Elisabeth Hasselbeck Gossip

Hasselbeck was born Elisabeth Grace Filarski in Cranston, Rhode Island, the daughter of Elizabeth DelPadre, a teacher at Catholic school and lawyer, and Kenneth Filarski, an architect. As a child, she lived in Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island.

She attended St. Mary School in Cranston. Later, Hasselbeck graduated from St. Mary Academy - Bay View in Riverside, Rhode Island in 1995. At Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, she was a 1997 and 1998 Orientation Leader. She played softball at BC, and was captain of the team for two seasons. She graduated from BC with a degree in Fine Arts, focus on large paintings and industrial design, in 1999.

Hasselbeck started working for Puma in 1998, while attending Boston College. After graduation, she worked for PUMA shoes as a member of its design team before her television career. As reported by Lauren Smiley in the Boston Globe article Double Coverage (July 20, 2004), Elisabeth's interest in Survivor was initiated by a fellow shoe designer, who himself was mulling over the idea of testing his skills in the wild.

In 2001, she was cast in Survivor: The Australian Outback, and was originally a member of the Kucha tribe. She was the last remaining member of that tribe in the game before being voted off on Day 39 and finishing fourth overall. As her luxury item, she brought a self-made immunity headdress. At the end of the game, she was the most popular Survivor of the season among the fans, rating a 9.3 out of 10 in the online approval poll. Producers wanted her to return for the Survivor: All-Stars edition, but she was unable to attend because she was starting her tenure at The View at the time. Following her stint on Survivor, Hasselbeck began a television career. In 2001, she was a judge at the Miss Teen USA Pageant, and became host of the Style Network's The Look for Less from 2002 to 2003 where she helped find stylish clothes for bargain prices. Although Elisabeth previously saw herself as a "behind the scenes" kind of person and not interested in career television, or playing pundit, Elisabeth's agent was very eager to showcase her competitive client and she auditioned for The View.

In 2003, Hasselbeck was one of a number of women who guest-hosted to replace outgoing The View co-host Lisa Ling, who left the show at the end of 2002. Hasselbeck made it to the last few contenders, and was finally chosen by the other panelists (in a Survivor-style "Tribal Council") as the new co-host. Hasselbeck typically represents the conservative position on The View, defending creationism, the war on terror, and opposing euthanasia and abortion.

On the April 11, 2007 episode of The View, Hasselbeck announced that she would be guest co-hosting Fox's Fox and Friends the week of April 16. On April 25, 2007, co-host Barbara Walters announced that Hasselbeck would return the following season along with Joy Behar.

Hasselbeck went on maternity leave on October 23, 2007. Her return is scheduled to be on the first episode after the show's Christmas hiatus, which will be on January 7, 2008.

Hasselbeck has been married to newly-signed Arizona Cardinals quarterback Tim Hasselbeck since July 6, 2002. The couple have a daughter, Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who was born on April 6, 2005, sharing the same birthday as Tim. On November 9, 2007, the couple announced the birth of their son, born at an Arizona hospital. The name will be announced on The View.

She is the sister-in-law of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and the daughter-in-law of former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck.

Hasselbeck has Celiac Disease, and has talked about it many times on The View.