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Hasselbeck Returning to 'The View'

Rosie O'Donnell's right-wing rival back from maternity leave

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 4, 2008 6:46 AM CST

(Newser) – Conservative TV co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck will return to "The View" on Monday after a two-month maternity leave—and she'll be bringing her new son, Taylor Thomas, with her. Hasselbeck infamously had it out on the air with liberal co-host Rosie O'Donnell over the war in Iraq shortly before the feisty comedian quit the show last year.

The program will mark Hasselbeck's return with a full hour of "Hot Topics," a segment when the anchors discuss current events. She's "never shy about expressing her view" so the segment will be "getting hotter—especially with the upcoming presidential election," vowed ABC. The show's other co-hosts are Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd. Hasselbeck is married to Arizona Cardinals backup quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.

Hosts of the television show The View, from left, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters and Joy Behar speak on stage at the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Friday, June 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Hosts of the television show "The View," from left, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters and Joy Behar speak on stage at the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Friday, June 15, 2007. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, left, host of The View, and her husband Timothy Hasselbeck, an Arizona Cardinals quarterback, walk through the Booksellers Area as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Monday, May 7, 2007, at the White House in Washington. (AP...
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, left, host of The View, and her husband Timothy Hasselbeck, an Arizona Cardinals quarterback, walk through the Booksellers Area as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of Queen...   (Associated Press)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Elisabeth Hasselbeck   (gg7890 (YouTube))
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of The View talk show attends a show during Fashion Week in New York, in this Sept. 7, 2007, file photo. Hasselbeck, 30, will return to ABC's The View on Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 and she'll bring along her infant son, Taylor Thomas.  Hasselbeck, has been on...
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of "The View" talk show attends a show during Fashion Week in New York, in this Sept. 7, 2007, file photo. Hasselbeck, 30, will return to ABC's "The View" on Monday, Jan....   (Associated Press)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck takes part in the Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Friday, June 15, 2007. The co-host of The View gave birth November 9 to a 7-pound, 15-ounce boy at an Arizona hospital.  (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck takes part in the Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Friday, June 15, 2007. The co-host of "The View" gave birth November 9 to a 7-pound, 15-ounce boy at an Arizona hospital. (AP...   (Associated Press)
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