you feel people are ‘attacking’ Elisabeth then you might want to ask yourself why? The woman does the very same to everyone that is not exactly like her. She judges, yells, points, and interrupts, she can barely contain herself. Often. She gives her opinions and is so very close minded to anything else. She radiates ‘hostile’. I don’t think she was ‘attacked’ here in any way. What goes around………
- Sam on
mrsh- Very well said! I also want to add to what you said that Elisabeth is not the only celeb we sometimes see out with just one child. For example, no one complains when Heidi Klum is out with just one, two, or three of her four children. Also, we often see Angelina and Brad out with just one or two of their children (for example, we often see Angelina out with just Zahara and Shiloh), and most of the time no one complains about the other kids not being there (for some reason, people sometimes complain when they’re seen with just Maddox).
Why the double-standard?
- CelebBabyLover on
RIGHT ON Isabella—-I couldn’t have said it any better. Funny how some people who dislike Elisabeth will find a fault with whatever she’s doing. Count me in the “I like Elisabeth” camp though, I think she’s awesome!!!
- Dana on
Violet said: “So who is watching the other 2 kids? Would be nice to see her out with all 3 like a regular mom!”
I can’t believe you are picking her apart for spending time alone with her daughter. If she were like any other celebrity mom, she would have all of her kids with her with a nanny for each one. Umm, Heidi Klum immediately comes to mind as someone who does this. If Elisabeth had done that, I am 100% positive that you would be on here complaining that she needed to spend time with each child alone and without a nanny and what a horrible mom she is.
People complain about Elisabeth being judgemental and close-minded but it seems to me that it is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
- Angel on
so taking a phone call and not staring down at your kid 24/7 even though you’re holding their hand is a big deal now?
- jessie on
I must be a horrid mom, as I’m often answering phone calls in front of my kids. We are a wireless family, so my cell is my primary line. I hadn’t heard from the parenting police that phone calls when your kids are present is rude. I do love how people pick apart certain celebs though. Elisabeth needs all three kids and can’t talk on her cell phone, Britney favours Jayden who has a soother, Denise Richards pimps out her kids, Suri has no coat/is dressed too nicely, etc but one negative comment about Gwen Stefani, Brangelina, The Richies or Jen Garner & it’s WW3. It seems like some people like to nitpick about some celebs. Regardless, Elisabeth has always seemed like a loving mom, regailing the audience with cute things they do, etc. My first thought of seeing this pic was “how cute, mommy/daughter time” followed by “we have the same phone!” so it’s kind of funny how people can look @ a pic & see two different things.
- Mary-Helen on
seriously… this is one of the silliest threads i’ve read on this board.
- jenny on
Apparently none of you saw me get beat up the other day on the product post about a hands-free attachment to hold cells on strollers. Wish some of you had been around According to that post, Elisabeth is the worst mother in the world for daring to have a cell phone out when her child is within 100 feet. Thank goodness Grace isn’t in a stroller. That would be criminal (or so I have been told.)
- brannon on
You people are completely ridiculous….its rather amusing actually…Grace looks so much like her daddy & Elisabeth is a great mom!!
- Lola on
Thanks for the laugh, Danielle!
- HeatherB on
Please mothers – go out and spend time with your children instead of tearing this one apart. Where is yours while you sit on the computer or YOUR iphone and rip another mom apart? Wow…your lives must be great. NOT!
- Jules on
Good morning! This did get a bit silly but it’s also what this page is for. It’s good ‘debate’, of a sort. Danielle is right and so is Mimmie. NO ONE JUDGES what people do more then Elisabeth Hasselbeck does. The times I have watched ‘The View’ she is always opinionated, loud and forward and that is how I form my opinion of her. Then along comes this picdture of a busy mom with one of her children on a phone. Elisabeth herself has said more then once ‘parents need to spend more time WITH their children not just WITH them……………. (not a direct quote). It has nothing to do with being a good/bad mother, more the kind of person she is. ‘BRANNON’ where was that other post you mentioned above, was it here at this site? I would like to read it. Gives me a ‘hmmmmmmmm’ kind of feeling.
- Sam on
This cracks me up. How many of you are mothers ‘taking time away from your children’ to blog about Elisabeth being a bad mom because she’s on the phone? Pot meet kettle. I’m not attacking anyone for their opinion, I just think it’s funny that some of you are blatantly saying that Elisabeth is bad for doing almost the exact same thing you’re probably doing right now!
- Luna on
Oh geez…strange that I have to say this, however for the record…every post I have written on this site was done while my kids were at school and I was at work or while the kids were asleep at night…we’re not all stay-at-home moms…I WISH I WAS BELIEVE ME!
And well work is slow so reading this site and posting here has provided me with oodles of entertainment…sad, I know…
- Danielle on
Joy Behar is just as judgmental as Elisabeth, and Whoopi Goldberg puts both of them to shame. So I’ll just say what the rest are too cowardly to-Danille and co. have no problem with people being judgmental-and being judgmental thmselves-when it comes to support of their own personal agendas. Anyone who dares to judge/go aganst those agendas is blacklisted and nitpicked. I never thought I’d see the day where I was complaining about people needing to be nicer, but the comments over the past few weeks have brought it to that level. The whining going on over literally the most mundane of details is insane and makes me wish most readers didn’t have children so they couldn’t brag about their fabulousness as a mom and lecture everyone else on how to emulate them. Save it for your Mother of the Year app; the rest of us don’t care.
- Lauren on
maybe she is doing something important at least she’s holding her kids hand i hate it when i see children running around and the parent is like not paying attention in public that’s just careless
- jordan penton on
Peeps, no one here said Elisabeth Hasselbeck was a bad mother! NO ONE! You posters ‘defending’ her are the ones that keep saying ‘she is not a bad mother’ over and over again. Why do you feel you have to defend her by saying that, hmmmmm?? Certainly none of ‘us’, aka ‘Danielle and co.’ have said any such thing about her. I find it curious that those defending her keep bringing that up.
- Sam on
I don’t care who you are, NOTHING is so important that it can’t wait until you get home. And no, I don’t care about her politics or her celebrity, I’m annoyed by everyone who walks around gabbing on their phones not paying attention to the people around them.
Grace’s hat is swell, though, I want one!
- Molly on
I can’t believe Grace is going to be five! I remember when she was born. She’s gotten so big.
- Laura on
“I don’t care who you are, NOTHING is so important that it can’t wait until you get home.”
That is false. What if that was her husband calling about a sick child? Or a producer calling from the View about her job. Those are all important enough to take a five minute phone call.
Quite frankly, the call does not even need to be important. Grace will not end up with abandonment issues from her mother talking on the phone in front of her.
Sam, you are clearly accusing Elizabeth of not paying proper attention to her child because she is talking on her phone. Considering she is holding the child’s hand, this is obviously not true. Her being “judgmental” on the View does not make your criticism of her any less ridiculous.
- Sarah K. on
I just remembered why I have more male than female friends.
- felice on
I don’t care — when I have kids I will answer my phone, even if it’s not for a quick call. I will have a life. I will incorproate my kids to said life. I will go out with my friends. I will make sure that my kids are not the center of the universe. And, I will still be a good mother.
I’m not sure when answering a phone became a criminal offense for mothers, but some of the people on this site really suffer from a lack of perspective and experience. Some mothers struggle to put food on the table, must work three jobs, or have no housing. Despite this, they manage to raise decent kids. People act like raising kids is the equivalent of performing surgery or that fragile children will be destroyed by the most trivial of matters. Some of this stuff is petty and really is not important. If you had an interesting life, you probably would not waste time complaining about mother using their phones.
- Annie on
SarahK, where did I ever say or suggest Elisabeth is a bad mother? In fact I even said that just because I don’t enjoy Elisabeth (I find her forward, rude, loud, pushy etc.), I would never suggest it had anything to do with the type of mother she is (my post #60). Elisabeth is the one that said, once (or three or ten times) on The View, that parents need to spend more time WITH their children and not just WITH their children. She was ranting and raving about something – as usual – and that is what SHE SAID. (my post #21 and again in post #60) Did you even read my posts? I will say it again, now – I don’t like Elisabeth Hasselbeck because of her own behaviour on The View. I don’t know or care what type of parent she is, how would I even know that part of her life. Sheesh!
- Sam on
yep. right on this website. new gadget that holds your phone on your stroller. i thought it was cute and a great way to keep your phone from falling off the top or getting lost in your bag. i got eaten alive for even having my phone with me while “strolling.” again, i repeat…wish some of you had been around
- brannon on
Sam, the words “bad mother” never appeared in my post. So, while I read your posts – you clearly did not read mine. I said you were implying that she wasn’t paying attention. You said the following:
“Put the phone away Elisabeth, remember mothers should spend their time ‘with’ their children, not just ‘with’ them.”
That statement implies that she is not paying “proper” attention. Are we done?
- Sarah K. on
SarahK – I explained that. It was Elisabeth that said that on The View. She was going on and on about something in the news about children not spending enough quality time with their parents. EH said ‘mothers should spend time WITH their children, not just WITH them’. Those were her words – not mine. Read above.
- Sam on
Thanks Brannon, I’m going to see if I can find that.
- Sam on
Brannon…I remember that gadget and it’s lovely comments! That one was crazy too… It seemed pretty handy actually!
- Danielle on
@ felice
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…SOOOOO TRUE!
I TRULY dislike this oh-so-judgmental woman…but in fairness, I do not believe she is doing anything wrong here.
This thread is just silly.
- mamabear on
Mamabear, this thread is silly. I can’t believe I am defending a mom’s right to talk on the phone, haha.
Sam, Elisabeth may have said that on her TV show – but you are using her words against her based on a picture that captures one second of her day. Ridiculous.
- Sarah K. on
Annie I agree with everything you said!
I still have MY life and a daughter. She doesn’t have to be the center of everything I do. I’ll talk on the phone with my best friend for half an hour multiple times a week while she plays nearby, and I go hang with my girlfriends at least once every two weeks. I think moms are in a much better mood when they do little things for themselves everyday, and I have zero guilt about it!
- Jessicad on
Actually I just used Elisabeth’s words in sarcasm so she would know (if she reads this!!) that it’s NOT OK FOR HER TO JUDGE, COMMENT, RAGE ABOUT EVERYONE THAT IS DOING SOMETHING SHE DOESN’T APPROVE OF!!! I thought most people ‘got’ that, but you missed it. Ahhh, well! I will repeat just for you, I don’t know or care what type of mother she is, how could I know that!!!
Silly? Ridiculous!
- Sam on
How do all of you know she’s a great mom? Get over yourselves. You act like you know her personally. Catty women here.
- Ann on
People are ridiculious. Stop judging everything about her based on her political views. Grace is adorable, and Elisabeth is beautiful.
- Ty on
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